As we progress through our professional lives, we all strive to grow and become the best we can.  For some that means management, aspiring to executive positions or business ownership 

To others that means becoming a loyal, valuable employee makes the best decisions possible and brings value to the company they work for.  No matter what your goals, one thing that is common is the need to constantly grow.

Developing new skills, gaining responsibility, and increasing your job satisfaction is what we all strive for.  Icing on the cake is achieving all of this while increasing our income at the same time.  Is that simply pie in the sky, or is that possible?  It’s absolutely possibly, and there people all over the world doing just that.

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Overwhelmed and disorganized? Are you fumbling through your day, buried under a mountain of sticky notes and scribbled reminders? It seems like there’s too many tasks and not enough time to get it all done.

As we all try to get to the Four Hour Work Week, we’re always running to catch up on responsibilities and squeeze in that little bit extra to stay ahead of the game.

Everyone is looking for the perfect solution in self-organization. A key ingredient to getting it all done is to maximize and use your time efficiently, allowing you to maximize your productivity.

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No program is a substitute for parental supervision, but some monitoring tools help you control where your children go online.

It’s great to have a tool that complements your shrewd set of eyes, but you still need to teach your children to be cautious when surfing the internet.

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You’ve established a career in IT, and now you want to take it to the next level. It’s hard to map out the next move, especially with the rate of change in all the areas of IT.

If you’re contemplating moving forward, knowing your salary options as you achieve career growth can help you make decisions on where you’re going.

Of course job location in the country plays an important role in how much a person would make as well. While sites such as salary.com report that the difference is usually around 10% in salary between Central (Texas) and West (California), my personal experience is that the differences are close to 25%.

The following pay scales for the highest paid senior level IT jobs are according to the salary.com national averages.

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Whether it’s tools in mapping, security, DVD burning etc. we are always on the lookout for the latest and greatest features out there. Below are what we felt made the top of the list in 15 different software categories.

1. Tops in parental control

The new version of the web filtering program, Net Nanny, is great for parents who want to monitor their children’s activities but aren’t very technically savvy.

Its filters allow you to block material on the Web and manage what parents want their children to see. Parents can also get a monthly list of inappropriate websites and edit block lists so they’re always in control of what their children can and cannot see.

A white list can also be created so that only the websites on the list can be visited or viewed. Keyword lists can be created to filter out vulgar or inappropriate terms on web pages and on emails.

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We put up a new video on YouTube, a 10 minute sample of our CompTIA A+ training videos. 

Our IT Certification training video samples are some of the most viewed IT videos on YouTube.  You can visit our YouTube channel at http://youtube.com/palaestratraining

This video covers printers, and goes into detail regarding a number of printing technologies:

• Dye Sublimation Printers
• Thermal Printers
• Thermal printer papers
• Laser Printers
• The 6 steps of the laser printer process
1. Clean
2. Charge
3. Write
4. Develop
5. Transfer
6. Fuse
• Coverage of the EP (Electrophotostatic drum)
• Fuser assembly
• Corona wire / assembly
• Troubleshooting some common printer problems

This short demo is a clip from the longer two-part printer video series.  All together our CompTIA A+ training has 32 videos and over 20 hours of world-class training you can take with you and watch anytime, anywhere.

As with all our training, it’s available for immediate delivery via download, or we can physically ship to your location.