"Before I decided to check out ComputerTraining.com, I was working as a store manager at a minor video rental chain. It was fun and all, working with my friends and not having a lot of responsibility, but I wasn't making a lot of money and when I hit my 30th birthday, I realized I was working way under my potential and really needed to make a change.

I had heard about ComputerTraining.com on the radio, and I realized this could be just the kind of program I needed to move into a new, more rewarding career. I was computer-literate and had developed a bit of an aptitude over the years, though I had little formal training.

One day I heard the ad again on the radio and decided to give their Online Skills Challenge a try. I completed the first part and left it at that. The next day I got a phone call from one of the staff at ComputerTraining.com, asking what happened, and why I didn't finish the challenge. I was a little surprised at the personal attention, but I went back and completed the challenge. She then contacted me again, sounding very excited, and informed me that I'd gotten a perfect score on level one of the challenge, which tests for a basic understanding of computers, and scored considerably higher than I'd expected to on the much more advanced second level. Based on my performance in the Skills Challenge, she was able to determine that I had the basic grounding in computer knowledge to be able to benefit from the course.

The only question remained was whether I had the financial capability to pay for the course and the will and commitment to see it through. Thanks to my father cosigning for a student loan from Sallie Mae, I was able to afford the class, and as for seeing it through, I'm happy to tell you that I did! It was a lot of hard work, but I've remade myself and created the beginnings of a new career!

I was making nine dollars an hour working for a boss I hated and who didn't respect his employees at a job where I had no benefits, little to any prospects for a raise, and where in the end there was zero job security when the owner decided to close the chain and take a trip to Hawaii.

Now I work in the IT field, where my skills are valued, respected, and rewarded. I have great benefits, and I'm making more now per hour just starting than I ever could have hoped for at my old job, and I'm only three months in! I have a boss and coworkers that I like in a healthy work environment of mutual respect, providing tech support to Department of Defense personnel all over the world, from Iowa to Iraq. Not only do I love my work, I am proud of it…I've gone from wondering what happened to my life, to realizing that I'm right on track and the best is yet to come."

Alex Greenfeld
MCP, MCSA
Tier 2 Help Desk,
Department of Defense contractor