Many trainers offer a Job Placement Assistance facility, to help you get your first job. With the great demand for appropriately skilled people in the UK even when times are hard, there isn't a great need to get too caught up in this feature though. It's not as difficult as you may be led to believe to secure your first job as long as you've got the necessary skills and qualifications.

Having said that, it's important to have advice and support about your CV and interviews though; and we'd recommend everyone to update their CV as soon as they start a course - don't delay for when you're ready to start work. A good number of junior support roles have been offered to students who are still learning and haven't got any qualifications yet. At least this will get you on your way. If you'd like to get employment in your home town, then you'll often find that a specialist locally based employment agency might work much better for you than the trainer's recruitment division, because they are much more inclined to know what's available near you.

Not inconsiderable numbers of trainees, it seems, spend evenings and weekends on their training and studies (sometimes for years), and just give up when it comes to trying to get their first job. Introduce yourself... Do your best to put yourself out there. A job isn't just going to bump into you.

If you are thinking about a change of career into I.T., its probable that you will want to start out somewhere amidst these programs, depending on your current level of IT literacy. We'd recommend you explore your options on training courses and IT careers with an industry advisor should you have more technical goals. Although anybody thinking about training to lead to a professional career change ought to be prepared to take professional advice before starting out. Individuals who don't organise where they're heading from the beginning can wind up throwing away considerable time and money - which could have been avoided with a straight forward thirty min chat.

We're regularly asked to explain why qualifications from colleges and universities are being overtaken by more commercial certificates? Key company training (to use industry-speak) is most often much more specialised. Industry is aware that such specialised knowledge is necessary to service the demands of an increasingly more technical world. Adobe, Microsoft, CISCO and CompTIA dominate in this arena. Clearly, a necessary amount of closely linked detail needs to be covered, but essential specifics in the exact job role gives a commercially educated person a massive advantage.

As long as an employer knows what areas they need covered, then they simply need to advertise for the exact skill-set required to meet that need. Vendor-based syllabuses all have to conform to the same requirements and don't change between schools (as academic syllabuses often do).

A subtle way that course providers make a big mark-up is by adding exam fees upfront to the cost of a course and offering an exam guarantee. It looks impressive, but let's just examine it more closely:

Everyone knows they're still footing the bill for it - it's obviously already in the overall price charged by the training company. It's absolutely not free - don't think these companies are so generous with their money! Those who take exams one at a time, funding them one at a time are far more likely to pass first time. They're thoughtful of their spending and so are more inclined to ensure they are ready.

Isn't it outrageous to have to pay the training company early for examinations? Find the best exam deal or offer at the appropriate time, instead of paying a premium - and do it in a local testing centre - instead of miles away at the college's beck and call. Why borrow the money or pay in advance (plus interest of course) on exam fees when there was no need to? Huge profits are made because training colleges are charging all their exam fees up-front - and banking on the fact that many won't be taken. It's worth noting, in the majority of cases of 'exam guarantees' - you are not in control of when you are allowed to have another go. You will have to demonstrate an excellent pass-rate before they'll approve a re-take.

Average exam fees were about 112 pounds in the last 12 months through 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 no secret that the responsible approach is consistent and systematic learning, coupled with quality exam simulation software.

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