LeaderQuest Announces "Elevate Colorado" IT Training Program

"More than 40 percent of survey respondents report that their Microsoft Certification was a factor in improving their ability to find or keep a job and/or get a promotion." [1]

In a press release issued January 26, 2010 by Governor Bill Ritter, "Microsoft^® Elevate America" was announced.  This program will give out Vouchers for Microsoft online training to individuals to develop basic skills to address many of today's job requirements.

LeaderQuest knows this to be true so it is announcing its new "Elevate Colorado" IT Jobs Program for Colorado.  George Cohlmia, CEO at LeaderQuest says, "We believe that the Elevate America program for Colorado is great step for establishing foundation-level skills, and we are incorporating additional elements critical for acquiring a job in today's marketplace".

Through our "Elevate Colorado" program, LeaderQuest is providing, any student with a WIA Training Voucher for any of our technical training courses, local training and career placement services not addressed in the Microsoft Elevate America Program. This includes:

• Access to world-class certified expert instructors via our local training facilities.
• Free course books that can be used for reference before job interviews as well as on-the-job.
• Ability to interact with our certified experts on a 24x7 basis.
• Ability to re-sit the course or re-view online courses free for one year.
• Vouchers for 8 FREE Instructor-led Microsoft Office courses at LeaderQuest's facilities including two levels of Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook for Office 2007.
• Detailed technical certification pre-test assessments.
• Pre-paid certification exams for the most popular certifications such as: MCTIP, MCSE, MCDBA, MCDST not included with the Microsoft Program.
• Free attendance to our Career Workshops
• Free Resume Review by our Career Consultants
• Free Career Placement Services, where we work to get you the job with a 80% placement rate over time

LeaderQuest has provided over 10,000 Instructor-led courses to students in the Denver and Colorado Springs areas and wants to contribute to getting everyone back to work in the Colorado IT industry.

[1] Redmond Magazine 2006 survey of Microsoft IT professionals' compensation

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