Why Are U.S. Employers Requesting ISTQB?

U.S. Employers Continue to Request ISTQB

Layoffs are in the news again. Yet U.S. employers continue to post jobs requesting ISTQB Certification. There are jobs coast to coast, in companies small and large, and in many industries. Examples of U.S. companies posting jobs requesting ISTQB certification include Blizzard Entertainment, Netflix, Porsche, EY, Leidos, General Motors, and Samsung. See the many U.S. companies that have requested ISTQB in their job postings.

Why is ISTQB certification in demand among employers?

The answer is likely "Trend #3" from this article on how testers and managers can be ready for any economy. Trend #3 states, "The amount of work doesn’t drop as quickly as the number of staff to do that work." In other words, if you have to "do more with less," then you want efficient testers with ISTQB certification from ASTQB.

ISTQB certification helps you increase the capacity of your team with advanced certification training, such as Test Analyst and Technical Test Analyst. Similarly, you can add time-saving skills through specialty certifications such as Test Automation Engineering, Security Test Engineering , Performance Testing, and, of course, AI Testing.

That's also why companies outsourcing testers will issue software testing RFPs that require the outsourced testers to appear on the Official U.S. List of Certified & Credentialed Software Testers™. Testers on this list have proven their American English skills.

What does this mean for you? Future-proof your career with ISTQB Foundation Level and then add advanced and specialty certifications. That will help advance your career at your current company, and, if you ever need to find a new job, your ISTQB certifications will help you stand out.

Always register for your ISTQB exam with our official ISTQB exam provider AT*SQA so you can get extra, free benefits. For example, only AT*SQA:

Gives you a free software testing micro-credential exam.
Can add you to both the Official U.S. List of Certified & Credentialed Software Testers™ and the ISTQB successful candidate register.
Lets you appear in the AT*Work™ Director of Software Testers if you need a job.
Allows your company to appear in the AT*Consult list of testing services and consulting companies.

Don't wait – give yourself an advantage for software testing jobs with ISTQB certifications from ASTQB & AT*SQA. Get started right now.

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If you are a software testing manager, you can use this information as a point of discussion with your software testers to help you build the best software testing team possible.

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