IT Basics Course

Free online course for IT beginners

GlobalLogic Education team invites everyone interested in the IT field to participate in the IT Basics Course!

Our engineers have created a unique course based on their knowledge and expertise to help you to start a career in IT. From fundamental terminology to preparing your CV — step by step, they will show and tell you everything you need to know to decide on your direction in the IT industry.

As you know, IT is an innovative field that is rapidly and constantly developing and has already become extremely popular all over the world. It is worth mentioning that this sphere is also about:

  • Good perks, work-life balance the opportunity to work from home.
  • Opportunity to be a part of impactful projects which change our life for the better.
  • High demand for IT services & specialists as now almost all businesses need IT technologies.
  • Lifelong learning, gaining new skills and upgrading yourself.

If you are interested in IT and would like to understand how to realize your potential as an IT specialist, register for the IT Basics Course!

Benefits of this course

Free participation

Lecture recordings

Practical knowledge

Experienced speakers

Convenient schedule

Online certificate

During the course you will learn:

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How to choose a direction in IT to realize your potential?

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How to create a CV and pass an interview successfully?

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What soft skills are needed in IT and how to negotiate?

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How to properly plan a working day and stick to deadlines?

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What do you need to know about Project Management?

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Which programming language is better to choose?

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What are the features of manual or automated testing?

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How to create your career plan?

Organizational details:

Course start: April 4, 2023.
Duration: 6 weeks, 2 times per week for 1,5-2 hours.
Training mode: Online, Zoom
Participation: free (with prior registration)
For whom: For everyone who wants to develop in IT and get the necessary guidelines to get started.
After completing IT Basics, participants who have attended at least 7 lectures and provided their feedback will receive an online course completion certificate to support their CV.

Course schedule

Speaker: Anton Muzhailo

Agenda:

  • How to choose a direction in IT to realize your potential
  • Types of employers: how to choose a company according to your own expectations
  • IT industry trends
  • Pitfalls of working in IT or what could go wrong
  • How to maintain a work-life balance
  • “Self-Branding” or how not to become one of many
  • How to build your career most effectively

About the speaker:

Senior Solution Architect at GlobalLogic, experienced in launching new projects & technical consultations during negotiations with new and existing clients. Practical technical trainer and lecturer for external and  internal QA courses. Anton has several professional certifications such as ISTQB Foundation та Test Manager Advanced Level.

Speaker: Jakub Bieniaszewski 

Agenda:

  • A little about universal soft skills for any sphere of life
  • What soft skills really matter?
  • Why is it important to choose the methods of soft skills development?

About the speaker:

PMP Manager, a specialist in R&D project management.

Senior Project Manager using tailored PMBoK and PRINCE2 processes and Certified Project Management Associate by IPMA® and PMP PMI® He has over 15 years of experience in the IT industry, gained while working in Poland, Germany, and Ireland.

Speaker: Monika Staron

Agenda: 

  • Purpose and stages of the recruitment process
  • What is a CV and why do we need it? & CV structure
  • Graphic layout and information content – what is important and what is redundant?
  • Chronology is important!
  • Working experience and soft skills
  • How to drag recruiter’s attention?
  • What about the motivation letter?
  • How to nail the interview?
  • What about the dress code?
  • Question examples and practical task

About the speaker:

Senior Recruitment Specialist with above 7 years of experience in various areas of recruitment. Human Resource Management studies graduate, highly passionate about working with people. Privately archery, fantasy books and adrenaline lover.

Speaker: Anton Muzhailo

Agenda:

  • Job description and requirements
  • How about your resume?
  • Types of interviews
  • You are in an interview
  • Life after the interview

About the speaker:

Senior Solution Architect at GlobalLogic, experienced in launching new projects & technical consultations during negotiations with new and existing clients. Practical technical trainer and lecturer for external and  internal QA courses. Anton has several professional certifications such as ISTQB Foundation та Test Manager Advanced Level.

Speaker: Denys Bratchuk

Agenda:

  • Definitions and examples of negotiations;
  • Needs and desires of parties;
  • The right questions;
  • Negotiation budget;
  • How to learn it and become a negotiation expert.

About the speaker:

Director, Engineering at GlobalLogic with over 18 years of experience in IT. Head of multi-million dollar programs and projects for leading industrial companies. Author of trainings and business games on negotiations. Active contributor, administrator and bureaucrat of Wikipedia.

Speaker: Pawel Wojcik

Agenda:

  • Setting goals
  • Prioritizing
  • Organizing work
  • Beating procrastination
  • Keeping productivity up
  • Conditions to allow productivity
  • Software to help you out

About the speaker:

Project Manager with over 11 years of experience working with teams across various industries. Before joining IT coordinated projects with Disney, Mattel and UEFA, among others. Became a part of GL family in 2018. A bookworm and pop culture geek, always trying to stay on top of current events.

Speaker: Oleksandr Tuchkov

Agenda:

  • What does the IT Project Manager do?
  • Typical working day
  • How to become a Project Manager in an IT company?
  • Tips and answers to questions

About the speaker:

Started as an intern after university, now Senior Project Manager, GlobalLogic. Has more than 8 years of experience in management positions in small, medium and large companies. Has ICP-APM, Certified Scrum Master & Certified Scrum Product Owner, SAFe Agilist certificates.

Speaker: Oleksandr Tuchkov

Agenda:

  • What does the IT Project Manager do?
  • Typical working day
  • How to become a Project Manager in an IT company?
  • Tips and answers to questions

About the speaker:

Started as an intern after university, now Senior Project Manager, GlobalLogic. Has more than 8 years of experience in management positions in small, medium and large companies. Has ICP-APM, Certified Scrum Master & Certified Scrum Product Owner, SAFe Agilist certificates.

Speaker: Oleg Galushchak

Agenda:

  • Review of classical project management methodologies. Where and why did they come from?
  • The reasons for their transformation
  • New methods of project management
  • Pros and cons of different methods

About the speaker:

14 years in IT: 2 years of them – Software Developer/Team Lead and 12 years in the position of Project manager/Program manager. At the same time: lecturer, consultant, PMO Competence manager, release manager, Agile promoter and skeptic. Has Project Management Professional (PMP) and Scrum Master Accredited Certification (SMAC) certificates.

Speaker: Ivan Paulouski

Agenda:

  • What is Quality Assurance? 
  • Who is a manual test engineer and his/her duties?
  • Who is a test automation engineer and his/her duties?
  • Where to start if you want to be a manual test engineer?
  • How to switch to automation?
  • Career start/development with GL

About the speaker:

QA engineer with over 12 years of experience working with teams across various industries with a broad test automation and training experience. Hobbies: books, swimming, playing with my son.

Speaker: Oleh Moroz

Agenda:

  • What is a programming language?
  • What is the most popular programming language in 2022 in Europe?
  • How to decide which language to learn?
  • The best programming language to learn first
  • What’s the best way to get started?
  • Resources to learn programming language

About the speaker:

Test Engineer at GlobalLogic, Devops and Sysops specialist, technical mentor for Cisco Networking courses and for National KPI University students. Cisco Networking CCNP certified specialist. 

Speaker: Jana Petrikova

Agenda

  • Why is the career plan important?
  • How to create a career plan on your own and not to fail?
  • Examples/True stories

About the speaker:

5 years of experience in IT as a Project manager. Before IT, Jana studied Civil engineering and worked in this industry, then moved to telecommunication industry and after that moved to IT. Jana joined GlobalLogic in 2016. During her career she changed different roles in different industries. Jana believes that to set up a good career plan will help you to achieve your goals quicker and easier.

Q&A

The duration of the course is 6 weeks. Webinars are held on Tuesdays and Thursdays two times per week at 5 PM (GMT +2). Each webinar lasts approximately 1.5-2 hours.

Everyone can join the IT Basics Course because we are all eternal students. The course will be useful to everyone interested in IT both for finding their first job and changing the industry for career growth.

Yes, you can register after the course has already started. You need to register for the course no later than 4 hours before the next lecture to receive an invitation to it. You will be able to watch all missed lectures in the recording.

We need time to process your registrations. Within 3-5 business days , we will send you an email with an invitation to the course and a link to the Zoom conference. We also advise you to check the Spam and Promotions folders in your mailbox. If you have not received a letter within the specified time, please contact it.basics.course@globallogic.com.

The webinar recordings will be available for all registered participants. We will send to all participants a link to the videos. And the access will remain after the end of the course.

Webinar recordings need to be technically processed, so access to them will be provided within 10 working days after the event.

The course program includes only webinars, as well as discussions and practical tasks with the opportunity to ask questions to the speaker at the end of the webinar, during the Q&A session.

After completing the course, all participants who provided feedback through the feedback form and who will attend at least 7 lectures will receive digital personal certificates of participation in the IT Basics course from GlobalLogic Education.

All communication with participants will be in English, including lectures and training materials.

In case of any questions, please contact it.basics.course@globallogic.com 

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