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Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 Time: 11:29 AM -
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In the fast-paced world we live in, support workers who are qualified to fix computers and networks, and offer daily assistance to users, are hugely valuable in every sector of the business environment. The world's requirement for those people is constantly growing, as everything becomes significantly more dependent upon technology.
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A fatal Faux-Pas that potential students often succumb to is to look for the actual course to take, and take their eye off the desired end-result. Schools are brimming over with direction-less students that chose a program because it looked interesting - instead of what would yield the career they desired. Students often train for a single year but end up performing the job-role for decades. Avoid the mistake of opting for what may seem to be a program of interest to you and then put 10-20 years into an unrewarding career!
Be honest with yourself about how much you want to earn and what level of ambition fits you. Usually, this will point the way to what accreditations you'll need to attain and how much effort you'll have to give in return. As a precursor to beginning a training course, it makes sense to talk through individual market requirements with an experienced industry professional, to be absolutely sure the learning path covers everything needed.
Full support is of the utmost importance - look for a package that provides 24x7 direct access, as not opting for this kind of support could impede your ability to learn. Look for training where you can receive help at any time of the day or night (irrespective of whether it's the wee hours on Sunday morning!) You'll need direct access to tutors, and not simply some messaging service that means you're consistently being held in a queue for a call-back during office hours.
We recommend looking for colleges that use several support centres around the globe in several time-zones. Every one of them needs to be seamlessly combined to enable simple one-stop access together with round-the-clock access, when it's convenient for you, with no fuss. Don't accept second best where support is concerned. The majority of IT hopefuls that give up, are in that situation because they didn't get the support necessary for them.
Finding job security these days is very rare. Businesses can drop us out of the workforce at the drop of a hat - as and when it suits them. Wherever we find escalating skills shortages coupled with growing demand though, we almost always hit upon a newer brand of security in the marketplace; as fuelled by the conditions of constant growth, businesses are struggling to hire the influx of staff needed.
The IT skills shortage throughout the United Kingdom falls in at just over twenty six percent, as reported by the latest e-Skills survey. That means for each 4 job positions existing across Information Technology (IT), there are only 3 trained people to fill that need. Highly trained and commercially grounded new staff are as a result at an absolute premium, and it's estimated to remain so for a long time to come. With the market expanding at such a speed, is there any other area of industry worth investigating for retraining.
It's not uncommon for companies to offer inclusive exam guarantees - this always means you have to pay for the exams when you pay for the rest of your course. But before you get taken in by this so-called guarantee, think about this:
We all know that we're still paying for it - it's not so hard to see that it's already been included in the overall price charged by the training provider. Certainly, it's not a freebie - and it's insulting that we're supposed to think it is! If it's important to you to pass first time, evidence suggests you must pay for one exam at a time, prioritise it appropriately and be ready for the task.
Do your exams somewhere local and don't pay up-front, but seek out the best deal for you when you're ready. Many current training colleges net a great deal of profit because they're getting paid for examinations upfront and hoping either that you won't take them, or it will be a long time before you do. It's worth noting that exam re-takes via organisations with an 'Exam Guarantee' inevitably are heavily regulated. They will insist that you take pre-tests first so you can prove to them you have a good chance of passing.
Average exam fees were around the 112 pounds mark last year via UK VUE or Prometric centres. So don't be talked into shelling out hundreds or thousands of pounds more to have 'Exam Guarantees', when it's obvious that what's really needed is study, commitment and preparing with good quality mock and practice exams.
Copyright Jason Kendall 2009. Go to Career Qualifications or www.MatureStudentTraining.co.uk.
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