If you want Cisco training, a CCNA is in all probability what you'll need. Training in Cisco is the way to go for those who need to know all about routers and switches. Routers connect computer networks to different computer networks via dedicated lines or the internet.
Because routers join up networks, look for a course that features the basics on networks (CompTIA Network+ as an example - maybe with the A+ as well) before getting going with CCNA. You must have an understanding of the basics prior to starting your Cisco training or you'll probably struggle. At interview time, companies will expect good networking skills to complement your CCNA.
If routers are a new thing for you, then studying up to CCNA is all you'll be able to cope with - avoid being talked into doing a CCNP. Once you've worked for a few years, you'll know if it's appropriate for you to go to the level of CCNP.
We can all agree: There's absolutely no individual job security anymore; there can only be industry and business security - a company will remove anyone when it suits the company's commercial requirements.
Security can now only exist via a swiftly growing market, driven forward by a lack of trained workers. These circumstances create just the right setting for market-security - definitely a more pleasing situation.
The IT skills deficit across the UK falls in at roughly twenty six percent, according to the 2006 e-Skills analysis. It follows then that for each 4 job positions available across IT, employers can only source properly accredited workers for 3 of them.
Achieving proper commercial IT accreditation is consequently a 'Fast Track' to realise a continuing as well as gratifying livelihood.
While the market is evolving at such a speed, there really isn't any other market worth looking at for your new career.
One feature that many training companies provide is a Job Placement Assistance program. The service is put in place to help you get your first commercial position. With the huge demand for appropriately skilled people in this country even when times are hard, there's no need to place too much emphasis on this feature however. It really won't be that difficult to land your first job once you're properly qualified.
Update your CV at the beginning of your training though (advice can be sought on this via your provider). Don't put it off until you've qualified.
Getting your CV considered is far better than not even being known about. A surprising amount of junior positions are given to students (sometimes when they've only just got going.)
If you'd like to get employment in your home town, then it's quite likely that a local IT focused recruitment consultancy may serve you better than some national concern, due to the fact that they're far more likely to know local employment needs.
To bottom line it, as long as you focus the same level of energy into finding your first IT position as into training, you won't have any problems. Some students curiously spend hundreds of hours on their training and studies and do nothing more once they've got certified and would appear to think that businesses will just discover them.
A lot of training providers will only provide office hours or extended office hours support; It's rare to find someone who offers late evening or full weekend cover.
Email support is too slow, and so-called telephone support is normally just routed to a call-centre which will just take down the issue and email it over to their technical team - who will call back over the next day or so (assuming you're there), at a time suitable for them. This isn't a lot of good if you're stuck and can't continue and only have a specific time you can study.
If you look properly, you'll find professional companies which offer direct-access online support all the time - at any time of day or night.
If you opt for less than 24x7 support, you'll end up kicking yourself. You may not need it late in the night, but you're bound to use weekends, evenings and early mornings at some point.
Beginning with the idea that it's necessary to choose the market that sounds most inviting first and foremost, before we're even able to consider what training program fulfils our needs, how do we know the way that suits us?
How likely is it for us to understand what is involved in a particular job when we haven't done that before? Most likely we don't even know anybody who does that actual job anyway.
To get to the bottom of this, a discussion is necessary, covering a variety of core topics:
* Your personality can play a major role - what kind of areas spark your interest, and what are the things that get you down.
* What length of time can you allocate for the training process?
* Where is the salary on a scale of importance - is an increase your main motivator, or do you place job satisfaction a lot higher on your list of priorities?
* With everything that Information Technology covers, it's important to be able to understand what is different.
* You need to understand what differentiates the myriad of training options.
When all is said and done, the only real way of checking this all out is via an in-depth discussion with an experienced advisor who understands the market well enough to lead you to the correct decision. - 29852
Because routers join up networks, look for a course that features the basics on networks (CompTIA Network+ as an example - maybe with the A+ as well) before getting going with CCNA. You must have an understanding of the basics prior to starting your Cisco training or you'll probably struggle. At interview time, companies will expect good networking skills to complement your CCNA.
If routers are a new thing for you, then studying up to CCNA is all you'll be able to cope with - avoid being talked into doing a CCNP. Once you've worked for a few years, you'll know if it's appropriate for you to go to the level of CCNP.
We can all agree: There's absolutely no individual job security anymore; there can only be industry and business security - a company will remove anyone when it suits the company's commercial requirements.
Security can now only exist via a swiftly growing market, driven forward by a lack of trained workers. These circumstances create just the right setting for market-security - definitely a more pleasing situation.
The IT skills deficit across the UK falls in at roughly twenty six percent, according to the 2006 e-Skills analysis. It follows then that for each 4 job positions available across IT, employers can only source properly accredited workers for 3 of them.
Achieving proper commercial IT accreditation is consequently a 'Fast Track' to realise a continuing as well as gratifying livelihood.
While the market is evolving at such a speed, there really isn't any other market worth looking at for your new career.
One feature that many training companies provide is a Job Placement Assistance program. The service is put in place to help you get your first commercial position. With the huge demand for appropriately skilled people in this country even when times are hard, there's no need to place too much emphasis on this feature however. It really won't be that difficult to land your first job once you're properly qualified.
Update your CV at the beginning of your training though (advice can be sought on this via your provider). Don't put it off until you've qualified.
Getting your CV considered is far better than not even being known about. A surprising amount of junior positions are given to students (sometimes when they've only just got going.)
If you'd like to get employment in your home town, then it's quite likely that a local IT focused recruitment consultancy may serve you better than some national concern, due to the fact that they're far more likely to know local employment needs.
To bottom line it, as long as you focus the same level of energy into finding your first IT position as into training, you won't have any problems. Some students curiously spend hundreds of hours on their training and studies and do nothing more once they've got certified and would appear to think that businesses will just discover them.
A lot of training providers will only provide office hours or extended office hours support; It's rare to find someone who offers late evening or full weekend cover.
Email support is too slow, and so-called telephone support is normally just routed to a call-centre which will just take down the issue and email it over to their technical team - who will call back over the next day or so (assuming you're there), at a time suitable for them. This isn't a lot of good if you're stuck and can't continue and only have a specific time you can study.
If you look properly, you'll find professional companies which offer direct-access online support all the time - at any time of day or night.
If you opt for less than 24x7 support, you'll end up kicking yourself. You may not need it late in the night, but you're bound to use weekends, evenings and early mornings at some point.
Beginning with the idea that it's necessary to choose the market that sounds most inviting first and foremost, before we're even able to consider what training program fulfils our needs, how do we know the way that suits us?
How likely is it for us to understand what is involved in a particular job when we haven't done that before? Most likely we don't even know anybody who does that actual job anyway.
To get to the bottom of this, a discussion is necessary, covering a variety of core topics:
* Your personality can play a major role - what kind of areas spark your interest, and what are the things that get you down.
* What length of time can you allocate for the training process?
* Where is the salary on a scale of importance - is an increase your main motivator, or do you place job satisfaction a lot higher on your list of priorities?
* With everything that Information Technology covers, it's important to be able to understand what is different.
* You need to understand what differentiates the myriad of training options.
When all is said and done, the only real way of checking this all out is via an in-depth discussion with an experienced advisor who understands the market well enough to lead you to the correct decision. - 29852
About the Author:
(C) Jason Kendall. Browse LearningLolly.com for in-depth career advice. Cisco Certification or www.cisco-training-in.co.uk.
