Quite often, students have issues with one aspect of their training which is often not even considered: The method used to 'segment' the courseware before being sent out to you. Many companies enrol you into a 2 or 3 year study programme, and drop-ship the materials to you piecemeal as you complete each section or exam. On the surface this seems reasonable - until you consider the following: What if there are reasons why you can't finish every single section? And what if you find the order of the modules counter-intuitive? Through no fault of your own, you might take a little longer and therefore not end up with all the modules.

In an ideal situation, you'd ask for every single material to be delivered immediately - meaning you'll have all of them to come back to at any time in the future - irrespective of any schedule. Variations can then be made to the order that you move through the program if another more intuitive route presents itself.

Consider only learning paths that grow into commercially recognised exams. There's a plethora of small colleges promoting 'in-house' certificates which will prove unusable when it comes to finding a job. The main industry leaders like Microsoft, CompTIA, Cisco or Adobe have globally approved skills programs. These big-hitters will ensure your employability.

Trainees eager to build a career in IT often haven't a clue what route to consider, or even what market to build their qualifications around. How can most of us possibly understand the many facets of a particular career when we haven't done that before? Often we don't even know anybody who performs the role either. To get through to the essence of this, we need to discuss many unique issues:

- Personalities play a major role - what kind of areas spark your interest, and what are the activities that ruin your day.

- What time-frame are you looking at for your training?

- What are your thoughts on job satisfaction vs salary?

- Learning what the normal career areas and markets are - plus how they're different to each other.

- How much effort you're prepared to set aside for your training.

To be honest, your only option to seek advice on these areas tends to be through a good talk with someone who has a background in computing (and chiefly it's commercial needs and requirements.)

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