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Get Promoted This Year!


If you want to advance this year, get started right now. Below are four of our most popular choices for software testers seeking promotion. 

Of course, if you don't have the ISTQB Foundation Level certification, you'll need to start with that first. See our video overviews of the ISTQB Foundation Level syllabus chapters for an easy, quick start.
Automation Strategist

ISTQB Test Automation Strategy


Power your career ahead with the ISTQB Test Automation Strategy certification!

ISTQB opened a new pathway in test automation by introducing the ISTQB Test Automation Strategy (TAS) certification. This certification focuses on the strategic aspects of implementing test automation and complements the ISTQB Test Automation Engineering certification.

The ISTQB Test Automation Strategy (TAS) certification:
  • Provides insights on optimizing test automation to support systems under test and demonstrates the effects on shift left and shift right approaches.
  • Identifies infrastructure components and dependencies affecting test automation.
  • Ensures the test automation strategy targets relevant test cases for a high return on investment, regardless of the software development method, be it waterfall, Agile, or DevOps.
  • Incorporates best practices from a global body of test automation architects, test leads, and practitioners.
  • Helps test engineers and managers oversee the deployment of test automation for projects across the enterprise.
Get the power of the ISTQB Test Automation Strategy for your career. Download the free syllabus and sample exam questions and answers.
Learn About the Test Automation Strategy Certification

ISTQB Test Automation Engineering


Getting the ISTQB Test Automation Engineering certification is more helpful to your career than ever!

ISTQB's Test Automation Engineering (TAE) certification is aligned with current test tools and Agile software development methods.

The ISTQB Test Automation Engineering certification:
  • Shows you have a deeper understanding and practical implementation of test automation.
  • Includes enhanced test automation architecture discussion for multi-project design.
  • Has a greater emphasis on the maintainability of automation code for seamless solutions.
  • Offers new topics on test automation in DevOps and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Expands discussion on verification and continuous improvement activities.
  • Reflects changes in test tools and Agile methodologies.
  • Incorporates best practices from global test automation architects and practitioners.
  • Targets technical testers, test automation engineers, and others who want to move up in their careers.
Elevate your skills and your career. Get the ISTQB Test Automation Engineering certification
Learn About the Test Automation Engineering Certification

ISTQB Test Management

 

ISTQB Test Management Advanced Level certification can take your career to a higher level because:

  • It shows you have a strong commitment to the testing profession, self-improvement, and leadership.
  • It demonstrates you have advanced software testing skills and are ready to lead others.
  • It proves you have the desire to move higher in your career and your organization in management.
This Advanced Level qualification is designed for everyone who wants to be involved in the management of software testing. This includes those currently in roles such as testers, test consultants, test managers, user acceptance testers, scrum masters, project managers, or product owners.

This Advanced Level Test Management qualification is also appropriate for anyone who wants an advanced understanding of software testing, such as project managers, quality managers, software development managers, business analysts, IT directors, and management consultants.

Get started on your path to test management! Download the free syllabus and sample questions & answers right now.
Learn About the Test Management Certification

ISTQB Test Analyst

 

The ISTQB Advanced Level Test Analyst certification provides the skills needed to perform structured and thorough software testing across the entire software development lifecycle. It details the test analyst’s role and responsibilities at every step of a standard test process and expands on important test techniques. The Advanced Level Test Analyst certification is aimed at people holding a Foundation Level certificate who wish to further develop their expertise in test analysis and test techniques.

The test analyst is a role which:

  • Focuses more on the business needs of the customer than on the technical aspects of testing
  • Performs mainly functional testing but also contributes to user-focused, non-functional testing, such as usability, adaptability, installability, or interoperability testing
  • Uses black-box test techniques and experience-based testing rather than white-box test techniques
  • Improves the effectiveness of testing using defect prevention techniques

Move up in your career this year with the ISTQB Advanced Level Test Analyst certification!

Learn About the Test Analyst Certification
AT*Work Software Tester Directory

Know a Tester Looking for a Job? AT*Work™ Can Help


AT*Work™ connects employers with testers who are seeking jobs due to layoffs or career changes. If you know of someone looking for a software testing job or freelance project, share this with them.

Employers use AT*Work™ to find testers because:

  • Employers can search by knowledge/skill.
  • The testers in AT*Work have proven themselves through one or more certifications earned through ASTQB and  AT*SQA. These include all of the ISTQB certifications offered by ASTQB.
  • The testers in AT*Work are arranged based on their Testing Tiers® rankings with the highest levels at the top.
Would you like to be in the AT*Work directory? You can be listed when you have certifications from AT*SQA and ASTQB.

To opt into the AT*Work™ Software Tester Directory, do the following:

Share this information with testers who are looking for a job – they will appreciate it.
Learn About AT*Work™

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