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Four separate areas of study make up a full CompTIA A+; you're thoughtof as A+ competent when you've achieved certifications for half ofthem. For this reason, most colleges limit themselves to 2 study areas.In fact to carry out a job effectively, you'll need the training forall four areas as many jobs will be looking for an understanding of allfour areas. Don't feel pressured to take all four exams, but we wouldrecommend you at least have a working knowledge of every area.When you embark on the A+ training program you will learn how to buildand repair PC's and operate in antistatic conditions. You'll also coverfault-finding and diagnostic techniques, both remotely and via directaccess. Should you decide to add Network+ training to your A+, you willadditionally be able to assist with or manage networks of computers,meaning you're in a position to expect a better remuneration package. Atypical blunder that students everywhere can make is to choose a careerbased on a course, instead of focusing on the desired end-result.Colleges are brimming over with unaware students that chose a programbecause it looked interesting - instead of the program that wouldsurely get them the career they desired. Students often train for asingle year but end up doing a job for a lifetime. Don't make themistake of taking what may be an 'interesting' course and then put10-20 years into a job you hate! You'll want to understand whatindustry will expect from you. Which particular exams they'll want youto gain and in what way you can gain some industry experience. Youshould also spend a little time setting guidelines as to how far youthink you'll want to go as often it can force you to choose aparticular set of exams. Long before starting a study course, it's goodadvice to discuss specific career requirements with an industryprofessional, to ensure the study course covers all the bases. Ifan advisor doesn't question you thoroughly - the likelihood is they'rejust a salesperson. If they're pushing towards a particular productbefore getting to know your background and experience, then you knowyou're being sold to. If you have a strong background, or maybe somereal-world experience (some certifications gained previously perhaps?)then obviously your starting level will be very different from astudent that is completely new to the industry. For those studentsstarting IT studies and exams anew, you might like to start out slowly,beginning with some basic user skills first. Usually this is packagedwith any study program. Adding in the cost of exam fees withthe course fee and offering an 'Exam Guarantee' is a common method witha number of training colleges. But let's examine why they really do it:You're paying for it by some means. It's definitely not free - it'sjust been rolled into the price of the whole package. The fact is thatwhen students fund their own exams, at the time of taking them, theywill be much more likely to get through on the first attempt - sincethey'll think of their payment and will therefore apply themselvesappropriately. Doesn't it make more sense to go for the bestoffer when you're ready, not to pay the fees marked up by a trainingcompany, and to do it in a local testing office - rather than possiblyhours away from your area? Why tie up your cash (or borrow more thanyou need) for examinations when there was no need to? A great deal ofmoney is secured by training companies getting paid upfront for exams -and then hoping that you won't take them all. Re-takes of any failedexams through companies who offer an 'Exam Guarantee' inevitably areheavily regulated. You'll be required to sit pre-tests so you can proveto them you have a good chance of passing. Splashing out oftenmany hundreds of pounds extra on 'Exam Guarantees' is foolish - whenstudy, commitment and preparing with good quality mock and practiceexams is actually the key to your success. Let's face it:There's pretty much no individual job security anymore; there's onlymarket or sector security - as any company can drop any single memberof staff if it suits the company's trade interests. We can howeverlocate security at market-level, by looking for areas that have highdemand, coupled with work-skill shortages. Reviewing thecomputing market, a recent e-Skills survey brought to light a twentysix percent deficit in trained staff. Or, to put it differently, thismeans that Great Britain can only locate 3 trained people for each 4positions available today. Well trained and commercially grounded newworkers are thus at a resounding premium, and it's estimated to remainso for many years to come. As the Information Technology market isincreasing at such a quick pace, there really isn't any other sectorworth investigating for retraining.