CompTIA® A+® Certification All-in-One For Dummies®, 5th Edition
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In a digital world, digital literacy is an essential survival skill. Certification proves you have the knowledge and skill to solve business problems in virtually any business environment. Certifications are highly valued credentials that qualify you for jobs, increased compensation, and promotion.
The CompTIA A+ credential provides foundation-level knowledge and skills necessary for a career in PC repair and support.
Starting salary: CompTIA A+ Certified individuals can earn as much as $65,000 per year.
Career pathway: CompTIA A+ is a building block for other CompTIA certifications such as Network+, Security+, and vendor-specific technologies.
More than 850,000 individuals worldwide are CompTIA A+ Certified.
Mandated/recommended by organizations worldwide such as Cisco and HP and Ricoh, the U.S. State Department, and U.S. government contractors such as EDS, General Dynamics, and Northrop Grumman.
Some of the primary benefits individuals report from becoming A+ Certified are:
CompTIA offers a number of credentials that form a foundation for your career in technology and allow you to pursue specific areas of concentration. Depending on the path you choose to take, CompTIA certifications help you build upon your skills and knowledge, supporting learning throughout your entire career.
Steps to Getting Certified and Staying Certified |
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Review Exam Objectives |
Review the certification objectives, located at |
Practice for the Exam |
After you have studied for the certification, take a free assessment and sample test to get an idea what type of questions might be on the exam at |
Purchase an Exam Voucher |
Purchase your exam voucher on the CompTIA Marketplace, which is located at |
Take the Test! |
Select a certification exam provider and schedule a time to take your exam. You can find exam providers at the following link: |
Join the IT Pro Community at https://www.aitp.org. The IT Pro online community provides valuable content to students and professionals.
Global Recognition: CompTIA is recognized globally as the leading IT non-profit trade association and has enormous credibility. Plus, CompTIA’s certifications are vendor-neutral and offer proof of foundational knowledge that translates across technologies.
Valued by Hiring Managers: Hiring managers value CompTIA certification because it is vendor and technology independent validation of your technical skills.
Recommended or Required by Government and Businesses: Many government organizations and corporations either recommend or require technical staff to be CompTIA certified (e.g., Dell, Sharp, Ricoh, the U.S. Department of Defense, and many more).
Three CompTIA Certifications ranked in the top 10: In a study by DICE of 17,000 technology professionals, certifications helped command higher salaries at all experience levels.
Visit CompTIA online: www.comptia.org to learn more about getting CompTIA certified.
Contact CompTIA: Call 866-835-8020 ext. 5 or email questions@comptia.org.