These days, commercial institutions would struggle were it not for support workers mending networks and computers, while making recommendations to users on a regular basis each week. With the increasingly complex nature of technological advances, many more trained staff are required to look after the many areas we’ve become dependent on.
Review the following facts carefully if you think the sales ploy of an ‘Exam Guarantee’ sounds great value:
Thankfully, today we’re a bit more aware of hype – and generally we cotton on to the fact that we are actually being charged for it – it’s not because they’re so generous they want to give something away!
It’s everybody’s ambition to qualify on the first attempt. Taking your exams progressively one by one and paying as you go has a marked effect on pass-rates – you prepare appropriately and are conscious of what you’ve spent.
Do your exams at a local pro-metric testing centre and don’t pay up-front, but seek out the best deal for you when you’re ready.
What’s the point in paying early for exams when you don’t need to? Big margins are secured by training companies getting paid upfront for exams – and hoping either that you won’t take them, or it will be a long time before you do.
Re-takes of previously unsuccessful exams with training course providers with an ‘Exam Guarantee’ are always heavily controlled. You’ll be required to sit pre-tests until you’ve proven that you’re likely to pass.
Shelling out hundreds or thousands of pounds on an ‘Exam Guarantee’ is remiss – when study, commitment and preparing with good quality mock and practice exams is what will really guarantee success.
Qualifications from the commercial sector are now, undoubtedly, already replacing the traditional academic paths into IT – why then is this?
Industry is of the opinion that to learn the appropriate commercial skills, official accreditation from companies such as CISCO, Adobe, Microsoft and CompTIA often is more effective in the commercial field – at a far reduced cost both money and time wise.
Essentially, only that which is required is learned. It’s not quite as straightforward as that, but the principle objective is to focus on the exact skills required (including a degree of required background) – without overdoing the detail in everything else (as academia often does).
As long as an employer understands what areas they need covered, then all they have to do is advertise for the exact skill-set required to meet that need. Commercial syllabuses are set to exacting standards and do not vary between trainers (in the way that degree courses can).
A lot of commercial training providers will only provide support to you inside of office hours (typically 9am-6pm) and sometimes a little earlier or later; not many go late into the evening (after 8-9pm) or cover weekends properly.
Email support is too slow, and phone support is often to a call-centre that will take the information and email an instructor – who will attempt to call you within 24-48 hrs, when it’s convenient to them. This isn’t a lot of good if you’re lost and confused and have a one hour time-slot in which to study.
The most successful trainers utilise several support facilities around the globe in several time-zones. They use an online interactive interface to provide a seamless experience, any time of the day or night, help is at hand, avoiding all the delays and problems.
If you accept anything less than direct-access 24×7 support, you’ll very quickly realise that you’ve made a mistake. You may avoid using the support during the night, but you may need weekends, evenings and early mornings at some point.
Doing your bit in the cutting-edge of new technology really is electrifying. You’re involved with shaping the next few decades.
We’re at the dawn of starting to get a handle on how all this will mould and change our lives. The way we communicate and interact with everyone around us will be profoundly affected by technology and the internet.
Always remember that the average salary in IT across the UK is significantly greater than average salaries nationally, so you will most likely receive much more as a trained IT professional, than you could reasonably hope to achieve elsewhere.
Because the IT market sector is still increasing nationally and internationally, it’s predictable that the search for appropriately qualified IT professionals will continue actively for years to come.
(C) 2010 Scott Edwards. Hop over to CCNA Training or www.CiscoCCNAInfo.co.uk.
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