What can a student looking for training tracks certified by Microsoft expect to come across? Patently, training providers should be offering a selection of courses that match the needs of Microsoft certified training paths. Maybe you'd choose to discuss the job possibilities with an industry expert - and if you haven't come to a decision, then take counsel on what kind of IT job would work for you, based on your likes and dislikes and your character. Make sure your training is put together to your ability level and skill set. A quality company will always guarantee that the course is purpose built for the status you wish to achieve.

Many training academies are still maintaining a now out-dated method of training - in-centre classes. Often sold as a benefit, following a chat with most students who've had to attend a couple, you'll hear a common theme of many or most of these problems:

* Recurrent long journeys - very long trips in many cases.

* Workshop accessibility; often Monday to Friday and two or three days in a row. This can be difficult to get the leave of absence.

* If we get 20 days holiday per year, using half of that on study days leaves very little time for holidays.

* Training classes fill up fast and will likely end up bigger than you'd hoped.

* Often trainees want to work as quickly as possible, but some need a more gentle learning curve and not be forced to adopt an uncomfortable speed for them. This brings tension and bad atmosphere on many workshops.

* Calculate the increasing cost of all the travelling, food, accommodation and parking and you could find yourself astounded. Attendees talk of increased costs of between several hundred and a couple of thousand pounds. Take some time to add it all up - and see for yourself.

* We all enjoy our privacy. We wouldn't want to run the risk of losing any lift up the ladder that could awarded to us while we're training.

* Raising questions in a class full of students will sometimes make any one of us feel uncomfortable. Ever avoided asking a question because you didn't want to look foolish?

* Don't forget, events are pretty much undoable, when you live or work away from home for part of the week.

Why don't you watch a video and study with teachers one-on-one via filmed classes, working on them at your convenience - not somebody else's. Imagine... If you have a notebook PC then you could learn in the garden, a park, or just outside. And live 24 hr-a-day support is only a web-click away if you hit challenges. Modules and lessons can be repeated whenever it's convenient - doing something over will help you remember it. And there's no need to take notes - everything is prepared ready. Essentially: You avoid a bunch of hassle, save money and time, and avoid polluting our environment.

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