Career Resources
Career Resources
Enhance your Career Transition Skills
For many learners, it’s important to work on career transition skills alongside your course work. Here are some options we’ve put together to support the investment you’ve made to improve your appeal to employers.
Free Resources
- Resume builder: https://www.resumenerd.com/
- Virtual mock interviews for coders: https://www.pramp.com/#/
Free Workplace Competency Courses (UK English)
These workplace behavior courses provide bite-size interactive tutorials which will introduce you to skills employers value most. Pearson is making these courses available to our learners for free as the country is dealing with high unemployment due to COVID-19. Each course is between 1 and 2 hours in length.
Pearson | Advance Courses Mapped to IT Certification Exams
Many of our IT Professional courses prepare you to take a certification exam. See the table on the following pages for how to find and schedule a certification exam.
Note: For AWS certification exams you can register for your exam here: https://home.pearsonvue.com/aws Choose “Schedule with Pearson VUE” when registering if interested in an online option or for the most in-person locations.
Advance Course |
Certification Exam Title |
Take Option(s) URL |
Amazon Machine Learning |
AWS Certified Machine Learning – Specialty (MLS-C01) |
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AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner |
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C01) |
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AWS Certified Developer – Associate |
AWS Certified Developer – Associate (DVA-C01) |
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AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional Complete Video Course |
AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional (DOP-C01) |
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AWS Certified Security – Specialty |
AWS Certified Security – Specialty (SCS-C01) |
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AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (SAA-C02) |
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (SAA-C02) |
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AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Associate) |
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (SAA-C02) |
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AWS Certified Sys Ops Administrator Associate |
AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate (SOA-C01) |
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CCNA 200-301 |
200-301 CCNA Exam: Cisco Certified Network Associate |
Take your exam either online or in-person: https://home.pearsonvue.com/isc2.aspx |
CCNP Security Cisco Identify Services Engine SISE 300-715 |
300-715 SISE: Implementing and Configuring Cisco Identity Services Engine |
Take your exam either online or in-person: https://home.pearsonvue.com/isc2.aspx |
Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) 2nd Edition |
Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) Certification |
Take your exam in-person: https://home.pearsonvue.com/eccouncil |
Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), Second Edition |
Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) Certification |
Take your exam in-person: https://home.pearsonvue.com/eccouncil |
CISSP, Second Edition |
CISSP Certified Information Systems Security Professional |
Take your exam in-person9/16/2020 https://www.isc2.org/en/Register-for-Exam |
CompTIA A+ 220-1001 |
CompTIA A+ Certification Exam: Core 1 (220-1001) |
Take your exam either online or in-person: https://home.pearsonvue.com/Clients/CompTIA.aspx |
Advance Course |
Certification Exam Title |
Take Option(s) URL |
CompTIA A+ 220-1002 |
CompTIA A+ Certification Exam: Core 2 (220-1002) |
Take your exam either online or in-person: https://home.pearsonvue.com/Clients/CompTIA.aspx |
CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP) CAS-003 |
CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP+) Exam (CAS-003) |
Take your exam either online or in-person: https://home.pearsonvue.com/Clients/CompTIA.aspx |
CompTIA Linux+ XK0-004, 2nd Edition |
CompTIA Linux+ Certification Exam (XK0-004) |
Take your exam either online or in-person: https://home.pearsonvue.com/Clients/CompTIA.aspx |
CompTIA Network+ N10-007 |
CompTIA Network+ Certification Exam (N10-007) |
Take your exam either online or in-person: https://home.pearsonvue.com/Clients/CompTIA.aspx |
CompTIA Security+ (SY0-501) |
CompTIA Security+ Certification Exam (SY0-501) |
Take your exam either online or in-person: https://home.pearsonvue.com/Clients/CompTIA.aspx |
ITIL Foundation Exam |
ITIL® 2011 Foundation |
Take your exam in-person: https://home.pearsonvue.com/itil |
Linux Fundamentals |
Linux Essentials Certificate Exam |
Take your exam either online or in-person: https://home.pearsonvue.com/lpi |
MTA 98-364: Database Fundamentals |
Exam 98-364: Database Fundamentals |
Take your exam in-person or online: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/certifications/exams/98-364 |
MTA 98-381: Introduction to Programming Using Python |
Exam 98-381: Introduction to Programming Using Python |
Take your exam in-person or online: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/certifications/exams/98-381 |
MTA 98-383: Introduction to Programming Using HTML and CSS |
Exam 98-383: Introduction to Programming Using HTML and CSS |
Take your exam in-person or online: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/certifications/exams/98-383 |
MTA Introduction to Programming Using Java (98-388) |
Exam 98-388: Introduction to Programming Using Java |
Take your exam in-person or online: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/certifications/exams/98-388 |
OCA Java SE 8 Programmer I (1Z0-808) |
Java SE 8 Programmer I (1Z0-808) |
Take your exam either online or in-person: https://home.pearsonvue.com/Oracle.aspx |
PMP Exam Prep: PMBOK Guide, Sixth Edition |
Project Management Professional (PMP)® |
Take your exam either online or in-person: https://home.pearsonvue.com/PMI.aspx |
SQL Server 70-761: Querying Data with Transact-SQ |
Exam 70-761: Querying Data with Transact-SQL |
Take your exam in-person or online: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/certifications/exams/70-761 |
Windows Server 70-740: Installation, Storage, and Compute Windows Server 2016 |
Exam 70-740: Installation, Storage, and Compute with Windows Server 2016 |
Take your exam in-person or online: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/certifications/exams/70-740 |
