From the CompTIA Breakaway 2010 - Changing IT Environment Demands New Strategies for Training, Certifying Workforce, CompTIA Exec Says [GENERAL CERTIFICATION NEWS]

The CompTIA Breakaway is the best cross-section of the industry with new vendors and new VARs every year.

This year’s event was held beginning on Sunday August 8, 2010 at the JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort & Spa in San Antonio, Texas and ran through Thursday the 12th. The complete agenda is online at http://www.comptia.org/breakaway/agenda.aspx

According to a story published on the BusinessWire website Terry Erdle, senior vice president, skills certification, CompTIA, said in remarks delivered at Breakaway 2010 that “Trends in technology are changing the employment landscape; it doesn’t mean that we don’t need people, it’s just a different kind of job.”

The full story which is available online also indicated that forecasts regarding growth in information technology (IT) jobs over the next several years will be in the double digits and that demand will compel the industry to take new, aggressive steps for fill the pipeline with new workers.

As outlined in the article, the current number of IT job openings in the United States is estimated to be between 300,000 and 500,000 and that future forecasts for IT job growth through 2018 approach 20 percent.

Computer systems engineers, developers, project managers, network engineers, security specialists, technology sales specialists and support staff and help desk employees were outlined as the top, in-demand job categories.

Areas such as security, cloud computing, healthcare IT and green IT will see even faster growth as organizations expand their reliance on technology solutions in these areas.

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