Looking for a way to further your IT career? Take a look at these resources, which include websites, blogs and online courses to help you advance your career and land you the job of your dreams.
Glassdoor. Glassdoor is a well-known website that provides anonymous employee reviews of companies with insight into what it’s like to work there, as well as compensation data. You can use the information to prepare for job interviews or to negotiate your salary.
Corn on the Job. Corn on the Job is a site created by Rich DeMatteo, a Philadelphia area Staffing/Human Resources professional with experience in multiple disciplines of staffing. His site delivers a wide variety of advice, opinion, and wisdom for job seekers.
Codeacademy. This free resource is a great way to learn languages like HTML and CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, PHP, Python, and Ruby. These introductory classes in coding are a great way to help you understand how websites and software function.
Coursera. Coursera is an education platform that partners with top universities and organizations worldwide, to offer free online courses. Take courses on just about anything from Managing Your Money to Marketing in a Digital World to Data Visualization and even Advanced Chemistry.
SemCo Enterprises. SemCo Enterprises is an online resource that, for a nominal fee, will help you learn computer technology. It provides IT training solutions for non-technical people. They keep up to date with the latest computer language technology and provide an online knowledge base of technical jargon and computer acronyms that are available 24/7. (After 30 years in business, Semco Enterprises closed their doors in 2018).
These are just a few of the many online resources that can help you further your career in 2015. What other websites, blogs, online courses, industry publications or even webinars/workshops did we miss?
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