{"id":8044,"date":"2008-11-29T20:00:20","date_gmt":"2008-11-30T02:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/2008\/11\/29\/how-to-obtain-career-training-in-computer-technology\/"},"modified":"2008-12-02T12:40:11","modified_gmt":"2008-12-02T20:40:11","slug":"how-to-obtain-career-training-in-computer-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/?p=8044","title":{"rendered":"How To Obtain Career Training In Computer Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style='italic;' class='uawbyline'>by Ada Denis<\/div>\n<p>If you could turn back the clock and get more education, a better job, a career you would love, would you do it? Of course-but there&#8217;s no reason to turn back time. No matter your age or situation, you can get training that will help you live a better life. A few steps is all it takes to get a fresh start. <\/p>\n<p>1. Narrow your options. The Computer Technology field is huge and you want something that will work for you the first time. Take the MAPP test at a site like Assessment.com to help you decide what kind of career training to focus on. <\/p>\n<p>2. Choose your study location. Career schools can help you learn computer technology at a school or from your computer. Decide which works better for you to help you search for the right school. <\/p>\n<p>3. Choose your school. Use a career school search tool like the one at AllCareerSchools. Make sure to narrow your search by your interests and where you want to learn from. <\/p>\n<p>4. Check out the locals. Even the smallest towns have short courses that you can take to jump-start your learning or refresh what you already know. <\/p>\n<p>5. Go the extra mile. To get your foot in the door, you need to be armed with a big weapon-a resume that employers can&#8217;t resist. Learn outside of school by volunteering or interning with a company that performs computer technology tasks. <\/p>\n<p>6. Consider specialty courses. Instead of hitting a career school or local classes, look into specializing in a certain software. Microsoft and Adobe, for example, each have a certification plan that lets you teach their products to others.<\/p>\n<div class='uawresource'>\n<div style='italic;' class='uawabout'>About the Author:<\/div>\n<div class='uawlinks'><a href=\"http:\/\/technology-genie.blogspot.com\">Technology Ideas<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/technology-genie.blogspot.com\/2008\/11\/benefits-of-video-conferencing.html\">Benefits of Video Conferencing<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you could turn back the clock and get more education, a better job, a career you would love, would you do it? Of course-but there&#8217;s no reason to turn back time. No matter your age or situation, you can get training that will help you live a better life. A few steps is all it takes to get a fresh start.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2503,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[97],"class_list":["post-8044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computers-technology","tag-computers-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2503"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8044\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}