There is no denying there is a strong demand for skilled tech talent in the IT industry today. And providing opportunities for skilling, reskilling and upskilling IT professionals with the competencies needed to fill in-demand job roles can help to fill this demand.
According to CompTIA’s State of the Tech Workforce, there are projected to be 272,323 net new tech job postings in 2023, and the growth rate for tech jobs over the next decade is nearly twice the national jobs rate. This indicates there is an enormous need for skilled tech talent in emerging technologies, cloud, cybersecurity and many more areas.
IT training organizations can help to fill this need by delivering high-quality tech training to learners and providing them with the skills and competencies needed to thrive in real-world tech job roles.
The most in-demand tech skills currently include, but are not limited to:
- Automation
- Project management
- Big data
- Data visualization
- Data science
- Data analysis
- Database administration
- Penetration testing
- Risk analysis
- Cybersecurity analytics
- Information security
- Linux
- Technical support
- Cloud computing
- Web development
- Programming languages
- Networking
- Machine learning
CompTIA Authorized Delivery Partners are a part of the solution. The CompTIA Authorized Partner Program (CAPP) is a global network of organizations that can help deliver in-demand talent to the global workforce. Partnering with CompTIA offers you a wealth of support, resources and tools to help you promote CompTIA training and certifications, streamline and enhance your training program, and ensure that you have what you need to maximize instruction and prepare learners for certification success.
7 Benefits of Partnering With CompTIA
The CompTIA Authorized Delivery Partner Program was designed to equip training organizations that presently teach or plan to teach CompTIA certification training courses with the resources and tools they need to train and certify IT professionals for success in IT job roles. This includes access to CompTIA’s CertMaster Suite of Learning Solutions.
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When an organization becomes a CompTIA Authorized Delivery Partner, they gain access to:
- Tools needed to enhance IT career pathways for learners
- Discounts on CompTIA exam vouchers and learning resources
- Exam objectives aligned with IT and cybersecurity job role skills and competencies
- Resources to upskill the organization’s team to sell CompTIA learning resources and certifications
- CompTIA digital assets and logos such as posters, whitepapers and labor market research, which are useful for promotion
- A preview period where they can review exam objectives before general release of a new certification exam
- Access to CompTIA-hosted webinars
Partners are also invited to attend the annual CompTIA Partner Summit and EMEA Member and Partner Conference. These events offer organizational leaders the chance to network with training managers and instructors from corporate, government, academic and commercial markets. Programming for these events empowers CompTIA partners to enhance training solutions, implement the latest features and best practices for building an effective classroom environment, optimize your strategies and build the IT workforce’s skill set.
The CompTIA Authorized Delivery Partner Program Is Valuable to Instructors and Learners
The CompTIA Authorized Delivery Partner Program doesn’t just benefit training organizations. It also benefits their instructors and learners. For example, instructors working for CompTIA partners have access to the CompTIA Instructor Network (CIN), a worldwide community for instructors who provide CompTIA certification training. This community gives instructors a space to share knowledge and collaborate.
Through CIN, instructors also have access to Train-the-Trainer (TTT) online courses that are offered for new and updated certifications. TTT are offered both live and on-demand and are targeted to help instructors prepare for success in the classroom.
A CompTIA Authorized Delivery Partner’s learners also have access to an interactive career pathway planning tool. With this tool, they can learn about how certifications are instrumental in helping develop different career pathways in IT. They can also use this tool to get information about job outlooks and median national salaries for various IT job roles.
Additionally, learners benefit by having flexible CompTIA certification exam testing options – in-person or online.
Steps to Take Before Partnering With CompTIA
Before becoming a CompTIA Authorized Delivery Partner, it’s helpful to get familiar with the program and our offerings by:
- Exploring the benefits of the partner program
- Checking out the certification and training pathways
- Learning more about our eLearning courseware solutions
- Reading some of our latest blog posts that dive deeper into everything available to CompTIA partners
Learn More About Becoming a CompTIA Delivery Partner
The key to successful IT careers is certification and effective training. By becoming a CompTIA Authorized Delivery Partner, training organizations can train and certify information technology professionals to fill essential IT roles and build the IT talent pool.
Interested in becoming a CompTIA Authorized Delivery Partner? Learn more.
