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Nice One! As you’re looking at this we guess you must be considering getting re-qualified for a new job – so you’ve already done more than most. Only one in ten of us are pleased to go to work each day, but no action is ever taken. So, why not be one of the few who actually do something about it.

When considering retraining, it’s crucial to first define what you DO want and DON’T want from the career you’d like to train for. You need to know that the grass actually is greener before you put a lot of energy into taking a new turn. So much better to look at the big picture first, to avoid disappointment:

* Do you see yourself dealing with people? Would you prefer to work with a small team or with many new people? Possibly operating on your own in a task-based situation would give you pleasure?

* Have you given much thought to which area you choose to work in? (With the economic downturn, it’s even more crucial to be selective.)

* And how many years do you want to get out of your retraining, and can your chosen industry provide you with that possibility?

* Are you confident that retraining in your chosen sector is commercially viable, and will offer the chance to allow you to work until retirement?

Pay attention to the IT sector, that’s our recommendation – you’ll find it’s one of the only market sectors still on the grow in this country and overseas. And the salaries are much higher than most.

Most commercial training providers will only offer support available from 9-6 (office hours) and sometimes later on specific days; most won’t answer after 8-9pm at the latest and frequently never at the weekends.

Many only provide email support (too slow), and phone support is usually just a call-centre that will take the information and email an instructor – who’ll call back sometime over the next 1-3 days, when it suits them. This is not a lot of use if you’re lost and confused and only have certain times available in which to do your studies.

The best trainers use multiple support centres around the globe in several time-zones. They use an online interactive interface to seamlessly link them all together, irrespective of the time you login, help is just seconds away, avoiding all the delays and problems.

You can’t afford to accept less than this. Online 24×7 support is the only kind that ever makes the grade for technical learning. It’s possible you don’t intend to study late evenings; but for the majority of us however, we’re at work when traditional support if offered.

So many training providers only concern themselves with gaining a certificate, and completely miss the reasons for getting there – which is of course employment. Always begin with the final destination in mind – too many people focus on the journey.

You could be training for only a year and end up performing the job-role for decades. Avoid the mistake of finding what seems like an ‘interesting’ training program and then spend decades in something you don’t even enjoy!

Prioritise understanding the exact expectations industry will have. Which exams they will want you to have and how you’ll build your experience level. It’s definitely worth spending time thinking about how far you reckon you’re going to want to progress your career as often it can present a very specific set of certifications.

Take guidance from an experienced professional, even if you have to pay – it’s usually much cheaper and safer to find out at the beginning if something is going to suit and interest you, rather than realise 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.

Does job security really exist anywhere now? In the UK for instance, with industry changing its mind on a day-to-day basis, we’d question whether it does.

In actuality, security now only emerges via a swiftly rising marketplace, driven forward by a lack of trained workers. It’s this alone that creates just the right environment for a secure market – definitely a more pleasing situation.

Taking the computing sector as an example, a recent e-Skills study demonstrated a skills deficit in the UK of around 26 percent. Showing that for each four job positions that are available in IT, there are barely three qualified workers to fulfil that role.

This single idea in itself highlights why Great Britain requires many more people to join the IT sector.

Because the IT sector is developing at such a quick pace, there really isn’t any other market worth considering for a new future.

Review the following facts carefully if you think the sales ploy of examination guarantees seems like a good idea:

Thankfully, today we tend to be a little bit more aware of sales ploys – and generally we know that for sure it is actually an additional cost to us – they’re not just being charitable and doling out freebies!

If you want to pass first time, then you should fund each exam as you take it, give it the necessary attention and apply yourself as required.

Sit the exam somewhere local and don’t pay up-front, but seek out the best deal for you when you’re ready.

What’s the point in paying early for examinations when you didn’t need to? Huge profits are made by companies getting paid upfront for exams – and hoping either that you won’t take them, or it will be a long time before you do.

It’s worth noting, with the majority of Exam Guarantees – you are not in control of when you can re-take the exam. Subsequent exam attempts are only authorised at the company’s say so.

Splashing out often many hundreds of pounds extra on an ‘Exam Guarantee’ is naive – when a commitment to studying and the use of authorised exam preparation tools is what will get you through.

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