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Friday, January 8, 2010

Programming Study Courses Compared

By Jason Kendall

What might you expect the top of the range Microsoft certified training providers to provide a trainee in Britain in this day and age? Undoubtedly, the very best Gold Partner Microsoft certified training tracks, offering a range of courses to take you to a variety of careers in the IT workplace.

Try to review all your options with an advisor who has knowledge of the IT industry, and can help you choose the best kind of work to suit your personality.

Courses should be designed to suit your ability level and skills. Hence, after working out the most appropriate area of work for you, you'll then need to look at what is the appropriate training programme to get you there.

Students often end up having issues because of a single training area usually not even thought about: The breakdown of the course materials before being physically delivered to you.

Often, you will join a program requiring 1-3 years study and get sent one module each time you pass an exam. This sounds logical on one level, until you consider this:

What if you don't finish every single section? And what if the order provided doesn't meet your requirements? Through no fault of your own, you may not meet the required timescales and not receive all the modules you've paid for.

Truth be told, the best option is to obtain their recommendation on the best possible order of study, but get all the study materials at the start. Meaning you've got it all in case you don't finish at their required pace.

Every program under consideration really needs to work up to a commercially valid accreditation at the finale - not some little 'in-house' diploma - fit only for filing away and forgetting.

You'll discover that only industry recognised certification from the likes of Microsoft, Adobe, CompTIA and Cisco will mean anything to employers.

Most training companies only provide office hours or extended office hours support; very few go late in the evening or at weekends.

Avoid those companies that use messaging services 'out-of-hours' - where an advisor will call back during office hours. This is no use if you're stuck and want support there and then.

World-class organisations utilise a web-based 24 hours-a-day facility involving many support centres throughout multiple time-zones. You will be provided with an easy to use environment that seamlessly selects the best facility available at any time of day or night: Support when it's needed.

Never make do with anything less. Support round-the-clock is the only way to go with IT training. It's possible you don't intend to study late evenings; usually though, we're at work when traditional support if offered.

With all the options available, is it any wonder that the majority of newcomers to the industry get stuck choosing the job they could be successful with.

As in the absence of any solid background in the IT industry, how should we possibly understand what any job actually involves?

Contemplation on the following points is imperative when you need to get to the right answers:

* Personality factors as well as your interests - which working tasks you like and dislike.

* Are you hoping to get qualified because of a precise raison d'etre - i.e. are you looking at working based from home (working for yourself?)?

* Is salary further up on your priority-scale than anything else.

* Learning what the main job types and markets are - plus how they're different to each other.

* You should also think long and hard about the level of commitment you're going to invest in your training.

When all is said and done, the best way of understanding everything necessary is through a meeting with a professional who has enough background to give you the information required.

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