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The CompTIA A+ training program covers four areas of training; you'requalified as an A+ achiever when you've passed the test for half ofthem. For this reason, the majority of training establishments onlyhave two of the courses on their syllabus. You'll find that it'snecessary to have the information on each subject as industry will belooking for the skills and knowledge of all four areas. You don't haveto take all four exams, however we'd advise that you at least have aworking knowledge of every area. A+ certification withoutadditional courses will allow you to mend and maintain stand-alone PC'sand MAC's; ones which are usually not part of a network - which is forthe most part the home market. Should you fancy yourself as the personwho works in a multi-faceted environment - supporting, fixing andmaintaining networks, build on A+ with Network+, or consider an MCSA orMCSE with Microsoft in order to have a deeper understanding of hownetworks work. Of all the important things to consider, one ofthe most essential is always proper direct-access 24x7 support viaprofessional mentors and instructors. It's an all too common story tofind providers that only provide support to you inside of office hours(typically 9am-6pm) and sometimes a little earlier or later (but notweekends usually). Find a good quality service with proper supportavailable at any time of the day or night (even if it's early hours onSunday morning!) You'll need direct access to tutors, and not acall-centre that will take messages so you're constantly waiting for acall-back during office hours. We recommend that you search forcolleges that use several support centres across multiple time-zones.Every one of them needs to be seamlessly combined to enable simpleone-stop access and round-the-clock access, when it's convenient foryou, with no fuss. Never compromise with the quality of your support.Many IT hopefuls who drop-out or fail, just need the right supportsystem. Don't get hung-up, like so many people do, on thetraining process. You're not training for the sake of training; youshould be geared towards the actual job at the end of it. You need toremain focused on where you want to go. It's unfortunate, but a largepercentage of students commence training that sounds great from themarketing materials, but which provides a job that doesn't fulfil atall. Try talking to typical college graduates for a real eye-opener.It's essential to keep your focus on what it is you're trying toachieve, and then build your training requirements around that - don'tdo it the other way round. Stay on target and study for a career thatwill keep you happy for many years. Always seek guidance and advicefrom a skilled advisor, even if you have to pay a small fee - it's muchsafer and cheaper to find out at the beginning if something is going tosuit and interest you, rather than realise after 2 years that the jobyou've chosen is not for you and have wasted years of effort. Theperhaps intimidating chore of landing your first IT job is often madeeasier because some trainers offer a Job Placement Assistance facility.Having said that, occasionally there is more emphasis than is necessaryon this service, as it's really not that difficult for a well trainedand motivated person to land work in this industry - as employers arekeen to find appropriately skilled employees. Get your CVupdated straight-away though (advice can be sought on this via yourprovider). Don't procrastinate and leave it until you've graduated orpassed any exams. It's not unusual to find that you will be offeredyour initial job whilst you're still studying (sometimes when you'veonly just got going). If your CV doesn't say what you're learning - orit's not getting in front of interviewers, then you're not even goingto be known about! If you don't want to travel too far to work, thenyou'll probably find that an independent and specialised localemployment service might be of more use than a centralised service, forthey're going to know what's available near you. A good numberof people, it would appear, conscientiously work through their coursematerials (sometimes for years), and then just stop instead of lookingfor their first job. Sell yourself... Work hard to get yourself known.Don't expect a job to just fall into your lap. Can jobsecurity really exist anywhere now? In the UK for instance, whereindustry can change its mind on a day-to-day basis, we'd questionwhether it does. But a quickly growing market-place, with a constantdemand for staff (because of a massive shortfall of fully trainedpeople), opens the possibility of proper job security. Usingthe IT sector as an example, the 2006 e-Skills analysis brought tolight massive skills shortages across the UK of around 26 percent.Therefore, for every 4 jobs that exist throughout the computerindustry, businesses are only able to locate enough qualifiedindividuals for three of the four. Achieving the appropriate commercialIT qualification is therefore a quick route to a long-term as well assatisfying living. In actuality, acquiring professional IT skills asyou progress through the years to come is very likely the best choiceof careers you could make.