Well done! Hitting upon this feature suggests you’re thinking about your future, and if it’s re-training you’re considering you’ve already done more than almost everybody else. Did you know that hardly any of us describe ourselves as contented at work - but most will just put up with it. We encourage you to be different and move forward - you have the rest of your life to enjoy it.
Before you make decisions on any career courses, discuss your thoughts with an industry expert who can help you sort out which area will be right for you. Someone who can get to know your personality, and find out what types of work suit you:
* Do you like to work collaborating with people? Is that as part of a team or with a lot of new people? Possibly operating on your own on specific tasks would be more your thing?
* What thoughts do you have with regard to the industry you’ll work in?
* Is this the last time you imagine you’ll re-train, and if so, do you suppose your new career will allow you to do that?
* Are you concerned with regard to the chance of getting new work, and keeping a job until you plan to retire?
Prioritise Information Technology, that’s our best advice - unusually, it’s one of the growing market sectors in this country and overseas. Salaries are also more generous than most.
Finding your first job in the industry is often made easier with a Job Placement Assistance program. At the end of the day it isn’t so complicated as you might think to land a job - as long as you’re correctly trained and certified; the shortage of IT personnel in Britain looks after that.
CV and Interview advice and support is sometimes offered (alternatively, check out one of our sites for help). Ensure you update that dusty old CV immediately - not after you’ve qualified!
It’s not uncommon to find that junior support roles are offered to people who are in the process of training and haven’t even passed a single exam yet. This will at least get you into the ‘maybe’ pile of CV’s - rather than the ‘No’ pile.
The top companies to help get you placed are generally local IT focused employment agencies. Because they get paid commission to place you, they have more incentive to get on with it.
Not inconsiderable numbers of men and women, apparently, put a great deal of effort into their studies (sometimes for years), and then just stop instead of trying to get the right position. Market yourself… Do your best to put yourself out there. A job isn’t just going to bump into you.
Don’t get hung-up, as many people do, on the certification itself. Training is not an end in itself; you should be geared towards the actual job at the end of it. You need to remain focused on where you want to go.
Don’t let yourself become one of the unfortunate masses who select a program that seems ‘fun’ or ‘interesting’ - and end up with a plaque on the wall for a career they’ll never really get any satisfaction from.
Never let your focus stray from what you want to achieve, and build your study action-plan from that - avoid getting them back-to-front. Keep your eyes on your goals and study for something you’ll enjoy for years to come.
Take guidance from an experienced professional, even if you have to pay - it’s usually much cheaper and safer to find out at the start if you’ve chosen correctly, instead of discovering following two years of study that you aren’t going to enjoy the job you’ve chosen and now need to go back to square one.
Looking at the myriad of choice out there, does it really shock us that the majority of trainees get stuck choosing the job they could be successful with.
As having no previous experience in the IT industry, in what way could we understand what someone in a particular job does?
Getting to the right answer really only appears through a thorough investigation of many unique criteria:
* What hobbies you have and enjoy - these can point towards what areas will give you the most reward.
* Why you’re looking at starting in Information Technology - it could be you’re looking to overcome a particular goal such as working for yourself maybe.
* How highly do you rate salary - is it of prime importance, or do you place job satisfaction a little higher on the scale of your priorities?
* Learning what the main work types and markets are - plus how they’re different to each other.
* It’s wise to spend some time thinking about the level of commitment you’ll put into your training.
The bottom line is, your only chance of investigating all this is from an in-depth discussion with an advisor or professional that has enough background to lead you to the correct decision.
Only consider study programmes which move onto industry approved certifications. There are far too many small companies proposing minor ‘in-house’ certificates which are worthless when you start your job-search.
From a commercial standpoint, only top businesses such as Microsoft, Cisco, Adobe or CompTIA (as an example) really carry any commercial clout. Nothing else makes the grade.
(C) 2009. Check out LearningLolly.com for excellent advice on IT Jobs Growth and Comptia Training News.
Before you make decisions on any career courses, discuss your thoughts with an industry expert who can help you sort out which area will be right for you. Someone who can get to know your personality, and find out what types of work suit you:
* Do you like to work collaborating with people? Is that as part of a team or with a lot of new people? Possibly operating on your own on specific tasks would be more your thing?
* What thoughts do you have with regard to the industry you’ll work in?
* Is this the last time you imagine you’ll re-train, and if so, do you suppose your new career will allow you to do that?
* Are you concerned with regard to the chance of getting new work, and keeping a job until you plan to retire?
Prioritise Information Technology, that’s our best advice - unusually, it’s one of the growing market sectors in this country and overseas. Salaries are also more generous than most.
Finding your first job in the industry is often made easier with a Job Placement Assistance program. At the end of the day it isn’t so complicated as you might think to land a job - as long as you’re correctly trained and certified; the shortage of IT personnel in Britain looks after that.
CV and Interview advice and support is sometimes offered (alternatively, check out one of our sites for help). Ensure you update that dusty old CV immediately - not after you’ve qualified!
It’s not uncommon to find that junior support roles are offered to people who are in the process of training and haven’t even passed a single exam yet. This will at least get you into the ‘maybe’ pile of CV’s - rather than the ‘No’ pile.
The top companies to help get you placed are generally local IT focused employment agencies. Because they get paid commission to place you, they have more incentive to get on with it.
Not inconsiderable numbers of men and women, apparently, put a great deal of effort into their studies (sometimes for years), and then just stop instead of trying to get the right position. Market yourself… Do your best to put yourself out there. A job isn’t just going to bump into you.
Don’t get hung-up, as many people do, on the certification itself. Training is not an end in itself; you should be geared towards the actual job at the end of it. You need to remain focused on where you want to go.
Don’t let yourself become one of the unfortunate masses who select a program that seems ‘fun’ or ‘interesting’ - and end up with a plaque on the wall for a career they’ll never really get any satisfaction from.
Never let your focus stray from what you want to achieve, and build your study action-plan from that - avoid getting them back-to-front. Keep your eyes on your goals and study for something you’ll enjoy for years to come.
Take guidance from an experienced professional, even if you have to pay - it’s usually much cheaper and safer to find out at the start if you’ve chosen correctly, instead of discovering following two years of study that you aren’t going to enjoy the job you’ve chosen and now need to go back to square one.
Looking at the myriad of choice out there, does it really shock us that the majority of trainees get stuck choosing the job they could be successful with.
As having no previous experience in the IT industry, in what way could we understand what someone in a particular job does?
Getting to the right answer really only appears through a thorough investigation of many unique criteria:
* What hobbies you have and enjoy - these can point towards what areas will give you the most reward.
* Why you’re looking at starting in Information Technology - it could be you’re looking to overcome a particular goal such as working for yourself maybe.
* How highly do you rate salary - is it of prime importance, or do you place job satisfaction a little higher on the scale of your priorities?
* Learning what the main work types and markets are - plus how they’re different to each other.
* It’s wise to spend some time thinking about the level of commitment you’ll put into your training.
The bottom line is, your only chance of investigating all this is from an in-depth discussion with an advisor or professional that has enough background to lead you to the correct decision.
Only consider study programmes which move onto industry approved certifications. There are far too many small companies proposing minor ‘in-house’ certificates which are worthless when you start your job-search.
From a commercial standpoint, only top businesses such as Microsoft, Cisco, Adobe or CompTIA (as an example) really carry any commercial clout. Nothing else makes the grade.
(C) 2009. Check out LearningLolly.com for excellent advice on IT Jobs Growth and Comptia Training News.
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