Lavall was in desperate need of guidance and had found himself in unfortunate circumstances leading up to his time at LeaderQuest Dallas. “When I first came to LeaderQuest, I was trying to rebuild in a sense. I was homeless, and I didn’t have a job.”
LeaderQuest is proud to have helped Lavall get trained and start a new career. Read or watch his story in this blog.
Certifications fill an important gap, especially in the IT world. They can open doors, launch careers, and show employers their new hire will have the required skills to get the job done. Of course, there’s no better proof for this than the stories of our students.
We couldn’t be more proud of our graduates who have gone out into the world and found great jobs that let them make use of the IT training they got at LeaderQuest. Today, we’d like to highlight five of these stories and show off some of our most successful grads.
Today, we’re highlighting three student IT certification success stories from those who came to LeaderQuest, conquered their IT training classes, and started their IT careers.
This is the story of how Peter Quinones was able to land a job in cyber security that made him $50,000 more a year from where he started with LeaderQuest.
When Raziel Toro left the Air Force, he wanted a way into the IT world. With IT certifications, he got a job as a Systems Analyst and makes $15,000 more a year.
Christopher Jaskoski is a recent graduate of LeaderQuest and we couldn’t be more proud of his amazing success in the IT field. Chris served in the Army for eight years as a combat engineer stationed at Ft Lewis and Ft Carson. He was deployed to Iraq in 2010, Afghanistan in 2012, and Kuwait in 2015. […]
In the Fall of 2016, Marcus was on a plane flying back from Germany and trying to get all his ducks in a row to finish his cyber security training. Marcus was serving in the military, where he was doing network analysis. His goal was to finish his bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, and then […]
Sometimes, it can be difficult to get a foothold in the industry you want even if you have the right experience. This is especially true for immigrants, who face unique challenges when they look for work. Certification can help to legitimize the experience that you already have, vastly increasing your chances of getting an interview […]
