Inspiring Success

Our latest IT-Ready class graduated, and from the camaraderie shown at graduation, it seemed as if these students had known each other for years rather than eight weeks. With such camaraderie comes immense support that will extend into their new tech careers.

When Tucker Landis’s mom saw an ad for IT-Ready, she immediately knew the program was exactly what her son needed. So, she encouraged him to apply. Landis knew that IT jobs were plentiful and that they were good jobs – offering attractive wages and hours and upwardly mobile career paths. He only needed an on-ramp to the industry.

IT-Ready graduated its largest class in Minnesota with 22 new IT problem-solvers ready to gain jobs in the industry.

Company’s internal help desk finds recent IT-Ready hires grounded in hard technical and soft professional skills needed to succeed.

A new report from JPMorgan Chase reveals uncertainty about how well tech-training programs are meeting employers’ needs. The report looks beyond the hype of the tech worker boom by charting growth and challenges that face IT training programs, and evaluating what efforts work best.