Earlier this month, the Data Otaku blog at Microsoft.com published an article that ought to be of interest to anyone who is pursuing business data analyst certification or who is generally considering that form of business analysis as part of their future career. It doesn’t particularly matter whether that prospective career is in IT or … Read More
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More Value in Agile Training than Programming Languages?
When looking for a career as a software developer, what should you learn first? Agile training or Python programming? Computer science or microeconomics? The answers may not be as straightforward as you think. On Tuesday, Tech Republic published an article based on an interview with the noted software development expert and Stack Overflow co-founder Joel … Read More
Millennials and Business Analyst Training
On Friday, an article appeared at CIO that dealt with the topic of younger workers and the provision of on-the-job training, especially information technology training. There are probably a lot of different conclusions to draw from this piece, or others like it. But one thing that jumps out at us is the unacknowledged potential for … Read More
Show Them How to Use Your Information Technology Training
As we were exploring recent news and commentary related to the online information technology training and the general IT industry, we happened to come across a piece that brought our focus back to the less familiar topic of business analyst training. Published in Florida Today, the piece is titled “How Leveraging Technology Impacts Business.” If … Read More
Business Systems Analyst Job Description
In the latest installment of our series looking at descriptions for prominent job categories in the information technology field, we will be looking at the general job description and certain responsibilities for a business systems analyst. Put simply, the business systems analyst is tasked with assessing the existing technological infrastructure of a company and with … Read More
How to Deal with IT Employers Hiring Errors
An article by Beth Stackpole at CIO looks into the hiring practices of IT organizations and concludes that many such organizations “may be getting in their own way when it comes to effective strategies for sourcing, screening and hiring IT talent.” She identifies four particular mistakes: maintaining excessively high standards, failing to diversify their hiring … Read More
Ladies: Will You Carry the Banner for All Highly Trained Women in IT?
Did you know that according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there has been an overall decline in the percentage of information technology jobs held by women since that figure hit a peak in the early 90s? That peak of less than 40 percent was surely insufficient considering that women now comprise more than half … Read More
Where Your Colleagues Aren’t Going, That’s Where You Are
Previously on this blog, we talked about how an understanding of the conditions at your company or in your industry can be a major determining factor in deciding upon the types of software training courses, or online IT training courses, or business analyst training you should seek out to put yourself in a position of … Read More
Join an Exclusive Club with CBAP Certification
Becoming a certified business analyst professional is no easy task. There is a reason why, as of 2013, there were only about 3,000 CBAPs in the world – up from just over 1,300 in 2011. Or more accurately, there are multiple reasons. CBAP certification training is your first step toward gaining entry to a very … Read More
Business Analyst Training Opens Many Doors
We’re sure you’ll agree that it’s nice to have options. Job security is wonderful, but few people want to be trapped in the same role throughout the life of their careers. That’s why we recommend our business analyst training for anyone who works in an IT-related field or in a company with a prominent IT … Read More
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