A useful feature that many training companies provide is a Job Placement Assistance program. This is to help you find your first job in the industry. Ultimately it's not as difficult as you may be led to believe to secure the right work - once you're trained and certified; employers in this country need your skills.

Update your CV at the beginning of your training though - look to your training company for advice on how to do this. Don't procrastinate and leave it until you've graduated or passed any exams. It's not unusual to find that you will get your initial position whilst you're still studying (even when you've just left first base). If you haven't updated your CV to say what you're studying (and it hasn't been posted on jobsites) then you aren't even in the running! If it's important to you to find work near your home, then you'll often find that a local (but specialised) recruitment consultancy might work much better for you than the trainer's recruitment division, because they're far more likely to know local employment needs.

A common aggravation for some training companies is how hard students are prepared to study to become certified, but how un-prepared that student is to get the job they're acquired skills for. Don't give up when the best is yet to come.

Being a part of the information technology industry is one of the most thrilling and changing industries that you could be a part of. Being up close and personal with technology means you're a part of the huge progress shaping life over the next few decades. There are people who believe that the technological revolution we've been going through is cooling down. All indicators point in the opposite direction. We have yet to experience incredible advances, and the internet particularly will become an increasingly dominant part of our lives.

Wages in the IT sector aren't to be ignored also - the typical remuneration over this country as a whole for the usual IT employee is considerably more than in other market sectors. It's a good bet that you'll receive a whole lot more than you would in most other jobs. Due to the technological sector developing with no sign of a slow-down, the chances are that the need for certified IT specialists will flourish for decades to come.

OK, why ought we to be looking at qualifications from the commercial sector as opposed to familiar academic qualifications gained through tech' colleges and universities? Key company training (as it's known in the industry) is far more effective and specialised. The IT sector has realised that specialisation is essential to cope with an increasingly more technical commercial environment. Microsoft, CompTIA, CISCO and Adobe are the big boys in this field. Many degrees, as a example, can often get caught up in vast amounts of background study - with much too broad a syllabus. This prevents a student from getting enough core and in-depth understanding on a specific area.

It's rather like the advert: 'It does what it says on the tin'. The company just needs to know what they need doing, and then match up the appropriate exam numbers as a requirement. Then they know that anyone who applies can do the necessary work.

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