TechHire: Project SECURE   We're Training Tech Talent!

Start at your level -- advanced degree not required!

Interested in an IT or cybersecurity job, but you lack training and experience? High tech jobs are not only for people with advanced degrees.  Thanks to the largest grant Wake Tech has ever received, qualified students prepared for in-demand tech jobs, and all coursework, books, registration and testing fees were covered. The NC Works Career Center provided job placement support, and local employer partners including SAS, IBM and HCL Technologies are eager to hire trained talent. 

***Although grant funds are no longer available to pay for new applicants of the TechHire Grant Project, you can still register and pay to take courses listed below.***

Space in the TechHire Project was limited.

Applications are no longer being accepted for grant funds, but you can still register and pay to take the courses listed below. 

Diagnose and troubleshoot computers. Earn certifications such as CompTIA IT Fundamentals, A+, Network+, and Security+.

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Troubleshoot network systems. Earn certifications such as CCENT, CCNA, and CCNA Security. 

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TechHire Project SECURE Grant Details

Project SECURE (Supporting and Enhancing CyberSecurity through Upwardly-mobile Retraining and Education)

Active 2016-2020

Service area: Wake, Johnston, Durham counties

All costs of this program (100%) are financed by the US Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration grant project # HG-29368-16-60-A-37, which provides a total of $3,965,670.00 in funding. Additional resources valued at $1,558,233 have been leveraged by project stakeholders as contributions to ensure program success.

Employer Partners:

HCL America, Inc., SAS Institute Inc., IBM

Non-Profit Partners:

Capital Area Workforce Development, Durham Workforce Development Board, the City of Raleigh, and Wake County Economic Development 

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