LAN/WAN Professional is a technology-based membership organization that offers professional training and career advancement services to information technology professionals throughout the United States.

The LAN/WAN Placement Program provides over $20,000 in real world LAN/WAN hands-on training, effective certification training and proven placement training designed to help fast track your employment in a professional level WAN position making $54,000 to over $120,000 per year.

The best part is that 100% of the value of your program is paid through your employment success: a true WIN/WIN situation. Please note that you will be responsible for miscellaneous hard costs. See below for details.

TO QUALIFY, you must be a recent grad with Bachelor's degree OR professional career changer with 5 yrs + of corporate work experience OR an IT professional with a minimum of 2 yrs proven IT experience and are serious about immediate employment in information technology.

TO APPLY, click on the "Click Here To Apply For the LAN/WAN Placement Program" link at the bottom on this page.

IT Professionals desiring their CCIE and immediate PAID employment, see CCIE Consultant Program - $72,000 to over $180,000+ Per Year.

LAN stands for Local Area Network and WAN stands for Wide Area Network. The LAN/WAN industry is a part of the larger information technology industry and is responsible for handling any and all information technology traffic within a business, mobile, internet and even in the home. In addition, we also handle the security, monitoring, and management of IT traffic activities. In fact, some of the fastest growing sectors such as the Internet, Voice over IP, Multimedia and Video depend on LAN/WAN technologies to function.

Major industries including healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, retail, government, pharmaceutical, biotech, transportation, military and even professional sports organizations (basketball, baseball, football, hockey, etc) and entertainment organizations (TV/cable, movies, music, travel, etc) would not function without LAN/WAN technologies and the professionals who are responsible for handling these technologies.

Just as important, we are also the #1 fastest growing industry in the United States. As stated above, the use of LAN/WAN technologies has expanded to every industry and even the home with wireless internet, cell phone, mobile computing and our constants need to stay connected. Today, there are more LAN/WAN positions than there are qualified professionals. This has resulted in a labor shortage within our industry that will continue for the next 10 years. If you are a tech savvy individual, there is no better time to join our industry! Click below for an article from Cisco Systems regarding the labor shortage in LAN/WAN.

Link To Article by Cisco Systems Regarding LAN/WAN Labor Shortage: LAN/WAN Job Shortage Article

Cisco Corporation is the top manufacturer of LAN/WAN technologies in the world. The Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA), Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP), Cisco Certified Design Professional (CCDP) and the Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) are nationally recognized, officially registered certifications with the Cisco Corporation. The CCNA is currently the top ranked certification in the information technology industry and the CCNP is a more senior level version of the CCNA. The CCDP represents the ability to design large to enterprise level LAN/WAN networks. The CCIE is highest level technical certification offered by the Cisco corporation and is considered the doctorate of LAN/WAN technologies. These four certifications validate that you have proficiency designing, implementing, administrating and troubleshooting medium, large to enterprise level Local Area Networks (LAN) and Wide Area Networks (WAN). The following is a list of compensation range by certification levels:

CCNA Certified Pay Range By Payscale.com: $60,000 - $90,000 Per Year
CCNP Certified Pay Range By Payscale.com: $78,000 - $120,000+ Per Year
CCIE Certified Pay Range By Payscale.com: $90,000 - $180,000+ Per Year

LAN/WAN Professionals hold a variety of positions, including but not limited to, support, administration, help desk (escalation support), engineering, analysis, architecture, consulting, project management and management. In fact, most professionals positions that exists in other industries also exist within LAN/WAN. The key difference is that LAN/WAN Professionals are typically paid 25% to 75% higher than other IT positions and up to 100% higher than non IT positions including desktop. This is due to the fact that LAN/WAN Professionals are responsible for mission critical technologies that have significant impact to any organization.

If you already have general work experience in support, administration, help desk and other related positions as listed above OR equivalent credentials (Bachelors or higher), you can switch to our industry and immediately land positions requiring 3 to 7 years of work experience with minimal to no previous LAN/WAN work experience as long as you possess the technical knowledge and credentials that you will acquire through our programs. Please read below on how you can QUICKLY land a LAN/WAN position with 1 to 3 MONTHS.

You receive LAN/WAN enterprise training equivalent to 2 year of fulltime training, 8 nationally recognized technical and hands-on certifications and proven and effective placement training designed to fast track you to professional level LAN/WAN positions. The following is a summary of the training stages, duration, value and what you pay:

The total value of our Training Program is $27,950. 100% of the value of your Stage 1 & 2 training is paid through multiple Cisco Training Grants and 100% of the value of your Stage 3 Training is covered through a percentage of your future income upon employment after internship completion. This includes all training tuition costs, 24/7 access to online reading and certification prep training for CCNA and CCNP. Please note that LAN/WAN Professional make a significant upfront investment into each candidate. For this reason, you will be responsible for the upfront Stage 2 Online Access Fee of $799 and monthly maintenance fee of $29/month and hard costs throughout the program.

As mentioned above, all of the training is paid through a percentage of your gross pay for 24 months upon employment not to exceed the value of the program.

LAN/WAN Professional only accepts candidates we feel will receive a minimum pay increase of 20% to over 50% in comparison to what you would have earned without this service. For this reason, your compensation increase will more than offset your fees. You essentially receive over $20,000 in enterprise Cisco training for free until successful employment.

We only benefit through your employment success: a true WIN/WIN situation.

LAN/WAN Professional is proud to state that over 90% of the candidates who successfully complete our programs obtain employment in an upgraded IT position. The primary component to our high success rate is because we only accept qualified and serious candidates. The right candidate is a sharp, tech savvy individual who is serious about immediate employment in information technology. Click Here For This Month's Featured Candidate.

Unfortunately, prior to 2009, the success of our past candidates was not as positive as it is today (2010 to present). This was primarily due to the fact that we did not have a thorough screening process, and accepted many candidates who were not the "right candidate" resulting in low placement statistics.

Since 2010, all qualified and serious candidates are given a Cisco training grant to "Test Drive" our program so that we can verify their skills through a two stage qualification process. Since this change, over 90% of candidates who successfully complete our program obtain employment in an upgraded IT position. What makes us most proud are the strong, positive, long term relationships that have developed with our candidates through this process. Please see our LAN/WAN Professional Facebook and our www.lanwanprofessional.net page to hear what others are saying about us.

Here at LAN/WAN Professional, we want to ensure that only qualified candidates, who are serious about immediate employment in an upgraded IT position, apply and are fully accepted. The best way to ensure this is to let you fully experience our program by letting your "Test Drive" our One Week Cisco remote Hands-On Training Program valued at $995 for FREE. This allows you and LAN/WAN Professional to mutually determine if this program is right for you. If you are not approved to move forward after the "Test Drive" and/or chooses not to move forward for any reason, you receive $995 is Cisco Hands-On Training for FREE and part ways with no additional conditions or obligations. Please read below for additional details regarding the Cisco Remote Hands-On Training Program.

The Cisco Remote Hands-On Training Program is a hands-on focused program designed to give the core hands-on skills equivalent to seasoned Cisco Support Professional. Your program begins with Cisco concepts preload (online training modules) that culminates in 1 week of Cisco remote WAN hands-on training (Cisco IOS configurations). During your hands-on training, you will receive real world Cisco hands-on skills is Cisco IOS, CDP, PPP, Frame Relay, RIP, OSPF, EIGRP, ACL, VTP, STP, NAT and much more.

Throughout the training period, you will receive 24/7 online access to Cisco technology concepts. The online resources are designed to solidify your conceptual knowledge base. The resources that are available include online reading resources, CBT (Conceptual-based Training), guided videos, and proven, effective certification prep materials. In addition to the CCNA resources, you will also receive 24/7 access to a broad range of Cisco topics including voice, wireless, security, along with advanced topics in CCNP.

The training you receive is comparable to a 2 month fulltime training program with no time away from work/home. The following is a breakdown of our program:

*The value of the one week Cisco Remote Hands-On Training is $995. LAN/WAN Professional is currently offering a $995 Training Grant to cover the value of the Cisco Remote Hands-On Training Program. Please note that only qualified and serious candidates will be approved to receive this grant. Please ensure that you are this candidate prior to applying.

Please note that comparable Cisco training costs range from a minimum of $1,000 to over $3,000 depending on the type and level of your training. Visit Global Knowledge, the top Cisco Learning Partner for a price comparison.

LAN/WAN Professional receives an extraordinary amount of interest for this service. Unfortunately, there is only a limited number of spots available nationwide. For this reason, please ensure that you are a qualified and serious candidate prior to applying.

TO APPLY, please click on the link at the bottom of this page and complete the online application form. Upon full completion of your online application, you will be sent an email confirming receipt of your application. Included in the email is a user name and password to access our phone verification website.

Your application will be forwarded to a Technical Recruiter. Your designated Technical Recruiter will contact you for phone verification within 1 to 3 business days of application receipt. Final approval is conditioned upon passing phone verification with a Technical Recruiter.