{"id":44146,"date":"2017-07-14T19:25:26","date_gmt":"2017-07-14T19:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=44146"},"modified":"2017-07-14T19:36:09","modified_gmt":"2017-07-14T19:36:09","slug":"landing-a-job-in-austins-tech-boom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2017\/07\/14\/landing-a-job-in-austins-tech-boom\/","title":{"rendered":"Landing a job in Austin\u2019s tech boom"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Career ACCelerator Program at Austin Community College is bridging the gap between the area\u2019s unemployed and its robust IT industry.<\/p>\n

\u201cJobs with good salaries are going unfilled because of a lack of skilled IT workers,\u201d says David Borden, ACC\u2019s Career ACCelerator director. \u201cWe\u2019re here to help unemployed and underemployed adults move into those higher-paying jobs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Career ACCelerator started as a partnership between ACC and Capital IDEA to provide educational assistance for adults for the area\u2019s hottest careers. Many local jobs are in the IT industry, with flexible schedules and wages often twice the local average.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery business has an IT department,\u201d says Borden. \u201cIf you have an associate degree or certificate, you can work in almost any industry. Banking, music, even grocery stores \u2014 all need IT help.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Aida Nacro, ACC IT Graduate<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Austin resident Aida Nacro entered Career ACCelerator\u2019s intensive training in 2015. Within two years, she landed an internship at Travis County and graduated from ACC with an associate degree in network administration.<\/p>\n

\u201cI needed a program that would get me the training and work experience employers demanded,\u201d says Nacro. \u201cI was always interested in computers, but I needed a fast track to a degree.\u201d<\/p>\n

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I needed a program that would get me the training and work experience employers demanded.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Nacro now works full time as a network administrator for Travis County.<\/p>\n

Visit austincc.edu\/IT<\/a> to learn about the computer science and IT programs at ACC. Fall registration is underway. Contact the College Destination Center at 512-223-7747 for more information about enrolling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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