Kadambari Atri

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WIOA – Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act

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WIOA is designed to help job seekers access employment, education, training, and support services to succeed in the labor market and to match employers with the skilled workers they need to compete in the global economy. TLG Learning is authorized to accept training vouchers from the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA)

With the help of your local WorkSource office, you could see if you qualify for free training.
 

Already have IT experience? Take it to the next level. 

Cloud technologies are changing the nature of jobs in the IT job world. Gartner’s latest forecast predicts the spending on public cloud services to jump from $257.5 billion in 2020 to $304.9 billion in 2021.  
This program gives someone with network skills but no cloud skills the ability to enter a cloud career.

Program Title: AWS Certified Solutions Architect – ALP  

Typical Job Types: Solutions Architect, Cloud Support Engineer, Cloud Support Admin. 

Length of Training: 4 weeks 

Total Tuition: $5,995 

Program Description: This program has an intensive IT curriculum including the networking and Linux skills and knowledge to successfully learn the fundamentals of building IT infrastructure on the AWS platform.  

  • You learn how to optimize the AWS Cloud by understanding AWS services and how they fit into cloud-based solutions.  
  • You explore best practices and design patterns to help you architect optimal IT solutions on AWS, then build and explore a variety of infrastructures through guided, hands-on activity.  
  • You learn how to create fledgling architectures and build them into robust and adaptive solutions.  
  • The program includes lecture and hands-on computer labs designed to provide the student with the skills, and knowledge development, and practical applications to achieve the AWS Solutions Architect Associate certification. 
     

Who Should Apply: A familiarity with TCP/IP networking concepts such as VPNs, routing, subnets/gateways, segments, and user permissions.   

  • Knowledge of multi-tier architectures and distributed systems. 
  • Interest in hardware, coding, and/or architecture. 
  • Comfortable setting up a new server (preferably Linux, but any OS will do).  
  • You love solving problems and are constantly looking at logic to justify processes and decisions. 
  • You love hardware, coding, and/or architecture. 
  • You have 1 year of experience or 2 years of education with networking or certifications such as CompTIA Network+, or CompTIA Security+, CCNA, MCSA. 

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The Best VA Benefit You Didn’t Know You Had

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“I recently attended the Hiring Our Heroes Career Fair at JBLM, and although I was a little apprehensive about attending this live event, it was extremely well managed. My biggest surprise while attending was how few people had heard of the VET TEC program, which is why I am writing this blog.“

Back in 2017, the Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2017 (Public Law 115 48), otherwise known as the Forever GI Bill®, was signed into law. The bill had many far-reaching changes to GI Bill® benefits. A little-noticed, but powerful provision was the creation of a High Technology pilot program. This program was finally announced in April of 2019, as the Veteran Employment Through Technology Education Courses (VET TEC) program. It is an amazing benefit that allows veterans to get into fast-track programs leading to IT Careers, without using their GI Bill® benefits! Besides providing funding for tuition costs, the program provides a monthly stipend equivalent to the monthly housing allowance from the GI Bill®.

Hiring Our Heroes Career Fair at JBLM

Unlike programs approved under the GI Bill®, the VA made accountability of the training providers a central component of VET TEC. Training providers program must not only demonstrate a history of high program completions and placement into employment, they must walk their talk. In order to be reimbursed by the VA, students must not only graduate from the program, but they must also gain successful employment. And while regular training providers will receive at least partial payment for graduates who don’t gain employment – *A provider is considered “preferred” if the training facility agrees to refund tuition and fees if a student doesn’t find meaningful employment within 180 days of completing the program. THAT is walking the talk! And I’m very proud to announce that TLG is a preferred provider.

However, unlike the GI Bill, this pilot program is more limited in who can participate.

  • Only veterans are eligible – which means you cannot still be on active duty, and spouses or children (recipients of Transfer of Entitlement (TOE) benefits, and Fry Scholars) are not eligible (although we all hope this may change in the future).
  • Members of the guard and reserve are eligible.
  • Veterans must also be eligible for GI Bill® benefits and have at least one day of unexpired GI Bill® entitlement remaining to be eligible for VET TEC.
  • Students must be accepted by the training provider – providers have varying acceptance criteria – so you must apply to the provider as well as with the VA.

For those who are not eligible for VET TEC, most of the VET TEC programs are also eligible for GI Bill® or VRE funding, and you’ll have the added benefit of knowing that these programs are truly employment-oriented, not just training oriented.

The program has been so popular that the VA has run out of funds for this fiscal year – but new funding will be available on 1 October 2020. If you are at all interested, I would encourage you to apply as soon as you can, to make sure you will have access to funding.

This is just a brief overview, but you can find complete information, including how to apply here: https://www.va.gov/education/about-gi-bill-benefits/how-to-use-benefits/vettec-high-tech-program/

If you’d like to discuss, you can use this link to schedule time with staff from TLG!

Here is an example of one of our recent graduates using the VET TEC to enroll in TLG’s programs: Rubi Reeser.

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What IT Certification Should You Pursue?

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“While this is a highly individualized decision, there is no one best certification for everyone in every situation.”

The quick answer is that there is no one best certification for everyone in every situation. The best certification for you will depend not only on what you’ve done but also on where you want to go. When a recruiter looks at your certifications, for better or worse, they will define where you have decided to put your energies, and where your expertise lies.

This might also be a good time to mention that there is a HUGE difference a certificate and certification – but that will be a subject for a future blog.

The first decision to make is whether to go the route of a vendor-neutral, or vendor-specific certification. Both have their pluses and minuses. For vendor-neutral certifications, CompTIA dominates because they span many technologies, across many levels. These certifications will have the broadest appeal across most companies and job categories.

On the other hand, certain vendor-specific certifications are very well recognized and can be the key to certain IT positions. Microsoft, Amazon, and Cisco certifications have well-earned recognition and reputation – but only for employers using those specific technologies. And each vendor also has further specialization based on a specific technology. For example, just a few of the Microsoft technologies include Azure, Windows Server, Power BI , and SQL Server. Choosing a specific vendor and specific technology means narrower focus – but more impact.

Most certifications also have varying levels which demonstrate your level of specialization and expertise or mastery. It should be pretty obvious that the higher the level, the greater the impact, but the greater the commitment in time and money on your part.

The point of this is that there isn’t anyone single best answer for everyone. But if it was me looking for a single certification to pursue, here’s what I’d look for:

  • technology on the upswing with lots of growth, with “legs”
  • what are employers looking for
  • field that isn’t over saturated
  • fast track to certification

My highly opinionated conclusion – it would be hard to find a better certification than the AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate. And there’s plenty of third-party validation of this:

10 Highest-Paying IT Certifications for Tech Pros
5 Best Cloud Certifications 2019

This is an associate-level certification with the widest breadth of AWS services coverage. It’s also one of the most popular because it acts as a starting point for many professionals looking to dive into the world of AWS certifications. One of the reasons for its popularity – instead of being super specific to one area or domain of platform, it has a wide overview, which means that training for it provides a fantastic introduction to what the AWS platform is capable of.

I’m going to shamelessly put in a little plug here for the TLG AWS Certified Solutions Architect Accelerated Learning Program. Obviously I’m more than a little biased – but I think it stands head and shoulders above others as the best way to get this certification. Email me at edc@tlglearning.com if you’d like to chat about why.

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Four Pillars Of An IT Career

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“Because I get a lot of questions about how certifications fit into a person’s IT career path, I’d like to take some time to discuss the value of certifications, followed by which certifications might carry the most value for your individual situation.”

This applies whether you are new to IT, or if you have years of experience and or education in IT, and it applies whether your dream IT job is to work for a Fortune 100 or a small municipality. 

For a recruiter or hiring manager, there are 4 “pillars” which will hold up, or support your case to be hired for an IT position: 

  • Education/Training 
  • Experience 
  • Certification  
  • Soft Skills 

We used to call it a 3 legged stool – but then soft skills became more and more important, and now it may arguably be the most impactful of the 4 pillars. That’s because it encompasses such a broad range of skills –  

  • leadership skills 
  • people skills 
  • social skills 
  • communication skills 
  • personality traits 
  • attitudes 
  • social intelligence 
  • emotional intelligence quotient 
  • their competence with at least one recognized certification (more on that in the next blog). 

    One of the reasons I know that veterans can do extremely well in IT careers is that over the years, I’ve noticed that veterans are highly likely to score exceptionally well on soft skills (while there are always exceptions,  most veterans have these skills to a high degree, but it may take work to know how to highlight and translate them for a civilian employer). 

While the dream candidate for a position would have all 4 pillars covered equally, that doesn’t happen very often in the real world. Everyone will be stronger in at least one area and weak in another. But it is possible to make up for what you’re lacking in one area, by bolstering and scoring highly in other areas. Certifications can be an important way to compensate for a lack of specific job experience or education. For example, someone very new to IT, who lacks experience, can compensate by articulating their soft skills and having an industry-recognized certification to demonstrate the equivalent experience or education. 

In the last few years, when unemployment was low, especially in the IT sector, IT certifications were still important, but more for professionals seeking promotions, and employees receiving financial incentives for obtaining professional certifications. But with the recent spike in unemployment, even in the IT sector, technical certifications can be a significant factor in making hiring decisions. For a job-seeker, the significance of a certification isn’t to land the job for you – it’s to get you noticed enough to get you to the interview level 

I can be prone to ramble a bit. Luckily for both of us – we have some brilliant marketing people (thank you Kads!) who are great at telling me to cut it off and save it for another day. So I’ll chat about the specific certifications that could have the biggest impact in your specific job search in the next blog!  

AWS CERTIFICATION CAREER PROGRAMS

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AWS Architect, Developer and System Operations

Are you looking to gain an in-depth knowledge of the AWS platform and how to leverage AWS services for specific cloud-based application? Then you’ve landed at the right place. 

TLG Learning is trusted by the Northwest’s Premier Companies, Government agencies and Aspiring IT Professionals for over 25 years. Our instructors are subject matter experts and help to build your skills and knowledge to advance in your career or as you seek a new IT role.

As an official AWS Training Partner, TLG Learning will work with you to develop your AWS skills and knowledge, understand how to prepare for certification exams and provide career services to ready yourself for advancement or a new career. TLG’s AWS program are approved for Workforce (WIOA) and Post 9/11 GI Bill funding.  Program are available Instructor-led Live Online during this time of working and learning from home.

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Role-based Certifications

The Cloud Practitioner Certification is the foundational AWS Certification and assumes 3-6 months of fundamental AWS Cloud and industry knowledge.

The Associate level certifications assume 1 year of experience solving problems and implementing solutions using the AWS Cloud.

The Professional level certifications assume 2 years of comprehensive experience designing, operating, and troubleshooting solutions using the AWS Cloud.

Architect

Architect

AWS Technical Essentials (1 day)

AWS CERTIFICATION CAREER PROGRAMS

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Exam

AWS CERTIFICATION CAREER PROGRAMS

Architecting on AWS (3 days)

AWS CERTIFICATION CAREER PROGRAMS

Exam Readiness: AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (1 day)

AWS CERTIFICATION CAREER PROGRAMS

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate Exam

Developer

Developer

AWS Technical Essentials (1 day)

AWS CERTIFICATION CAREER PROGRAMS

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Exam

AWS CERTIFICATION CAREER PROGRAMS

Developing on AWS (3 days)

AWS CERTIFICATION CAREER PROGRAMS

Exam Readiness: AWS Certified Developer – Associate (1 day)

AWS CERTIFICATION CAREER PROGRAMS

AWS Certified Developer – Associate Exam

Operations

Operations

AWS Technical Essentials (1 day)

AWS CERTIFICATION CAREER PROGRAMS

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Exam

AWS CERTIFICATION CAREER PROGRAMS

Systems Operations on AWS (3 days)

AWS CERTIFICATION CAREER PROGRAMS

Exam Readiness: AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate
(1 day)

AWS CERTIFICATION CAREER PROGRAMS

AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate Exam

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Free Webinar On AWS Business Essentials

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May 26th at 8:00 am or May 29th at 10:00 am
Pacific Time (90 Minutes)

Are you interested in knowing the advantages of cloud computing for your business? Are you confused about how to migrate to the AWS cloud? Then TLG Learning is here to help!

Register

Sign up for our FREE Webinar on AWS Business Essentials and join our expert instructor to explore the advantages of cloud computing for your business and the fundamentals of AWS, including financial benefits.

In this webinar, you will learn how to:

  • Identify the value and advantages of the AWS Cloud
  • Recognize the valuable ways that the AWS platform can be used
  • Understand the robust security capabilities, controls, and assurances in place to maintain data and network security
  • Articulate the financial impact the AWS Cloud can have on an organization’s cost management while minimizing the risks associated with consumption-based pricing models

It will be a two-hour long webinar where you will also have the opportunity to interact with our AWS certified trainer, John Kacmarynski, and ask your queries in the live Q&A session. We have limited seats available and strongly recommend you register beforehand as a recording of this webinar WILL NOT be available after the session so don’t miss out.

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Free Workshop On AWS Exam Readiness

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Attend May 28th at 11:00am or May 29th at 7:00am
Pacific Time (2 hours)

If you are considering pursuing the AWS Certification, then here is an opportunity for you to attend a Free AWS Exam Readiness workshop online!

Register

You’ve heard it right! Register now and you can attend an AWS Exam Readiness workshop with our experienced instructor, John Kacmarynski. You can even have your questions answered in real-time as he will help you learn how to prepare for the exam by exploring the exam’s topic areas, mapping them to developing on AWS, and identifying specific areas to study. You will review sample exam questions in each topic area and learn how to interpret the concepts being tested so that you can better eliminate incorrect responses. 

If you think someone else can benefit from this workshop, don’t forget to share this information with them!

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Free Workshop On AWS Technical Essentials

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Part 1 on May 26th at 11:00am or May 27th at 8:00am
Part 2 on May 27th at 11:00am or May 28th at 8:00am
Pacific Time (2 hours each)

 

Register

As an official AWS Training Partner, TLG Learning is conducting a Free AWS Technical Essentials workshop virtually!

Divided into two sessions of two hours each, select and register for the workshop you would be able to attend to fit your schedule.

If you are interested in learning how to get started with AWS, or if you are a sysops administrator, solutions architect, and developer interested in using the AWS services, then you should not miss out on this workshop!

Our AWS certified instructor, John Kacmarynski will be conducting this workshop divided into two sessions where the first workshop will cover the following:

  • Recognize terminology and concepts as they relate to the AWS platform and navigate the AWS Management Console.
  • Understand the foundational services, including Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3), and Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS).
  • Understand the security measures AWS provides and key concepts of AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM).

Having access to Labs post-event on:

  • Introduction to Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3)

  • Introduction to AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)

While the second workshop on AWS Tech Essentials will cover the following topics:

  • Understand AWS database services, including Amazon DynamoDB and Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS).
  • Understand AWS management tools, including Auto Scaling, Amazon CloudWatch, Elastic Load Balancing (ELB), and AWS Trusted Advisor.

Having access to Labs post-event on:

  • Introduction to Amazon DynamoDB
  • Introduction to AWS Key Management Service
  • Introduction to AWS Lambda

Whether you are working from home, scared about unemployment due to the coronavirus pandemic, or in search of a new one, this is an incredible opportunity to develop your skills further and find a career path. Please register today as we have limited seats available and there will not be any recording for this workshop. 

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