Hello! I hope you had a chance to read about e-Learning in last week’s blog. For those of you who want to see and try e-Learning, please come visit me at the e-Learning booth at SAS Global Forum in Orlando. In the weeks to come I will tell you more
SAS Global Forum 2012 is fast approaching and attendees want to make sure they make the most of their time away from their job. In addition to the opportunity to network with thousands of SAS professionals, attend hands-on workshops and demonstrations and choose from more than 300 paper presentations, attendees
Editors note: Nancy Goodyear, a 27 year veteran of SAS, manages our self-paced e-Learning product development. We are thrilled that Nancy has agreed to share her knowledge and unique experience as a blogger on The SAS Training Post. Today we'll introduce Nancy and the e-Learning program with these seven questions.
The SAS Global Certification program concluded 2011 with a bang by awarding the 40,000th SAS credential. Program growth has continued to accelerate ever since the 1999 launch, with a dramatic 53% growth in the total number of SAS certifications awarded in the last two years alone. With SAS credential holders in
SAS certification exams at regional user group meetings It's almost fall (at least for those of us in the northern hemisphere), and that means it's time for regional user group meetings. And while these meetings are all about mingling with SAS users from your area, it is also happens to
At the end of June, SAS launched a new credential: the SAS Certified Clinical Trials Programmer Using SAS 9. This was the culmination of months of work by lots of people. In our press release, we identified that we worked with "a broad cross-section of practitioners and hiring managers from
Records were made to be broken, and the SAS Professionals Convention continues to break them year after year. Held each year at SAS UK headquarters in Marlow, this three day conference provides an opportunity for SAS professionals to network with peers, learn about the latest SAS technologies, hear from industry
Last week on the SAS Training Facebook page, I answered a question about what to expect during a job interview. It's a question I've seen before, since I speak with students about SAS Certification, and many of them seek certification in pursuit of a first job. And while certification can
If you have visited our SAS Global Certification webpage lately, you may have noticed that we have a new credential in development: the SAS Certified Clinical Trials Programmer using SAS9. Clinical Trials Programmers create programs that analyze the data collected during the clinical trial of a new medication or treatment
Recently, I read Dr. AnnMaria De Mars' blog post "Translating Ruby to SAS (or vice versa)." I found that I really liked it, and not just because she mentions me (although that was pretty cool). But rather, I like the end of the post, where she identifies a key value
