Career Assist

The current economic situation leaves many people wondering about their careers and future job prospects.  The IT industry is not immune to these conditions.  We all face many challenges and decisions in the months ahead on how to best position ourselves for success.  Microsoft Learning is ready to help, here’s how.

Get a second chance to pass your Microsoft Certification exam — free offer!

In the real world, you might need more than one chance at certification. With Second Shot, if you do not pass any IT professional, developer, or project manager certification exam on your first try, you can retake the exam without an additional cost.

Register for Second Shot and take advantage of our Career Assist Package—which means you can get any Microsoft E-Learning collection for just US$35.

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Career Assist Package: Register for Second Shot and get any Microsoft E-learning collection for just US$35.

Until June 30, 2009, as a part of Second Shot, we are offering a Career Assist Package. Along with enjoying the benefits of Second Shot, you can access a collection of Microsoft E-Learning courses, which provide 8 to 20 hours of on-line instructional content to help you master a product and prepare for a certification.

Normally priced up to US$350, these e-learning collections are just US$35 when you register for Second Shot. Limit one per customer.

Note For this promotional offer, once you have activated the discounted e-learning collection it will only be available for 90 days.

In today's challenging economic times, how do you stand out from the crowd, stay up to date with relevant technologies, and get the top jobs? Becoming a Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) is a great start.

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Why get certified?

Microsoft Certifications not only recognize and validate your real-world IT skills, but they also grow your skill, expand your knowledge, and increase your career opportunities. Now, more than ever, a certification can help you obtain a new job and differentiate yourself from other IT professionals and developers.

Plus, you can have the opportunity to join and connect with a worldwide community of Microsoft Certified Professionals.

Certifications are available for nearly every Microsoft application for IT professionals, developers, office workers, home users, and technology trainers.

Start preparing now!

Create a custom Learning Plan to help you prepare for your exam.

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Find training resources online.

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Comments

• Anonymous
  February 10, 2009
  Hi Gerry, With this Second Shot offer, do you get a discount on the next exam if you pass the exam on your first attempt?

• Anonymous
  February 10, 2009
  Hi Minor, Did you read the information on the linked pages?  I don't create these programs and I also don't typically get familiar with all the specifics.  I merely post what our marketing folks make available. Gerry

• Anonymous
  February 10, 2009
  Minor, no you do not get a discount on your second exam if you pass the first one. Second Shot is similar to a no-cost insurance policy in case your do not pass an exam on your first attempt you get a seocnd chance free.

• Anonymous
  February 10, 2009
  Minor, no you do not get a discount on your second exam if you pass the first one. Second Shot is similar to a no-cost insurance policy in case your do not pass an exam on your first attempt you get a seocnd chance free.

• Anonymous
  February 10, 2009
  Hi Gerry, Yes, I registered and got the voucher number. It is a little bit confusing because it seems that there have been several Second Shot offers. I remember one time there was a discount on the next exam. I just would like to confirm in case your marketing folks forgot to put the information there. :-) Also, if you get a chance please tell your marketing folks this. After registering, there is a note saying you need to use the voucher number by June 30 2009. But the email sent from Vouchers-no-reply@prometric.com doesn't mention the expiration date. Wouldn't it be nice to put the information together in the email? I had to copy the text and save it into a separate text file myself. Thanks.

• Anonymous
  February 10, 2009
  The promotion period for discount for next exam if passed on your first try has passed, I believe.

• Anonymous
  March 03, 2009
  I just have a quick comment on the process in general.  While I comepletely agree with the need to update and upgrade certifications as technology evolves, and even change the name in order to better segment new technology areas, Microsoft did everyone a disservice by doing such a poor "marketing" job when establishing their naming convention for their new round of certs.  I'll explain why quickly - first, even though no one (for the most part) uses newspaper adds any more, there are word size limits for job postings, next, not to insult anyone in the HR business, but... they have a hard time enough telling an ASP.net developer from a SQL DBA, or C# from C++.  Throwing out this many certs that are so similarly named is going to cause them, and those of us looking for a new job and having to explain what it means to an HR person and convince them that it is equal to and better than their requirements, constant headaches.  Seriously, did anyone stop to think why there are certs and how they will be discussed and used in the outside world?  Just my two cents.  Again, no offense to HR professionals, its just that their expertise is not usually in trying to decipher the industry specific jargon, which will be bad for us in this situation.