Should you be aspiring to become Cisco accredited, and you’re new to working with switches and routers, you most probably should start with the CCNA training. This will provide you with the necessary skills to set up and maintain routers. The world wide web is built up of many routers, and large companies with several locations also use them to keep their networks in touch.
Because routers join up networks, look for a course that features the basics on networks (CompTIA Network+ as an example - maybe with the A+ as well) before getting going with CCNA. You must have an understanding of the basics prior to starting your Cisco training or you’ll probably struggle. At interview time, companies will expect good networking skills to complement your CCNA.
It’s a good idea to find a tailored route that will take you through a specific training path ahead of getting going on the Cisco CCNA.
We can all agree: There’s absolutely no individual job security anymore; there can only be industry and business security - a company will remove anyone when it suits the company’s commercial requirements.
Where there are escalating skills deficits and increasing demand though, we generally discover a fresh type of security in the marketplace; where, fuelled by the constant growth conditions, businesses find it hard to locate the staff required.
Reviewing the Information Technology (IT) business, the 2006 e-Skills analysis brought to light a twenty six percent shortage in trained professionals. Alternatively, you could say, this reveals that the United Kingdom is only able to source three qualified staff for every four jobs that are available now.
Properly taught and commercially accredited new staff are consequently at a complete premium, and it’s estimated to remain so for a long time.
It’s unlikely if a better time or market conditions could exist for getting certified in this swiftly increasing and budding industry.
It can be a nerve-racking task, but landing your first job can be relieved by training colleges, through a Job Placement Assistance service. At the end of the day it’s not as difficult as you may be led to believe to land a job - once you’re trained and certified; the growing UK skills shortage sees to that.
Help and assistance with preparing a CV and getting interviews may be available (if not, see one of our sites for help). Be sure to you bring your CV right up to date immediately - not when you’re ready to start work!
It’s not uncommon to find that junior support jobs have been offered to students who’re still on their course and have yet to take their exams. At least this will get your CV into the ‘possible’ pile and not the ‘no’ pile.
The best services to help get you placed are generally specialised and independent recruitment consultants. Because they make their money when they’ve found you a job, they have the necessary incentive to try that bit harder.
A big frustration of various course providers is how hard students are prepared to work to pass exams, but how ill-prepared they are to market themselves for the job they have studied for. Have confidence - the IT industry needs YOU.
A lot of training providers will only provide office hours or extended office hours support; It’s rare to find someone who offers late evening or full weekend cover.
Avoid, like the plague, any organisations that use ‘out-of-hours’ messaging systems - with the call-back coming in during typical office hours. This is useless when you’re stuck and could do with an answer during your scheduled study period.
World-class organisations utilise an online 24×7 package involving many support centres over many time-zones. You’re offered a single, easy-to-use interface which switches seamlessly to the best choice of centres irrespective of the time of day: Support when you need it.
If you opt for less than 24×7 support, you’ll end up kicking yourself. You may not need it late in the night, but you’re bound to use weekends, evenings and early mornings at some point.
Beginning with the idea that it’s necessary to choose the market that sounds most inviting first and foremost, before we’re even able to consider what training program fulfils our needs, how do we know the way that suits us?
How likely is it for us to understand what is involved in a particular job when we haven’t done that before? Most likely we don’t even know anybody who does that actual job anyway.
Contemplation on the following points is essential if you need to get to the right solution that will work for you:
* Your personal interests and hobbies - these can show the possibilities will give you the most reward.
* What length of time can you allocate for the training process?
* What priority do you place on salary vs the travel required?
* Many students don’t properly consider the amount of work involved to gain all the necessary accreditation.
* You should also think long and hard about what kind of effort and commitment that you will set aside for the accreditation program.
For most people, getting to the bottom of these areas needs a long talk with an advisor who can explain things properly. And not just the certifications - but the commercial requirements and expectations of industry too.
(C) Jason Kendall. Browse LearningLolly.com for great career tips. Click Here or www.learninglolly.com.
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