Technical Certification + ITIL Foundation = Higher Salary in 2017

After tabulating results from our IT Skills and Salary Survey last year, we published our first “ITIL Bump” graphic showing that respondents saw an increase in salary when adding an ITIL certification to their existing certification. Below is an update to those figures based on results from our 2017 IT Skills and Salary Survey.

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Understanding ITIL® Service Strategy

The “ITIL® Service Strategy” book is likely the most important of the five ITIL core books, however, it is also chock full of things that most organizations and service management professionals will never encounter. In this blog post I describe the three most important aspects of the ITIL Service Strategy book.

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How to Ensure Customer Service After Using Mobile Payment Systems

One of the most frustrating experiences we all encounter when making any kind of purchase is when there is a need to contact customer service. I hate calling customer service. It always seems like I have to explain myself several times to different representatives. Then I’m told about solutions — which were obvious to me to begin with and which I have already tried — that don’t work. I’m often treated as if I don’t know what I’m doing and the fact that I have a problem is a personal affront to the customer service representative (CSR).

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