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IT teacher Tymen Kuperus at Drenthe College in The Netherlands knows how much students – and the Dutch IT industry – can benefit from CompTIA certifications. He and the IT team at Drenthe have worked to get students certified earlier in their academic careers, and they're already seeing the value.

At solution provider Clever Ducks in San Luis Obispo, Cal., all of the techs and most of the administrative staff hold at least one CompTIA certification. As a formalized part of the employee growth plan, President and Co-Founder Amy Kardel finds that certifications build not just skills, but overall excellence.

While researching other certifications to build his IT career, Leonard Waker realized that he only had a few days to keep his current ones from expiring. CompTIA CertMaster CE let him prove his skills quickly and conveniently without disrupting his busy schedule, and taught him some valuable new IT tricks.

Matthew Brady has only just begun his ascent up the IT job ladder, but he already has CompTIA A+ and CompTIA Server+ to his name. He sees CompTIA certifications as the key to moving forward in cybersecurity – and CompTIA's CertMaster tool as the way to train.

In the small resort town of Kure Beach, Tony Phillips spends his days keeping the critical imaging systems of the local hospital running. In his spare time, he plays numerous roles in the community he moved there for. And as a late-stage career changer, CompTIA certifications helped him get there.

Five years ago, Lucas Block had never touched a computer. But after sustaining a career-ending injury, retraining for IT was a necessity. CompTIA certifications not only helped him learn a new skillset, but helped him start his career a few rungs higher than entry level.

Alan Killingsworth has lived a creative life that’s taken him far afield of the tech world. But when he decided he wanted to get back to his computing roots, Western Governors University and CompTIA showed him network security helped him embark on a new career path.

The new Wonder Woman movie opens in theaters today. With her superhuman skills and specialized set of tools, the story of DC Comics' most famous superheroine can give us some pointers on how to look at IT work and CompTIA certifications – ones that both the wondrous women and great guys of IT can appreciate.

Client interest in cloud is booming, and big-name hardware vendors like Oracle are meeting the demand. But where do partners fit? With an innovative, award-winning series of workshops built around CompTIA educational materials, Arrow’s Kirk Bohn has set out to help them understand – and succeed.

With experience working at her high school's help desk and her CompTIA A+ certification in hand, Susan Verdin took her first step into the IT workforce. Now she's on a career path that's engaging a tech interest she's held since childhood – with more learning, and more certifications, in her future.