Network+ Certification to Get Into the tech industry 2021

Mission Fulfilled offers both a cybersecurity awareness course and a young tech entrepreneurs course. Through the program’s 10-week courses, participants create their projects and found their own software company, which Mission Fulfilled will also teach them to pitch. It also instructs social media marketing and putting a product out for sale.

The goal is to have members graduate high school with an IT Fundamentals certificate, which qualifies a person to work at an IT help desk. Members can also get A+ certification, Network+ certification, and Cybersecurity+ certification.

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Moore said that through the program, it’s possible to get all four certificates in two years.

“Now, you can go in debt in college for $150,000 to $200,000 and still not have those certifications and still be considered entry-level. Or, you can have these four certifications and be working,” Moore said. “And then the company comes back to you and says well ‘Gerald, you know, you’ve done great for us, but to move into management, you’re going to need some education.’ But what do our technology companies do? They pay for education.”

Moore said that with the launch of the 10K Black Boys initiative, it will be partnering with schools, recreation centers, and other mentorship programs and organizations nationwide that may be missing a technology component. The nonprofit is also looking to engage with 1,000 corporate partners to help reach its goals.

Moore noted that Mission Fulfilled’s entrepreneurship and cybersecurity focus areas are particularly crucial. He said that even schools with tech programs tend to focus on coding and development without exploring the full stretch of careers in technology.

“A lot of times our children, they’re not being exposed to this in school at the early ages,” Moore said. “Schools are promoting coding, coding, coding. Well, my youngest son, he’s into graphic design, he hates coding…They’re not giving kids opportunities to explore the various opportunities in tech.”

Moore hopes that Mission Fulfilled can help not only create awareness of the diversity of jobs in the tech industry but also develop a desire and passion in students. Then, the courses can equip students to follow through both with the skills and belief that they can achieve tech career goals.

“How many millions of children come through the school and their counselors are telling them they can’t because you haven’t taken precalculus and physics and chemistry by the time you graduate?” Moore said. “So many of us don’t believe that we have the opportunity to do it…We’re going to dispel that myth.”