Computer and network support staff are more and more sought after in Great Britain, as organisations are becoming more reliant on their technical advice and fixing and repairing abilities. As we're all becoming growingly reliant on our PC's, we additionally inevitably become more reliant on the well trained network engineers, who keep the systems going.
Considering how a program is 'delivered' to you is usually ignored by most students. How many stages do they break the program into? What is the specific order and at what speed is it delivered?
Trainees may consider it sensible (with training often lasting 2 or 3 years to achieve full certification,) for a training company to release the courseware in stages, as you achieve each exam pass. However:
What if you find the order offered by the provider doesn't suit. You may find it a stretch to finalise all the sections at the speed required?
Truth be told, the perfect answer is to get an idea of what they recommend as an ideal study order, but to receive all the materials up-front. Meaning you've got it all in case you don't finish as fast as they'd like.
Any program that you're going to undertake must provide a widely recognised exam as an end-result - definitely not some 'in-house' plaque for your wall.
Only properly recognised qualifications from the top companies like Microsoft, Cisco, Adobe and CompTIA will open the doors to employers.
Remember: a training program or the accreditation is not the ultimate goal; the particular job that you want to end up in is. Many trainers unfortunately place too much importance on just the training course.
You may train for one year and then end up doing a job for a lifetime. Don't make the mistake of taking what may be an 'interesting' training program only to waste your life away with a job you don't like!
You'll want to understand the expectations of your industry. Which exams you'll need and how you'll build your experience level. You should also spend a little time considering how far you think you'll want to progress your career as it will force you to choose a particular set of qualifications.
The best advice for students is to talk with highly experienced advisors before they embark on a training programme. This gives some measure of assurance that it contains the relevant skills for the career path that has been chosen.
How long has it been since you considered your job security? For the majority of us, this issue only becomes a talking point when something goes wrong. Unfortunately, The cold truth is that true job security doesn't really exist anymore, for most of us.
Whereas a sector experiencing fast growth, where staff are in constant demand (due to a growing shortfall of properly qualified staff), provides a market for proper job security.
Using the Information Technology (IT) sector for example, a key e-Skills survey brought to light a skills shortage throughout Great Britain in excess of 26 percent. Quite simply, we're only able to fill 3 out of each four job positions in IT.
This worrying idea underpins the urgent need for more appropriately certified Information Technology professionals across the country.
It's unlikely if a better time or market circumstances is ever likely to exist for getting certified in this rapidly expanding and evolving market. - 33376
Considering how a program is 'delivered' to you is usually ignored by most students. How many stages do they break the program into? What is the specific order and at what speed is it delivered?
Trainees may consider it sensible (with training often lasting 2 or 3 years to achieve full certification,) for a training company to release the courseware in stages, as you achieve each exam pass. However:
What if you find the order offered by the provider doesn't suit. You may find it a stretch to finalise all the sections at the speed required?
Truth be told, the perfect answer is to get an idea of what they recommend as an ideal study order, but to receive all the materials up-front. Meaning you've got it all in case you don't finish as fast as they'd like.
Any program that you're going to undertake must provide a widely recognised exam as an end-result - definitely not some 'in-house' plaque for your wall.
Only properly recognised qualifications from the top companies like Microsoft, Cisco, Adobe and CompTIA will open the doors to employers.
Remember: a training program or the accreditation is not the ultimate goal; the particular job that you want to end up in is. Many trainers unfortunately place too much importance on just the training course.
You may train for one year and then end up doing a job for a lifetime. Don't make the mistake of taking what may be an 'interesting' training program only to waste your life away with a job you don't like!
You'll want to understand the expectations of your industry. Which exams you'll need and how you'll build your experience level. You should also spend a little time considering how far you think you'll want to progress your career as it will force you to choose a particular set of qualifications.
The best advice for students is to talk with highly experienced advisors before they embark on a training programme. This gives some measure of assurance that it contains the relevant skills for the career path that has been chosen.
How long has it been since you considered your job security? For the majority of us, this issue only becomes a talking point when something goes wrong. Unfortunately, The cold truth is that true job security doesn't really exist anymore, for most of us.
Whereas a sector experiencing fast growth, where staff are in constant demand (due to a growing shortfall of properly qualified staff), provides a market for proper job security.
Using the Information Technology (IT) sector for example, a key e-Skills survey brought to light a skills shortage throughout Great Britain in excess of 26 percent. Quite simply, we're only able to fill 3 out of each four job positions in IT.
This worrying idea underpins the urgent need for more appropriately certified Information Technology professionals across the country.
It's unlikely if a better time or market circumstances is ever likely to exist for getting certified in this rapidly expanding and evolving market. - 33376
