Nice One! As you’re reading this article you’re probably toying with the idea of getting re-qualified for a new job - so already you’ve made a start. Less of us than you’d think are happy and fulfilled in our work, but most complain but just stay there. So, why not be one of the few who actually do something about it.
We’d strongly advise that in advance of taking any study program, you have a conversation with someone who is familiar with the working environment and can give you advice. Such a person will go through personality profiling with you and assist in finding the right role for you:
* Do you like to be around others at work? Are you better with new people or those you know well? Perhaps you prefer not to be disturbed and enjoy responsibilities that only you know how to deal with?
* Are you considering which area you could be employed in? (Post credit crunch, it’s essential to be selective.)
* Once you’ve trained, how many years work do anticipate working, and can the industry you choose offer you that opportunity?
* Do you have niggles about your possibilities of finding new employment, and being gainfully employed until you plan to retire?
We request you to consider the IT sector - there are a larger number of positions than workers to do them, because it’s a rare career choice where the sector is still growing. In contrast to what some people would have you think, it isn’t just geeks lost in their PC’s the whole day (though those jobs exist.) Most positions are done by average folk who want to earn a very good living.
A typical blunder that students everywhere can make is to focus entirely on getting a qualification, rather than starting with where they want to get to. Colleges are brimming over with direction-less students that chose an ‘interesting’ course - instead of what would yield the career they desired.
It’s unfortunate, but the majority of trainees start out on programs that sound marvellous in the sales literature, but which gets us a career that doesn’t satisfy. Talk to many university graduates to see what we mean.
Prioritise understanding what industry will expect from you. Which precise exams they’ll want you to gain and how you’ll go about getting some commercial experience. You should also spend a little time assessing how far you think you’ll want to progress your career as it will often force you to choose a particular set of accreditations.
We recommend that students seek advice from a skilled professional before you begin some particular training path, so you can be sure that the content of a learning package provides the appropriate skill-set.
A successful training package will undoubtedly also offer fully authorised exam preparation systems.
Avoid relying on unauthorised exam papers and questions. Their phraseology can be completely unlike authorised versions - and often this creates real issues when the proper exam time arrives.
Ensure that you ask for testing modules that will allow you to verify your comprehension at any point. Practice or ‘mock’ exams log the information in your brain - so the actual exam is much easier.
When was the last time you considered how safe your job is? Normally, this isn’t an issue until something goes wrong. But really, the reality is that our job security has gone the way of the dodo, for nearly everyone now.
Security only exists now through a quickly escalating marketplace, driven forward by a shortfall of trained staff. It’s this alone that creates the correct setting for a secure marketplace - a far better situation.
The most recent British e-Skills survey showed that twenty six percent of all IT positions available are unfilled mainly due to a chronic shortage of appropriately certified professionals. Alternatively, you could say, this highlights that the UK only has 3 trained people for each 4 job positions that exist today.
This fundamental idea shows an urgent requirement for more appropriately trained Information Technology professionals in the United Kingdom.
Because the IT sector is developing at such a quick pace, there really isn’t any other sector worth considering for a new future.
If an advisor doesn’t ask you a lot of questions - it’s likely they’re actually nothing more than a salesman. If they wade straight in with a specific product before getting to know your background and whether you have any commercial experience, then it’s very likely to be the case.
An important point to note is that, if you have some relevant previous certification, then you can sometimes expect to begin at a different level to a trainee with no history to speak of.
It’s usual to start with some basic user skills first. It can brush up on your current abilities and make your learning curve a bit more manageable.
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