New Horizons of Minnesota Subsidizes ITIL Certification for Unemployed IT Pros
May 02, 2009
Benchmark Learning

MINNEAPOLIS, MN – May 2, 2009 – On May 1, New Horizons of Minnesota launched their Headway program to help unemployed IT professionals improve their odds of gaining employment with ITIL certification.

The Headway program was created as a collaborative effort between New Horizons of Minnesota, EXIN, SED-IT and itSMF USA. The goal of the Headway program is to provide an affordable option for unemployed IT professionals looking to expand their skills and earn ITIL Certifications employers want.

As an initial member of Headway, New Horizons of Minnesota is offering unemployed individuals a substantial discount on ITIL v3 Certification courses, plus providing the EXIN certification exam. At the completion of the program, all Headway students will also receive discounts on ITIL publications and a free three-month membership to itSMF USA, a professional IT Service Management association.

ITIL (IT Infrastructure Library) is the most widely accepted approach to IT Service Management in the world. It provides a comprehensive, consistent and coherent set of best practices for IT Service Management, promoting a quality approach to achieving business effectiveness and efficiency in the use of information systems.

According to Foote Partners, ITIL is a skill expected to see a sharp increase in pay and demand. The ITIL Service Management framework has seen widespread adoption by Fortune 500 companies and is increasing in adoption by smaller businesses and the public sector in the United States. A recent search of the job search engine Indeed.com returned more than 6,445 ITIL-related results in the United States, with annual salaries ranging from $40,000 to over $130,000.

“We have been educating IT professionals for over 20 years and are seeing the ramifications of the current economy first-hand,“ stated Leslie Kapocius, Director of Business Development for New Horizons of Minnesota. “Knowing the value of ITIL certification in the marketplace, we wanted to help unemployed IT pros gain a competitive edge and make headway toward getting a job.”

Additional information including how to participate in the Headway program is available on the New Horizons of Minnesota website at www.nhmn.com/headway.aspx, on the itSMF USA website at www.itsmfusa.org or on the EXIN website at www.exin.org.

About New Horizons of Minnesota
New Horizons of Minnesota is the largest computer training company in the Midwest and has been providing innovative education on cutting-edge topics for IT, ITIL, Developer, Business Analysis, Project Management and Business Professionals. Our world-class instructors teach the skills needed to maximize technology investments for organizations and help define and build individual careers of our students. New Horizons of Minnesota is dedicated to raising the bar for your IT and business professional education needs. Our commitment to continually improve our offerings, curriculum, employees and facility has awarded us prestigious honors and world-class recognition as a premier training provider. On-site, our site or website, we train to fit your learning needs.