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- Skills Measurement for IT Talent - How Government Agencies Are Putting Commercial Best Practices to Work
- From April 22 - 29, 2002, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management OPM held its first IT Virtual Job Fair. The online skills measurement approach used in the IT job fair achieved some important goals. First, the measurement system supported a new competency-based approach to defining job qualifications. Traditionally, government...
- Tags: Job, Agency, Information Technology, Government, Best Practice, Brainbench, Recruitment & Selection, Strategy, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management
- Case studies
- Maintaining Talent for Market Leadership - How Wells Fargo Keeps Top IT Performers on Board and Moving Ahead
- Wells Fargo is a 150-year-old financial services giant that is ranked #1 in multiple categories, from small business and agricultural lending to online financial services, insurance sales, and home equity lending. Like many large organizations, Wells Fargo develops top performers through one of two career development paths. An employee may...
- Tags: Talent, Leadership, Wells Fargo & Co., Information Technology, Board, Brainbench, Professional Development, Financial Planning, Workforce Management, Strategy, Financial Services, Career, Finance, Human Resources, Management
- Case studies
- How One Healthcare Organization Uses Objective Metrics to Improve Project Management
- In 2003, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, one of the nation's leading health care benefits companies, set out to identify, quantify, and improve the skills of its associates who manage vital projects. To maintain their position as a leader in the health care industry, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue...
- Tags: Blue Cross Blue Shield, Health Care, Brainbench, Project Management, Vertical Industries, Tools & Techniques, Benefits, Healthcare, Strategy, It Operations, It service Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Human Resources
- Case studies
- Telecom Provider Reduces Call Center Cost-Per-Hire by 80%
- One of the most significant challenges facing services organizations today is the need to identify and deploy talent quickly. For SaskTel, a major Canadian telecommunications service provider about to roll out a brand new technology to its client base, the demand for qualified personnel in its Customer Relationship Center was...
- Tags: Brainbench, Recruitment & Selection, Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Networking
- Case studies
- IBM's Objective Metrics - A Knowledge Company's Approach to Skills Inventory Management
- In 2001, IBM's Americas IT Specialist Profession Discipline Leader set out to implement an online skills measurement system that would improve IBM's ability to pinpoint that knowledge. The skills measurement strategy began with a need to improve success rates for the company's employee certification process. IBM conducted a survey among...
- Tags: Knowledge, Inventory Management, Brainbench, IBM Corp., Professional Development, Strategy, Career, Management
- Case studies
- How Information Builders Gives Clients the Skills Needed to Achieve ROI
- If a company's customers lack the skills to achieve ROI from the deployment of a technology solution, it's a losing proposition for both the buyer and the seller. In today's tight technology market, where the need to demonstrate ROI is a prerequisite of every sale, smart solutions providers are assuming...
- Tags: Information Builders, ROI, Brainbench, Roi/Tco, Finance, Managerial Accounting
- Case studies
- Building a Foundation for Continuous Improvement: Lessons From a Marine Corps Command
- The Marine Corp Network Operations and Security Command MCNOSC provides a vital service in protecting Marine Corps information systems. The skills of the network administrators that operate the MCNOSC are an essential driver of the organization's performance. Unfortunately, identifying and tracking those skills has never been easy. For MCNOSC, the...
- Tags: Brainbench, Performance Management, Network Administration, Networking, Strategy, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management
- Case studies
- Pilot Assessment Program Cuts Time-to-Hire by 50%, Saves $400K for Leading Healthcare Provider
- As a premier provider of healthcare management products and services, McKesson Corporation relies on innovation and responsiveness to maintain leadership in the healthcare industry. In early 2003, McKesson Information Solutions MIS began a software product initiative requiring top technical talent. It became apparent as McKesson's search for developers unfolded that...
- Tags: McKesson Corp., Health Care, Brainbench, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources
- Case studies
- The 2005 Global Skills Report
- Globalization is here to stay. So where are the skilled employees? In the 2005 Global Skills Report, Brainbench ranks the most popular skills in the United States and around the globe. We reveal the most commonly certified skills, trends, and changes from our 2003 study, and offer insights into these...
- Tags: Brainbench, Globalization, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2005-07-19
- Comptia vs. Brainbench
- Which certification holds more value in the IT community: CompTIA A+ or Brainbench Computer Tech Support Certification?In a word CompTIA.A+ is more accepted due to the fact that it has been here longer. Use Brainbench to compliment any other certifications that you may have. Given time Brainbench may become...
- Tags: Brainbench, CompTIA
- Discussion threads 2005-12-16
- Free Brainbench Tests
- Brainbench is offering free assessment tests on their site. There are over 450 different tests that you can take that cover all manner of IT subjects, as well as others such as English grammar and language skills.http://www.brainbench.comAnd yes, there is indeed one for Active Directory!Are these recognized?Really.I was told by...
- Tags: Brainbench
- Discussion threads 2005-03-21
- Guide your career with a little help from Brainbench
- IT professionals readying themselves for certification usually worry whether they've studied sufficiently. There's more to be worried about, but Brainbench can help. Erik Eckel explains in this week's IT Certification Corner.Before earning an IT certification, you should ask yourself two questions:Is the certification appropriate for me?Which specific certification should I...
- Tags: Quality, career, Erik Eckel Network+, MCP+I, MCSE, Brainbench, certification
- Technical articles 2001-12-07
- More than a third polled hold Brainbench certifications
- Polling Place reveals the results of the TechProGuild Quick Poll: Have you earned a Brainbench certification?
- Tags: Quality, Erik Eckel Network+, MCP+I, MCSE, Brainbench, Polling Place
- Technical articles 2001-12-03
- Examining the value of Brainbench certifications
- IT certification remains a career booster for many administrators. For those looking to expand their resumes, online certification provider Brainbench has some solid offerings. Here's a look at the pros and cons of Brainbench certifications.If you aren’t familiar with online certification vendor Brainbench.com, it’s time you take a look at...
- Tags: Quality, David Davis CCIE, MCSE+I, SCSA, Brainbench, certification
- Technical articles 2001-08-20
- Test yourself for free on Brainbench.com
- Looking to add a few lines to your resume? Study up, then hit Brainbench.com. The Web site offers free online certification testing as well as prep courses. Get the details here.IT professionals possess many certifications. Most certifications come from Cisco, CompTIA, and Microsoft. But how many people do you know...
- Tags: Quality, Jason Smith, Brainbench, certification
- Technical articles 2000-12-26
- An additional resource for online training
- TechRepublic reader recommends a resource where you and your clients can get computer training and certification testing online.Last week, I told you about Train-Online.com, a Web site recommended by one of your fellow TechRepublic passport owners, Patrick K. you can read the article here . I asked you to recommend...
- Tags: Workforce management, Jeff Davis, online training, Brainbench, WEdwards, training
- Technical articles 2000-02-08
Additional Resources
- How should my certification path look?
- Hello Everyone,My name is Adrian Raduti, I currently work as a Helpdesk Analyst Tier2 for a company that offers support to GE Healthcare's users (around 30.000) of which around 2.000 - 3.000 come under my protective wings :-).I've been a registered member of TechRepublic for one year now, have not...
- Tags: Adrian Raduti, security
- Discussion threads 2007-03-23
- Pre-employment technical screening ideas ?
- I am a Recruiter for a web development company, we are in the process of assessing our pre-employment screening test and I am looking for suggestions. For the most part, we run a LAMP environment, so I am always looking for great PHP Developers! Does anyone know any good technical...
- Tags: rmccabe44@...
- Discussion threads 2007-07-23
- aptitude test and linux
- is the market really covered by linux,tell me the institute for linux & also i am lookng for aptitude test paper,can you send it for me?I am a firm believer in "MS" os's, but try this link and see if you like it !! http://www.linuxiso.org/ it has what you are...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux
- Q&A 2006-06-07
- Training and certification on the cheap
- Even in the best of times, developers can rarely be excused from the office for certification training. Budget crunches make this even more unlikely now. Lamont Adams suggests some alternatives to expensive training.Today’s economic uncertainty has reeled in a lot of discretionary spending on items like training, so many organizations...
- Tags: Workforce management, Lamont Adams, training, certification
- Technical articles 2001-03-26
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