Good for you! By landing here it's likely you're thinking about learning new skills to change career - that puts you way ahead of the crowd. Very few of us are pleased to go to work each day, but most just moan and do nothing about it. You could be a member of the few who take responsibility for their future.

When looking at training, it's important that you first make a list of what you want and don't want from the career you'd like to train for. Be sure that things would be a lot better before your energies are focused on taking a new turn. We recommend looking at the big picture first, to make the right judgements:

* Is having company at work important to you? Do you like to deal with the public? Maybe you like to deal with tasks that you can get on with on your own?

* What ideas are important to you regarding the industry you'll work in?

* Should this be the only time you'll need to re-qualify?

* Are you concerned about the chance of getting another job, and keeping a job right up to retirement?

When listing your options, it's relevant that your number one choice is the IT sector - it's well known that it's developing all the time. IT isn't all techie geeks lost in their computer screens every day - it's true there are those roles, but the majority of roles are carried out by ordinary men and women who are earning rather well.

Look at the following facts and pay great regard to them if you've been persuaded that that old marketing ploy of a guarantee for your exam looks like a reason to buy:

In this day and age, we have to be a bit more aware of hype - and usually we grasp that it is something we're paying for - it's not because they're so generous they want to give something away! For those who want to qualify first 'go', then you should fund each exam as you take it, give it the necessary attention and apply yourself as required.

Take your exams as locally as possible and hold on to your money and pay for the exam when you take it. Is there a good reason to pay interest on a bigger loan than is necessary because you've paid early for examinations when there's absolutely nothing that says you have to? Huge profits are made because training colleges are 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 via organisations who offer an 'Exam Guarantee' are tightly controlled. You will be required to do mock exams till you've proven conclusively that you can pass.

Due to typical VUE and Prometric examinations in the United Kingdom costing around 112 pounds, the most cost-effective way to cover the cost is by paying when you need them. It's not in the student's interests to fork out hundreds or thousands of pounds for exams when enrolling on a course. Study, commitment and preparing with good quality mock and practice exams is what will really guarantee success.

Lately, do you find yourself questioning how safe your job is? Normally, this issue only becomes a talking point when something dramatic happens to shake us. Unfortunately, the reality is that job security doesn't really exist anymore, for the vast majority of people. Of course, a marketplace with high growth, where staff are in constant demand (through a growing shortage of fully trained professionals), enables the possibility of proper job security.

The IT skills deficit in the United Kingdom is standing at approx 26 percent, according to a recent e-Skills study. Meaning that for every four jobs that exist across Information Technology (IT), there are barely three qualified workers to fulfil that role. This alarming certainty underpins the urgent need for more appropriately certified Information Technology professionals across Great Britain. No better time or market settings will exist for gaining qualification for this hugely expanding and developing market.

With so much choice, there's no surprise that the majority of trainees balk at what job they should even pursue. Scanning a list of IT job-titles is a complete waste of time. The majority of us have no concept what our next-door neighbours do at work each day - so we have no hope of understanding the complexities of a particular IT career. Ultimately, the right answer really only appears via a methodical study of many different criteria:

* The kind of person you think yourself to be - the tasks that you enjoy, plus of course - what you hate to do.

* Are you driven to get certified for a specific reason - for example, do you aim to work from home (being your own boss?)?

* Does salary have a higher place on your priority-scale than other requirements.

* Always think in-depth about the time expected to achieve their goals.

* You will need to understand what differentiates the myriad of training options.

In actuality, the only way to seek advice on these areas will be via a meeting with a professional who understands the IT industry (and specifically it's commercial requirements.)

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