Posted by Jason Kendall | Posted in Technology and Gadgets | Posted on 15-01-2010
If you’re seeking Microsoft certified training, it stands to reason you’ll want training organisations to offer a wide range of the best training programs available today.
Try to discuss all the different permutations with somebody who is on familiar terms with the commercial needs of the market, and can influence your choice of the more likely roles to match your character.
Be sure your course is put together to your skills and abilities. A quality company will make sure that your training track is appropriate for the job you want to get.
Many students come unstuck over one area of their training very rarely considered: The breakdown of the course materials before being physically delivered to you.
You may think it logical (when study may take one to three years to pass all the required exams,) for many training providers to send out one module at a time, as you complete each part. However:
What could you expect if you didn’t actually complete each element at the speed they required? Often the prescribed exam order doesn’t work as well as another different route may.
In all honesty, the perfect answer is to have their ideal ‘order’ of training laid out, but to receive all the materials up-front. You then have everything if you don’t manage to finish at their required pace.
A useful feature that several companies offer is a programme of Job Placement assistance. The service is put in place to help you find your first job in the industry. Ultimately it isn’t so complicated as you might think to secure your first job – as long as you’re correctly trained and certified; the growing UK skills shortage sees to that.
One important thing though, avoid waiting until you have completed your exams before bringing your CV up to date. Right at the beginning of your training, list what you’re working on and get promoting!
A good number of junior support jobs have been bagged by people who are in the process of training and haven’t even passed a single exam yet. At least this will get your CV into the ‘possible’ pile and not the ‘no’ pile.
If you don’t want to travel too far to work, then you’ll often find that an independent and specialised local employment service could serve you better than some national concern, as they’re going to be familiar with the local job scene.
Various students, it seems, invest a great deal of time on their training course (for years sometimes), only to give up at the first hurdle when trying to get the right position. Promote yourself… Do your best to let employers know about you. Don’t think a job’s just going to jump out in front of you.
People attracted to this sort of work can be very practical by nature, and aren’t really suited to the classroom environment, and struggling through thick study-volumes. If you identify with this, try the newer style of interactive study, where you can learn everything on-screen.
Studies have always shown that becoming involved with our studies, to utilise all our senses, is far more likely to produce long-lasting memories.
Search for a course where you’re provided with an array of DVD-ROM’s – you’ll begin by watching videos of instructors demonstrating the skills, with the facility to use virtual lab’s to practice your new skills.
Be sure to get a demonstration of the study materials from any training college. The materials should incorporate demo’s from instructors, slideshows and lab’s for you to practice your skills in.
Avoiding training that is delivered purely online is generally a good idea. You want physical CD/DVD ROM course materials where available, as you need to be able to use them whenever it’s convenient for you – ISP quality varies, so you don’t want to be totally reliant on a good broadband connection all the time.
Ensure all your accreditations are current and also valid commercially – don’t bother with courses that only give in-house certificates.
From an employer’s viewpoint, only the top companies such as Microsoft, Cisco, Adobe or CompTIA (for instance) provide enough commercial weight. Nothing else will cut the mustard.
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