Saturday, September 26, 2009

CompTIA Career Retraining Uncovered

By Jason Kendall

The CompTIA A+ training program covers four areas of training; you're thought of as an A+ achiever once you've passed your exams for half of them. This is why it's usual for colleges to offer only two of the training courses. In reality you will need the teaching in all areas as a lot of employment will be looking for an awareness of each specialist area. It's not essential to pass exams in all of them, however we'd advise that you learn about all four.

A+ computer training courses cover fault-finding and diagnostics - via hands on and remote access, as well as building and fixing and having knowledge of antistatic conditions.

Were you to add Network+ training to your A+, you'll also have the ability to take care of networks, giving you the facility to command a higher salary.

When did you last consider how safe your job is? Typically, this only rears its head when something dramatic happens to shake us. But in today's marketplace, The cold truth is that job security doesn't really exist anymore, for nearly everyone now.

Where there are escalating skills deficits together with growing demand though, we often find a fresh type of market-security; driven by the constant growth conditions, businesses are struggling to hire the influx of staff needed.

Using the Information Technology (IT) sector for example, the 2006 e-Skills analysis highlighted a skills deficit in Great Britain in excess of 26 percent. Essentially, we only have the national capacity to fill just three out of every 4 jobs in the computer industry.

Fully skilled and commercially grounded new employees are thus at a resounding premium, and it looks like they will be for much longer.

For sure, now, more than ever, really is a critical time for retraining into the IT industry.

Searching for your first position in IT can be a little easier with the help of a Job Placement Assistance facility. The need for this feature can be bigged up out of proportion though - it's easy for their marketing department to make it sound harder than it is. Ultimately, the need for well trained IT people in Great Britain is why employers will be interested in you.

CV and Interview advice and support might be provided (if not, see one of our sites for help). Ensure you update that dusty old CV straight away - not after you've qualified!

You'll often find that you'll secure your initial position whilst you're still studying (even when you've just left first base). If you haven't updated your CV to say what you're studying (and it isn't in the hands of someone with jobs to offer) then you're not even going to be known about!

In many cases, an independent and specialised local employment service (who will, of course, be keen to place you to receive their commission) should get better results than any sector of a centralised training facility. In addition, they will no doubt know the local industry and employment needs.

Fundamentally, as long as you put the same commitment into finding a job as into studying, you won't have any problems. A number of men and women curiously put hundreds of hours into their course materials and then call a halt once certified and seem to suppose that interviewers know they're there.

We'd hazard a guess that you're a practical sort of person - a 'hands-on' type. If you're like us, the unfortunate chore of reading reference guides can be just about bared when essential, but it doesn't suit your way of doing things. Consider interactive, multimedia study if books just don't do it for you.

Where we can utilise all of our senses into our learning, our results will often be quite spectacular.

Locate a program where you'll receive a selection of CD and DVD based materials - you'll begin by watching videos of instructors demonstrating the skills, and then have the opportunity to use virtual lab's to practice your new skills.

It makes sense to see examples of the courseware provided before you sign the purchase order. You should expect video tutorials, instructor demo's and interactive modules with audio-visual elements.

It is generally unwise to choose training that is only available online. Due to the variable nature of connection quality from most broadband providers, ensure that you have access to CD or DVD ROM based materials.

Being a part of the information technology industry is one of the more electrifying and revolutionary industries to be involved in today. To be dealing with leading-edge technology puts you at the fore-front of developments that will impact the whole world for generations to come.

We're only just starting to see just how technology is going to shape our lives. Computers and the web will massively change the way we see and interrelate with the world as a whole over the years to come.

If making decent money is high on your scale of wants, you will appreciate the fact that the income on average of the majority of IT staff is much better than with other market sectors.

Because the IT market sector is still growing with no sign of a slow-down, it's predictable that the requirement for certified IT professionals will continue actively for decades to come.

Review the points below carefully if you've been persuaded that that over-used sales technique about an 'Exam Guarantee' sounds great value:

You're paying for it one way or another. You can be assured it's not a freebie - they've just worked it into the package price.

If it's important to you to pass in one, you must fund each exam as you take it, give it the priority it deserves and be ready for the task.

Do your exams as locally as possible and hold on to your money and pay for the exam when you take it.

Paying in advance for exam fees (and if you're financing your study there'll be interest on that) is bad financial management. Why fill a company's coffers with your hard-earned cash just to give them a good cash-flow! There are those who hope that you will never make it to exams - then they'll keep the extra money.

It's worth noting that exam re-takes through organisations with an 'Exam Guarantee' are monitored with tight restrictions. They'll insist that you take mock exams first until you've proven that you're likely to pass.

With average Prometric and VUE examinations coming in at approximately 112 pounds in Great Britain, by far the best option is to pay for them as you take them. Not to fork out thousands extra in up-front costs. A commitment to studying and the use of authorised exam preparation tools are actually the key to your success.

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