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Why Get Certified?

[/text_box] [/ux_banner] [section] [row style=”large” col_style=”divided”] [col span=”8″ span__sm=”12″] [vc_row][vc_column][ultimate_icon_list icon_size=”30″ icon_margin=”15″][ultimate_icon_list_item icon=”Defaults-trophy” icon_color=”#03405d”]American companies expect to create 1 million new information technology jobs this year, an industry survey finds. About a third of the openings will be for technical support workers, who help companies install, maintain and troubleshoot new high-tech equipment, predicts the study, released by the Information Technology Association of America.[/ultimate_icon_list_item][/ultimate_icon_list][ultimate_icon_list icon_size=”30″ icon_margin=”15″][ultimate_icon_list_item icon=”Defaults-trophy” icon_color=”#03405d”]Companies are worried about filling the new positions, the survey found. Based on the qualifications of current applicants, they estimated that more than half of the openings, about 500,000, may be difficult to fill.[/ultimate_icon_list_item][/ultimate_icon_list][ultimate_icon_list icon_size=”30″ icon_margin=”15″][ultimate_icon_list_item icon=”Defaults-trophy” icon_color=”#03405d”]”IT workers represent a much bigger slice of the total work force than previously imagined and, as we have stressed over the years, the nation’s economic future is tied to the availability of appropriately skilled workers,” said the association’s president, Harris Miller.[/ultimate_icon_list_item][/ultimate_icon_list][/vc_column][/vc_row] [ux_image id=”832″ image_size=”original”] [vc_row][vc_column][ultimate_icon_list icon_size=”30″ icon_margin=”15″][ultimate_icon_list_item icon=”Defaults-trophy” icon_color=”#03405d”]Behind tech support, the fastest growing jobs categories are database developers and administrators; programmers and software developers; and people who design and manage Internet sites. Among other categories included in the survey were technical writers, digital media specialists and systems integrators.[/ultimate_icon_list_item][/ultimate_icon_list][ultimate_icon_list icon_size=”30″ icon_margin=”15″][ultimate_icon_list_item icon=”Defaults-trophy” icon_color=”#03405d”]The American Technical Institute members who helped pay for the study included companies such as Microsoft Corp., Cisco Systems and Oracle Corp. It was conducted between December and February by Market Decisions Corp. and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.[/ultimate_icon_list_item][/ultimate_icon_list][ultimate_icon_list icon_size=”30″ icon_margin=”15″][ultimate_icon_list_item icon=”Defaults-trophy” icon_color=”#03405d”]Whether you are beginning a career in IT, a seasoned IT veteran looking to stay sharp, or a corporation faced with keeping their IT teams on top of an ever-changing industry, The American Technical Institute has tremendous benefits to offer. There has never been a better time to invest in IT training. With The American Technical Institute, there has never been a better place![/ultimate_icon_list_item][/ultimate_icon_list][ultimate_icon_list icon_size=”30″ icon_margin=”15″][ultimate_icon_list_item icon=”Defaults-trophy” icon_color=”#03405d”]The American Technical Institute will assist you in attaining your technology training goals. The American Technical Institute is the area’s most innovative training institute and combines the most effective training methods to create the best value available in training.[/ultimate_icon_list_item][/ultimate_icon_list][/vc_column][/vc_row] [/col] [col span=”4″ span__sm=”12″] [block id=”795″] [gap height=”50px”] [block id=”802″] [gap height=”50px”] [block id=”808″] [/col] [/row] [/section]