Microsoft IT Academy – MTA Certification

This school year (2013-2014), we are looking at Microsoft’s MTA Certification Exams as the primary option for Computer Science Seniors to use for their credentials to show off their CS…

Bad Customer Service

Practicing good customer service goes a long way in helping you develop your inter-personal skills with potential customers, co-workers, and supervisors, and potential employers.   Simply put, Practicing Good Customer…

Wrestlers make the best Employees

Interesting article in Forbes.  Want to succeed in your Career?  Join the Wrestling Team!   🙂 http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevecooper/2012/07/31/why-wrestlers-make-the-best-employees/

25 Ways to Ruin Your Chances During a Job Interview

As many of you may know, prior to teaching, I interviewed, hires, reviewed, and (sometimes) fired people for two previous employers.  Many of the situations mentioned in this article have…

Career Builder Survey finds that employee swearing could cost them a promotion

One thing I try to stress about Careers is Professionalism.  This story confirms how employees’ use of language can affect how they advance in their careers.

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This week we begin covering Binary and Hexidecimal # Systems. We will learn how to convert alpha and numeric characters into and from Binary and Hexidecimal. We will learn why…

Safety, Safety, SAFETY!

We will cover a variety of Safety Issues common to the I.T. Workplace. These safety issues range from basic Office Environment Safety to Electrical Safety to Chemical Safety and MSDS…