Some training providers supply a practical Job Placement Assistance facility, to help you into your first commercial role. Don't get overly impressed with this service - it isn't unusual for eager sales people to make too much of it. At the end of the day, the need for well trained IT people in Great Britain is the reason you'll find a job.

Nevertheless, don't procrastinate and wait until you have qualified before polishing up your CV. As soon as you start a course, mark down what you're doing and get promoting! Getting onto the 'maybe' pile of CV's is more than not being regarded at all. Often junior jobs are given to students who are still at an early stage in their studies. The best services to help get you placed are normally specialist locally based employment services. As they will get paid by the employer when they've placed you, they have the necessary incentive to try that bit harder.

Various students, it would appear, invest a great deal of time on their training course (sometimes for years), only to give up at the first hurdle when attempting to secure their first job. Market yourself... Do everything you can to get in front of employers. Don't expect a job to just fall into your lap.

Most trainers typically provide a shelf full of reference manuals. Obviously, this isn't much fun and not ideal for studying effectively. We see a huge improvement in memory retention when we use multiple senses - experts have been clear on this for many years.

Learning is now available on CD and DVD discs, where everything is taught on your PC. Using video-streaming, you are able to see your instructors showing you how it's all done, and then have a go at it yourself - with interactive lab sessions. It would be silly not to view a small selection of training examples before you sign the purchase order. Always insist on instructor-led video demonstrations and interactive audio-visual sections with practice modules.

It's usually bad advice to choose training that is only available online. Due to the variable nature of connection quality from most broadband providers, it makes sense to have physical media such as CD or DVD ROM's.

There aren't many Windows 'NT' Servers still around, although server 2000 remain quite common. It's actually still early days yet for Windows Server 2008, with 2003 continuing to be dominant. This being the case, the main 'Microsoft' accreditations continue to be largely centred on 'Windows' Server 2003. MS's accreditations MCSA & 'MCSE' have matched the different server 'evolutions' through the years. In line with industry, the 2003 versions of these networking qualifications remain the most commonly asked for. Nonetheless it would not be advised to ignore 08 training, as to learn this too will future proof yourself.

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