Training for your CompTIA A+ covers 4 different sectors – you’ll have to qualify in 2 specialities to reach the level of competent in A+. Because of this, most colleges only offer two of the 4 sectors. To us, this will under prepare you – yes you’ll have qualified, but experience of all four will give you a distinct advantage in your working life, where knowledge of all four will be necessary. That’s why we believe you should train in the whole course.
A+ computer training courses cover fault-finding and diagnostics – via hands on and remote access, alongside building, fixing, repairing and understanding antistatic conditions.
You may also want to think about adding Network+ training to your A+ as it will give you the knowledge to work with networks, which is where the bigger salaries are.
An advisor that doesn’t question you thoroughly – the likelihood is they’re just trying to sell you something. If they’re pushing towards a particular product before learning about your history and current experience level, then you know you’re being sold to.
If you’ve got any work-based experience or qualifications, your starting-point of learning is now at a different level to a new student.
For students beginning IT exams and training anew, it can be helpful to break yourself in gently, kicking off with some basic Microsoft package and Windows skills first. This is often offered with most accreditation programs.
A ridiculously large number of organisations are all about the certification, and avoid focusing on what it’s all actually about – getting yourself a new job or career. Always begin with the end goal – don’t get hung-up on the training vehicle.
It’s an awful thing, but a large percentage of students start out on programs that sound great from the sales literature, but which gets us a career that is of no interest. Speak to a selection of university graduates for examples.
You need to keep your eye on what you want to achieve, and then build your training requirements around that – don’t do it the other way round. Keep on track and ensure that you’re training for a job that will keep you happy for many years.
The best advice for students is to chat with an experienced industry professional before they embark on a training program. This helps to ensure it features what is required for the career path that has been chosen.
Any program that you’re going to undertake should always lead to a properly recognised exam as an end-goal – and not some unimportant ‘in-house’ plaque for your wall.
If your certification doesn’t come from a conglomerate such as Microsoft, Cisco, CompTIA or Adobe, then you may discover it will be commercially useless – because it won’t give an employer any directly-useable skills.
Commencing from the idea that it makes sense to home-in on the market that sounds most inviting first, before we can even ponder what development program would meet that requirement, how do we decide on the correct route?
As without any commercial background in IT, how could any of us be expected to understand what someone in a particular job does?
Generally, the way to deal with this predicament correctly flows from an in-depth talk over a number of areas:
* Your personality type and what you’re interested in – what kind of work-related things you love or hate.
* Is your focus to re-train due to a particular reason – for example, do you aim to work based at home (working for yourself?)?
* Your earning requirements that are important to you?
* With everything that IT encapsulates, it’s obvious you’ll need to be able to see the differences.
* You need to understand what differentiates all the training areas.
At the end of the day, the most intelligent way of investigating all this is via an in-depth discussion with someone who knows the industry well enough to lead you to the correct decision.
(C) S. Edwards 2010. Visit MCSE 2003 or www.MCSA-MCSE-4U.co.uk.
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