Bilge Adam maintains Turkey’s top slot in IT training by taking the right steps consistently for years. As it converges education and information technologies, Bilge Adam teams up with Willard Public Relations to fulfil critical missions in Turkey’s competitive standing in global IT sector by spreading computer literacy and closing the need-gap for qualified IT personnel.  

IT certification key to Turkey’s workforce contribution to EU

According to Turkish Computing Foundation, the deficit of “certified and qualified” IT workforce in 2006 is expected to reach 213,000, while 70,000 experts are needed to join the ranks each year to close this gap. These figures loom large in Turkey’s European Union perspective, since one of the areas where Turkish IT industry must comply is equal standards of certification. As the crucial element the IT sector, certification is similar to a diploma and enables IT experts to have a solid proof that validate their knowledge and skills, and makes it possible for the corporate HR departments assess the qualifications of applicants.

As the third highest ranking Microsoft certificate provider in the world in 2005, certification is a strong suit of Bilge Adam that has to date trained thousands of individuals to certification standards, which opens doors for employment in EU countries and around the world. One of Willard Public Relations key assignments is to increase awareness about the essential role of certification. Toward individuals who receive IT training the message is: “certification opens doors” and toward corporations: “certification is your assurance that you employ the right person for the job”.