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Congratulations! Hitting upon this feature suggests you're thinkingabout your future, and if training for a new career's in your mind thenyou've already got further than the majority of people will. Are youaware that just one in ten of us consider ourselves contented at work -but most will take no corrective action. Why don't you be different andmake a start - you have the rest of your life to enjoy it. Whenlooking at training, it's vital that you have in mind what you DO wantand DON'T want from the job you'd like to train for. Be sure that youwould be more satisfied before you put a lot of energy into alteringyour life's plans. Prudence suggests looking at the end goal first, tomake the right judgements: * Do you want to interact with otherpeople? If the answer's yes, would you enjoy being part of a team orare you hoping to meet new people? Maybe you'd rather be left alone toget on with things? * What do you require from your chosen industry? (Building and banking - not so stable as they once were.)* How long a career do you hope to have once retrained, and will the market sector offer you the chance to do that?* Would you like your study to be in a market sector where as far asyou can see your chances of gainful employment are high until yourpension kicks in? Look at the IT sector, it will be well worthyour time - you'll find it's one of the only growing market sectors inthis country and overseas. And the salaries are much higher than most. Don'tput too much store, like so many people do, on the training process.You're not training for the sake of training; this is about employment.Stay focused on what it is you want to achieve. It's a sad fact, butthousands of new students kick-off study that often sounds amazing inthe sales literature, but which provides the end-result of a job thatis of no interest at all. Try talking to typical college graduates andyou'll see where we're coming from. Get to grips with earningpotential and the level of your ambition. Sometimes, this affects whatprecise certifications you'll need to attain and what you can expect togive industry in return. As a precursor to beginning a trainingprogramme, you'd be well advised to discuss the exact job requirementswith an experienced industry advisor, to ensure the retraining programcovers everything needed. Starting from the viewpoint that wehave to locate the job we want to do first, before we're even able toconsider what career development program fulfils our needs, how do weknow the way that suits us? Scanning lists of IT career possibilitiesis no use whatsoever. The vast majority of us don't even know what theneighbours do for a living - so we're in the dark as to the ins andouts of a particular IT career. To get through to the essence of this,we need to discuss a number of definitive areas: * What nature of individual you think yourself to be - which things you enjoy doing, and conversely - what you hate to do.* Why you're looking at stepping into the IT industry - is it toovercome a long-held goal like being self-employed for example.* The income requirements that guide you? * Considering all that Information Technology encompasses, it's a requirement that you can absorb what's different.* It's wise to spend some time thinking about the level of commitment you'll put into your training.In all honesty, you'll find the only real way to gain help on theseareas will be via a meeting with an advisor that has experience of IT(and more importantly the commercial needs.) Any advisor whodoesn't dig around with lots of question - it's more than likelythey're really a salesperson. If they're pushing towards a particularproduct before learning about your history and whether you have anycommercial experience, then it's definitely the case. If you have astrong background, or maybe some real-world experience (somecertifications gained previously perhaps?) then obviously the pointfrom which you begin your studies will be different from a student thatis completely new to the industry. It's usual to start with some basicMicrosoft package and Windows skills first. This can set the scene foryour on-going studies and make the learning curve a little less steep. Thereis no way of over emphasising this: You absolutely must have proper24x7 professional support from mentors and instructors. We can tell youthat you'll strongly regret it if you don't. Many only provide emailsupport (too slow), and so-called telephone support is normally justrouted to a call-centre which will just take down the issue and emailit over to their technical team - who will then call back sometime overthe next 24hrs, at a suitable time to them. This is not a lot of use ifyou're sitting there confused over an issue and only have certain timesavailable in which to do your studies. Keep looking and you'llcome across the top providers which recommend and use online supportaround the clock - at any time of day or night. If you fail to getyourself direct-access 24x7 support, you'll quickly find yourselfregretting it. It may be that you don't use it during late nights, butconsider weekends, early mornings or late evenings.