Technology provides you with great opportunities for professional advancement, and technical certifications prove your knowledge, expertise, and hands-on experience to prospective employers or clients. It is extremely important to organizations like AWS, Google, Microsoft, Oracle, ITIL, PMI, and many others that their certifications prove technical expertise; otherwise, their certifications are of no value. That is why the exams are so hard. This course is intended to help you formulate an effective learning plan that will build the knowledge you need, not only to pass the exam but to be truly competent in the technology you are being tested on.
Preparing for and Passing Technical Certifications
Preparing for and Passing Technical Certifications
Instructor: Rachel Strong
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Technology provides you with great opportunities for professional advancement, and technical certifications prove your knowledge, expertise, and hands-on experience to prospective employers or clients. It is extremely important to organizations like AWS, Google, Microsoft, Oracle, ITIL, PMI, and many others that their certifications prove technical expertise; otherwise, their certifications are of no value. That is why the exams are so hard. This course is intended to help you formulate an effective learning plan that will build the knowledge you need, not only to pass the exam but to be truly competent in the technology you are being tested on.
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In this module, you will get some insight into how and why certifications are created. You will also learn how exam questions are written and scored.
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3 videos2 readings1 assignment
In this module, you will learn how to recognize your personal learning styles so you can select learning resources that are optimal for you.
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3 videos2 readings1 assignment
In this module, you will learn some strategies for optimizing your study time and tactics for passing your exam.
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4 videos2 readings1 assignment
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JE
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Reviewed on Nov 12, 2020
Instructor was engaging and course content was well laid out.
DN
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Reviewed on Feb 19, 2024
this course was hard but when you take notes it really does help but do what makes you comfortable do what makes you feel the way you are learning to help you pass the tests and get certificates
DR
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Reviewed on Nov 10, 2020
Excellent Job Rachel! Loved the content and you kept it super entertaining and engaging. I'll let you know when I pass my certification.
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