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In the fast-paced world we live in, support workers who can fix PC'sand networks, and give daily help to users, are vital in all areas ofthe business environment. The need for such qualified and commerciallyastute members of the workforce is consistently on the grow, ascommercial enterprise becomes significantly more dependent upontechnology. The somewhat scary thought of securing your firstIT job is often made easier by some training providers because theyoffer a Job Placement Assistance service. The honest truth is that it'snot as hard as some people make out to get your first job - as long asyou're correctly trained and certified; the growing UK skills shortagesees to that. Having said that, it's important to have help andassistance with preparing a CV and getting interviews though; and we'dencourage any student to get their CV updated as soon as trainingcommences - don't wait till you've finished your exams. It's notuncommon to find that junior support roles have been bagged by studentswho're still on their course and haven't got any qualifications yet. Atleast this will get you into the 'maybe' pile of CV's - rather than the'No' pile. Generally, a specialist locally based employment service -who make their money when they've found you a job - will be morepro-active than a division of a training company. They should, ofcourse, also be familiar with the local industry and employment needs.Not inconsiderable numbers of men and women, so it seems, spendevenings and weekends on their training and studies (sometimes foryears), and just give up when it comes to finding the right position.Promote yourself... Do your best to let employers know about you. A jobisn't just going to bump into you. Usually, your normaltrainee has no idea where to start with IT, let alone what sector tofocus their retraining program on. Therefore, if you've got noexperience in the IT sector, how can you expect to know what anyqualified IT worker spends their day doing? Let alone decide on whichcertification program will be most suitable for ultimate success.Generally, the way to deal with this issue in the best manner flowsfrom a full discussion of several different topics: * What hobbies you have and enjoy - these often show the things you'll get the most enjoyment out of. * Is it your desire to realise a specific goal - for instance, becoming self-employed someday?*Where is the salary on a scale of importance - is an increase your mainmotivator, or is job satisfaction higher up on the priority-scale? * Learning what typical IT types and markets are - and what differentiates them.* How much time you'll have available to set aside for getting qualified.In these situations, you'll find the only real way to research thesematters tends to be through a good talk with an advisor that has yearsof experience in IT (as well as the commercial requirements.) Manycompanies only concern themselves with gaining a certificate, andcompletely miss what you actually need - which is a commercial careeror job. Your focus should start with where you want to get to - don'tmake the journey more important than where you want to get to. It's aterrible situation, but the majority of trainees kick-off study thatoften sounds great from the marketing materials, but which provides ajob that doesn't satisfy. Talk to many university students to see whatwe mean. It's a good idea to understand the expectations ofyour industry. Which particular exams they will want you to have andhow you'll build your experience level. It's definitely worth spendingtime assessing how far you reckon you're going to want to get as itwill often affect your choice of qualifications. We advise all studentsto speak with a professional advisor before deciding on theirretraining path. This gives some measure of assurance that it featureswhat is required for the chosen career. It's quite a normaloccurrence for students not to check on something of absolutely vitalimportance - the way their training provider breaks up the courseware,and into how many parts. Delivery by courier of each element one stageat a time, taking into account your exam passes is the normal way ofreceiving your courseware. This sounds logical, but you should considerthese factors: What if you find the order offered by the providerdoesn't suit. And what if you don't finish every element at the speedrequired? In an ideal situation, you'd ask for every singlematerial to be delivered immediately - so you'll have them all to comeback to in the future - whenever it suits you. Variations can then bemade to the order that you complete each objective if another moreintuitive route presents itself.