The El Paso Workforce Solutions Borderplex is offering CompTIA IT Certification training to help unemployed women get an IT job, even without experience!

The El Paso Workforce Solutions Borderplex is offering CompTIA IT Certification training to help unemployed women get an IT job, even without experience!

24-Week
FREE 
training
program!
Valued at $6,000

Maryland | CompTIA
Maryland | CompTIA

A Life-changing Opportunity for Women

Through this partnership, dislocated, unemployed women that were directly laid off due to the COVID19 crisis and residents of El Paso can apply for a 24-week CompTIA live online training package, valued at $5,000, which includes everything you need to get IT certified and land your first IT job, even if you don’t have prior experience in the IT field.

  • Only for Women
  • 24-week live online IT training
  • For dislocated, unemployed workers residents of El Paso, Texas
  • Everything you need to pass the test and earn a CompTIA IT certification
  • Get an IT job, even without prior experience

86% of certification earners have been placed in the job market by CompTIA’s career services team.

Do You Qualify?

Dislocated, unemployed women that were directly laid off due to the COVID19 crisis, El Paso residents, 18 and older, who have a high school diploma or GED equivalent can apply for this free CompTIA certification exam preparation. After signing up, you will need to complete the Wonderlic Online Assessment Test.

  • Only for Women
  • 18+ years old
  • High school diploma/GED equivalent
  • El Paso resident
  • Unemployed workers that were directly laid off due to the COVID19 crisis
  • Wonderlic Assessment Required

This is a one-time only course, and there are only 15 places available. Don’t miss your chance, apply today!

  • Course start date: September 13th
  • Runs from Sep 13th, 2021 – March 11th, 2022
  • Wonderlic Assessment Required
  • Study at your own-pace with CompTIA’s self-learning online tools
  • An official CompTIA instructor will be available to guide you as you study
  • Includes all the materials you need to study and pass the course
  • CompTIA career services will help place you in an IT job upon successful course completion

The CompTIA A+ is the Industry Standard Certification to Start a Career in IT

Prove to employers you can get
the job done.

CompTIA A+ is the industry standard for launching IT careers into today’s digital world. Trusted by employers around the world, getting certified in A+ identifies you as a proven problem solver and the go-to person in technical support roles and today’s core technologies from security to cloud to data management and more.

Prove to employers you can get
the job done.

CompTIA A+ is the industry standard for launching IT careers into today’s digital world. Trusted by employers around the world, getting certified in A+ identifies you as a proven problem solver and the go-to person in technical support roles and today’s core technologies from security to cloud to data management and more.

96%

Of managers use certifications as criteria during recruitment.

$53K

The median annual wage for computer user support specialists.

28%

Increase of open IT positions is expected by 2026.

What You’ll Learn

Being CompTIA A+ certified means that you will learn cutting-edge fundamentals of computer hardware and software. You’ll understand how to troubleshoot a wide range of devices, from computers to smartphones. CompTIA A+ is the best starting point for any career in IT – it can help you get your first job in IT, and set you on a path to IT success.

Possible job opportunities

  • Service Desk Analyst
  • Data Support Technician
  • Help Desk Tech
  • Desktop Support Administrator
  • Technical Support Specialist
  • End User Computing Technician
  • Field Service Technician
  • Help Desk Technician
  • Associate Network Engineer
  • System Support Specialist

About this project

Workforce Solutions Boderplex has partnered with CompTIA with support from the COVID-19 National Dislocated Worker Grant to help Women skill up and get back to work following the economic downturn caused by the pandemic.
WFS’s goal is to get more women into IT and increase representation in the cybersecurity workforce, by helping dislocated women connect with employers and get free training opportunities, including courses to obtain a CompTIA certification.

What’s Included?

CompTIA's A+, Sec+ and Network+ live online training and career services to help you get a job

Comptia A+

CompTIA A+ Bootcamp

CompTIA A+ is the industry standard for establishing a career in IT and the preferred qualifying credential for technical support and IT operational roles.

Comptia Security+

CompTIA Security+ Bootcamp

CompTIA Security+ is the first security certification IT professionals should earn. It establishes the core knowledge required of any cybersecurity role.

CompTIA Network+ Bootcamp

CompTIA Network+ helps develop a career in IT infrastructure covering troubleshooting, configuring, and managing networks. Take your IT career to the next level.

For Whom?

Requirements needed to apply

Unemployed women directly laid off due to the COVID-19 crisis, El Paso residents, 18+, who have a high school diploma or GED equivalent can apply for this free training. After signing up, you will need to complete the Wonderlic Online Assessment Test and a virtual interview.

  • 18+ years old
  • High school diploma/GED equivalent
  • El Paso Resident
  • Unemployed women only, laid off due to the COVID-19 crisis
  • Wonderlic Assessment Required

Requirements needed to apply

Dislocated, unemployed workers that were directly laid off due to the COVID-19 crisis, Missouri residents, 18 and older who have a high school diploma or GED equivalent can apply for this free training. After signing up, you will need to complete the Wonderlic Online Assessment Test and a virtual interview.

  • 18+ years old
  • High school diploma/GED equivalent
  • Missouri resident
  • Unemployed workers that were directly laid off due to the COVID-19 crisis
  • Wonderlic Assessment Required

Why CompTIA?

CompTIA is the world’s leading technology association. CompTIA advances IT professionals with successful industry-leading certifications and business credentials in the areas such as PC maintenance, networking technologies, and security.

Powerful and respected credential trusted by employers.

Globally trusted, vendor neutral certifications.

Join 100,000 other CompTIA users and grow your career.

Erin Waterman, Career Changer Retail to Tech

“The holistic attitude CompTIA has, how they stay with students and have the alumni program, that’s what really sets it apart."

Teela Moua, Network Engineer

“If you don’t have any job experience or a connection in that field, nobody is going to hire you. So, obtaining a CompTIA certification that said, ’I know what I am talking about’ was very important.”

Are you ready to start a new career in IT?