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Good for you! As you’re reading this article it’s likely you’re thinking about retraining for a new career – so already you’ve made a start. Very few of us are satisfied with our careers, but no action is ever taken. You could be a member of the few who make a difference in their lives.

We’d strongly advise that in advance of taking any study program, you discuss your plans with a person who has knowledge of the industry and can point you in the right direction. They can look at aspects of your personality and assist in finding the right role for you:

* Would you like to work with others? If the answer’s yes, would you enjoy being part of a team or are you hoping to meet new people? Or would you rather work alone with a task?

* What ideas do you have regarding the industry you’re looking to get into?

* Is this the final time you plan to retrain, and therefore, will this new career allow you to do that?

* Will this new qualification give you the opportunity to get a good job, and keep working until you choose to stop?

Don’t overlook Information Technology, that’s our recommendation – it’s one of the few growth areas in Great Britain and Europe. Another benefit is that remuneration packages are much better than most.

Without a doubt: There’s pretty much no individual job security now; there’s only market or sector security – companies can just drop any single member of staff if it suits the business’ trade needs.

Where there are growing skills deficits mixed with increasing demand though, we often locate a newer brand of security in the marketplace; as fuelled by the constant growth conditions, organisations find it hard to locate enough staff.

Offering the computer industry for instance, a recent e-Skills survey brought to light major skills shortages in the UK in excess of 26 percent. Meaning that for every 4 jobs that exist around Information Technology (IT), there are only 3 trained people to do them.

This disturbing truth underpins an urgent requirement for more appropriately trained Information Technology professionals around the UK.

While the market is evolving at such a speed, it’s unlikely there’s any better market worth investigating for a new future.

An area that’s often missed by new students considering a training program is the issue of ‘training segmentation’. This is essentially how the program is broken down into parts to be delivered to you, which vastly changes the point you end up at.

Many companies enrol you into a 2 or 3 year study programme, and drop-ship the materials to you piecemeal as you complete each section or exam. This sounds reasonable until you consider the following:

Students often discover that their training company’s standard order of study is not what they would prefer. Sometimes, a slightly different order suits them better. And what happens if they don’t finish within their exact timetable?

To avoid any potential future issues, many trainees now want to have all their training materials (which they’ve now paid for) couriered out in one package, all at the beginning. That means it’s down to you how fast or slow and in what order you want to work.

Far too many companies focus completely on the certification process, and completely miss what you actually need – which will always be getting the job or career you want. Always start with where you want to get to – don’t make the journey more important than where you want to get to.

It’s an awful thing, but a great many students begin programs that seem wonderful from the sales literature, but which delivers a career that is of no interest at all. Try talking to typical university leavers to see what we mean.

Make sure you investigate your feelings on career development, earning potential, and how ambitious you are. You need to know what industry expects from you, what particular qualifications are required and how you’ll gain real-world experience.

Have a chat with a skilled advisor who knows about the sector you’re looking at, and could provide a detailed description of what to expect in that role. Getting all these things right long before beginning a retraining program will prevent a lot of wasted time and effort.

Talk to a practiced advisor and we’d be amazed if they couldn’t provide you with many awful tales of students who’ve been conned by dodgy salespeople. Ensure you only ever work with a skilled advisor that asks some in-depth questions to discover the most appropriate thing for you – not for their wallet! It’s very important to locate the very best place to start for you.

If you have a strong background, or sometimes a little commercial experience (some industry qualifications maybe?) then it’s likely your starting level will be quite dissimilar from someone with no background whatsoever.

Consider starting with some basic user skills first. This can set the scene for your on-going studies and make the slope up to the higher-levels a a little easier.

(C) Jason Kendall. Go to LearningLolly.com for logical career tips. www.learninglolly.com or Career Training.

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