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What Do We Mean When We Say: Metaverse
What Do We Mean When We Say: Metaverse

Information technology (IT) evolves and expands quickly enough that it can be hard to keep up with new technology and new terminology. Today we unpack the conversation around the "metaverse."

Cisco Sets Ambitious Goal to Train EMEA IT Workers
Cisco Sets Ambitious Goal to Train EMEA IT Workers

Cisco is affirming its commitment to IT skills-to-jobs training, recently announcing a 10-year goal to train 10 million people in EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) as part of a global effort to skill up 25 million individuals.

Work On Your Wellness: Continuing Education
Work On Your Wellness: Continuing Education

It's important for any IT professional to take care of Number One. If you haven't got your health, then everything else in your life tends to suffer. In Part 13 of our multipart series, we focus on continuing education.

U.S. Jobs: January Numbers Arrive with a Bang
U.S. Jobs: January Numbers Arrive with a Bang

With 517,000 jobs added and unemployment dropping to a level not seen since 1969, January was good month for the U.S. economy. Despite recent attention-grabbing tech layoffs, the overall employment picture is rosy.

Who Invented the Computer? Gary Starkweather and the Laser Printer
Who Invented the Computer? Gary Starkweather and the Laser Printer

GoCertify illuminates the origin story of one of the most consequential inventions in history. In today's installment: You can build it, but we won't sell it.

Human Skills vs. Soft Skills: Old Wine in New Bottles?
Human Skills vs. Soft Skills: Old Wine in New Bottles?

As it turns out, so-called "human" skills is a synonym for soft skills. What one blogger learned, however, from analyzing the fastest-growing job skills under this heading is worth understanding, and digging into.

Six Hot Computer Networking Certifications for 2023
Six Hot Computer Networking Certifications for 2023

The new year is here! If you have a serious professional interest in computer networking, then you could make a big impact on your career outlook by focusing on one of these six certifications in 2023.

7 Key Attributes of a Highly Workable Home Office
7 Key Attributes of a Highly Workable Home Office

Data reveals that roughly two-thirds of the U.S. workforce works from home part-time, and nearly 1 in 5 U.S. workers do it full-time. That makes a usable, productive workspace at home something nearly everybody needs.

GoCertify visits Ebenezer Baptist Church on Martin Luther King Jr. Day
GoCertify visits Ebenezer Baptist Church on Martin Luther King Jr. Day

GoCertify takes another detour from our regularly scheduled programming as the United States celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

U.S. Jobs: Not Really a December to Remember
U.S. Jobs: Not Really a December to Remember

The economy voted present in December, neither overperforming nor underperforming. There's not much to be excited about, but also not much to lose sleep over as we roll into a new year of looking at the big picture.