In today's high speed society, support workers who have the ability to solve problems with networks and PC's, along with giving daily advice to users, are indispensable in every part of the business environment. Because we become growingly beholden to technology, we in turn emerge as increasingly more reliant upon the commercially qualified networking professionals, who keep the systems going.
The old fashioned style of teaching, involving piles of reference textbooks, is an up-hill struggle for the majority of us. If this describes you, dig around for more practical courses that are on-screen and interactive. If we can get all of our senses involved in our learning, then we normally see dramatically better results.
Modern training can now be done at home via interactive discs. Instructor-led tutorials will mean you'll take everything in by way of the expert demonstrations. Knowledge can then be tested by utilising the practice lab's and modules. Always insist on a training material demonstration from the school that you're considering. The materials should incorporate expert-led demonstrations, slideshows and virtual practice lab's for your new skills.
Avoid training that is purely online. Physical CD or DVD ROM materials are preferable where available, as you need to be able to use them whenever it's convenient for you - ISP quality varies, so you don't want to be totally reliant on your broadband being 'up' 100 percent of the time.
Can job security honestly exist anymore? Here in the UK, with industry changing its mind on a day-to-day basis, it seems increasingly unlikely. But a marketplace with high growth, with a constant demand for staff (due to a growing shortfall of fully trained people), creates the conditions for proper job security.
A recent national e-Skills investigation demonstrated that 26 percent of all IT positions available cannot be filled due to a lack of well-trained staff. Quite simply, we can only fill three out of 4 positions in the computing industry. Gaining proper commercial computer certification is accordingly a 'Fast Track' to succeed in a long-term as well as pleasing occupation. While the market is growing at the speed it is, could there honestly be a better market worth investigating for retraining.
One useful service that many training companies provide is a programme of Job Placement assistance. The service is put in place to steer you into your first IT role. Because of the massive need for more IT skills in this country right now, it's not necessary to become overly impressed with this service however. It's actually not as hard as some people make out to find your first job as long as you've got the necessary skills and qualifications.
Ideally you should have help with your CV and interview techniques though; and we'd recommend everybody to get their CV updated as soon as they start a course - don't put it off till you've finished your exams. It's not unusual to find that you'll secure your initial role whilst still on the course (sometimes when you've only just got going). If you haven't updated your CV to say what you're studying - or it's not getting in front of interviewers, then you're not even going to be known about! You can usually expect better results from a specialised and independent local recruitment service than you'll experience from any training company's employment division, because they'll know local industry and the area better.
To bottom line it, as long as you focus the same level of energy into getting your first job as into studying, you're not likely to experience problems. A number of men and women bizarrely conscientiously work through their training and studies and then just stop once qualified and would appear to think that businesses will just discover them.
![[Valid RSS feed]](http://www.look4articles.com/images/icon_Rss.png "XML Feed For RSS"){kind=icon}
Category Rss Feed
Print This Article
Add To Favorites
![[Valid RSS feed]](http://www.look4articles.com/images/rss.jpg "XML Feed For RSS")