In the modern world, support workers who can mend PC’s and networks, along with giving ongoing solutions to users, are hugely valuable in all sections of industry. Whereupon we’re all becoming more and more beholden to advanced technology, we simultaneously become more reliant on the technically knowledgeable network engineers, who keep the systems going.
There is a tidal wave of change washing over technology over the next few decades – and it only gets more exciting every day.
There are people who believe that the technological advancement we have experienced is lowering its pace. This couldn’t be more wrong. We have yet to experience incredible advances, and the internet significantly is going to dominate how we conduct our lives.
The money in IT isn’t to be sniffed at also – the typical remuneration throughout Britain for an average IT professional is considerably more than the national average. Chances are that you’ll earn a whole lot more than you’d expect to earn doing other work.
It would appear there’s no easing up for IT industry increases in Great Britain as a whole. The sector is continuing to expand hugely, and we don’t have anywhere near enough qualified skilled IT professionals to fill current job vacancies, so it’s not likely that it will even slow down for the significant future.
Often, students don’t think to check on a vitally important element – the way their training provider actually breaks down and delivers the courseware elements, and into how many separate packages.
Many companies enrol you into a 2 or 3 year study programme, and deliver each piece one-by-one as you finish each section. Sounds reasonable? Well consider these facts:
How would they react if you didn’t complete everything within the time limits imposed? And maybe you’ll find their order of completion won’t fit you as well as an alternative path could be.
In a perfect world, you want everything at the start – meaning you’ll have all of them to come back to in the future – irrespective of any schedule. Variations can then be made to the order that you complete your exams if you find another route more intuitive.
It only makes sense to consider training programmes that’ll lead to commercially acknowledged exams. There’s an endless list of trainers promoting minor ‘in-house’ certificates which will prove unusable in today’s commercial market.
If the accreditation doesn’t feature a company like Microsoft, Cisco, Adobe or CompTIA, then it’s likely it won’t be commercially viable – as it’ll be an unknown commodity.
Proper support should never be taken lightly – ensure you track down something offering 24×7 direct access to instructors, as anything less will not satisfy and will also put a damper on the speed you move through things.
You’ll be waiting ages for an answer with email based support, and telephone support is usually to a call-centre that will just take down the issue and email it over to their technical team – who will then call back sometime over the next 24hrs, at a time suitable for them. This is all next to useless if you’re lost and confused and only have a specific time you can study.
As long as you look hard, you will find the top providers that give students online support all the time – including evenings, nights and weekends.
You can’t afford to accept less than this. Online 24×7 support is the only kind that ever makes the grade for IT study. Maybe late-evening study is not your thing; usually though, we’re out at work when traditional support if offered.
(C) 2009 – S. Edwards. Browse around www.comptia-a-training.co.uk or HERE.