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Industry Certifications for Career and Technical Education

Industry Certifications for Career and Technical Education. Presented by: Vickie Sokol Evans, MCT www.Certiport.com www.linkedin.com/in/vsevans. Agenda. Today’s job environment Value of certification Types of certification Resources for educators Strategies. About the presenter.

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Industry Certifications for Career and Technical Education

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  1. Industry Certifications for Career and Technical Education Presented by: Vickie Sokol Evans, MCTwww.Certiport.com www.linkedin.com/in/vsevans

  2. Agenda • Today’s job environment • Value of certification • Types of certification • Resources for educators • Strategies

  3. About the presenter • Vickie Sokol Evans • Certiport partner • MOS Exam SME • Jun 22, 2006 - 1st exam • Jan 13, 2012 - recent exams • Author • 100 Tips in 100 Minutes using Windows 7 & Office 2010 • Improv performer • Based in Austin

  4. What I do • Owner/President of The Red Cape Company • Provide relevant and engaging technology training

  5. Training for High Profile Assistants

  6. Training for Microsoft customers

  7. Certification got me here! dot- com bust 2001 Moved to Austin Moved to Dallas

  8. today’s job environment

  9. Today’s Job Environment

  10. From the perspective of… We’re hiring We’re looking for jobs

  11. Job environment • Ongoing struggle to find skilled workers • 48% EMEA • 35% • QUEST FOR TALENT IS ONE OF THE LEADING CONCERNS AMONG CORPORATE EXECS GLOBALLY AMERICAS Impact • 41% ASIA/PAC

  12. Job environment • Inability to apply skills in a practical environment • “Employers have long complained that too many young people leave college without the employability skills they are looking for.” • Deloitte & Touche Impact

  13. What do employers want? CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT INNOVATION FOR INCREASED AND EFFICIENCY Impact

  14. Innovation & Efficiency Impact

  15. value of certification

  16. Taking Skills Development Further

  17. Taking Skills Development Further Relevance

  18. Relevance in real-world performance • Certification drives effective use of technology, improving the professional performance of Information Workers and IT professionals and developers – and is proven to increase an individual’s efficiency in their job role

  19. Relevance in real-world performance • Certification positively impacts both an employee’s individual capabilityand his or her ability to work within a team. • A third of supervisors believe that MOS-certified employees are more competent and more productive than other employees. • Moreover, MOS-certified employees require less supervision and are able to accept additional responsibilities more often than noncertified employees.

  20. Taking Skills Development Further Jobs

  21. Getting a job More than half the hiring managers responding to the Customer Satisfaction Survey said they considered certification a prerequisite for hiring.

  22. Why hire certified employees?

  23. Hiring employees with certification

  24. Taking Skills Development Further journey

  25. What you know and who you know “You will be the same person in five years as you are today except for the people you meet and the books you read.” - Charles “Tremendous” Jones

  26. Advancing Your Career “71% of people polled who earned Microsoft certification attributed a promotion or raise to getting their certification.” • Robert Half International

  27. Return on investment • Over 2,600 certified individuals tracked and compared to more than 43,000 non-certified individuals

  28. CERTIFICATION INITIATIVE SHOWS Impact

  29. types of certification

  30. Types of certification

  31. SKILLS VALIDATION FOR THE TECHNICALWORKER (IT)

  32. Top IT Skills for 2012 • 6. • Data Center Article (Sep 2011)

  33. Top 10 IT Certifications

  34. Microsoft Entry Level Technical Certifications Visit www.microsoftlearning.comfor more information on these certifications

  35. IT Certifications NEW!

  36. Individual exams

  37. 1 complete Exam

  38. Types of certification

  39. SKILLS VALIDATION FOR THE INFORMATION WORKER (IW)

  40. Business Professionals Academia Professionals • Marketing Finance • WebTechnologies Print, Graphics and Media • Engineering • Construction • Accounting • Office Mngmnt CHARTING A CAREER PATH Potential Career Path • QuickBooks Certified • Microsoft Office Specialist • Adobe Certified Associate • AutoCAD Certifications Certification to prove competency • Foundation – Education/Degree Foundational Knowledge

  41. IW Certifications

  42. 1 Exam 1 Exam 4 Exams

  43. MOS Mapping to Key Job Roles by Application *Master Cert requires Word Expert, Excel Expert, PowerPoint, and either Outlook or Access

  44. Individual exams

  45. 3 complete Exam

  46. Path to certification

  47. resources for educators

  48. Exam Preparation • Courseware that maps to the certification objectives: www.cengage.com/ct/certification

  49. Example course Prep Guide Instructor Companion Site

  50. For more information • www.cengage.com/ct/certification • New books and certification products added all the time!

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