Without a steady stream of qualified computer and network support workers, commerce in the United Kingdom (and indeed in most countries) would surely ...
Without a steady stream of qualified computer and network support workers,
commerce in the United Kingdom (and indeed in most countries) would surely be drawn to a standstill. There is an ever growing demand for people to support both the systems and the users themselves. As we become massively more dependent on technology, we simultaneously inevitably become more reliant on the technically knowledgeable IT networkers, who keep the systems going.
Students will sometimes miss checking on a painfully important area - the way their training provider divides up the courseware, and into how many parts. Trainees may consider it sensible (with training often lasting 2 or 3 years for a full commercial certification,) for many training providers to send out the training stage by stage, as you pass each element. However: Sometimes the steps or stages pushed by the company's salespeople doesn't suit all of us. And what if you don't finish every element within their timetable?
Put simply, the perfect answer is to have a copy of their prescribed order of study, but to receive all the materials up-front. Everything is then in your possession in the event you don't complete everything quite as quick as they'd want.
You should look for an accredited exam preparation programme as part of your training package. Ensure that the practice exams haven't just got questions in the right areas, but additionally ask them in the same way that the proper exam will structure them. It really messes up students if they're faced with unrecognisable phrases and formats. You should make sure you analyse how much you know through tests and practice in simulated exam environments prior to taking the proper exam.
Of all the important things to consider, one of the most essential is always 24x7 round-the-clock support from dedicated instructors and mentors. So many companies we come across only provide support to you inside of office hours (typically 9am-6pm) and sometimes a little earlier or later (but not weekends usually). Don't buy study programmes that only provide support to trainees with an out-sourced call-centre message system after office-staff have gone home. Training organisations will always try to hide the importance of this issue. But, no matter how they put it - support is needed when it's needed - not when it suits them.
Top training companies use multiple support centres across multiple time-zones. They use an online interactive interface to seamlessly link them all, no matter what time you login, help is just a click away, without any contact issues or hassle. Unless you insist on 24x7 support, you'll regret it. It may be that you don't use it late at night, but consider weekends, evenings and early mornings at some point.
Can job security honestly exist anymore? In the UK for instance, with industry changing its mind on a day-to-day basis, we'd question whether it does. Whereas a sector experiencing fast growth, where staff are in constant demand (due to a big shortage of properly qualified workers), provides a market for lasting job security.
Reviewing the IT market, a key e-Skills survey brought to light a twenty six percent skills deficit. So, for every 4 jobs that are available throughout IT, employers can only locate certified professionals for three of the four. Fully taught and commercially accredited new employees are correspondingly at an absolute premium, and it looks like they will be for a long time. It would be hard to imagine if a better time or market circumstances is ever likely to exist for gaining qualification for this rapidly increasing and developing industry.
