A competent and practiced consultant (vs a salesman) will ask questions and seek to comprehend your abilities and experience. There is no other way of calculating the starting point for your education. Often, the level to start at for a trainee with a little experience is often substantially dissimilar to someone without. Consider starting with some basic PC skills training first. This can set the scene for your on-going studies and make your learning curve a much more gentle.

Many trainers supply a practical Job Placement Assistance service, to assist your search for your first position. In reality it's not as hard as some people make out to get a job - as long as you've got the necessary skills and qualifications; because there's still a great need for IT skills in the UK today.

Whatever you do, don't leave it until you have passed your final exams before polishing up your CV. As soon as you start a course, mark down what you're doing and get it out there! It's not uncommon to find that junior support jobs have been offered to trainees who are in the process of training and haven't even passed a single exam yet. This will at the very least get you into the 'maybe' pile of CV's - rather than the 'No' pile. Generally, a specialist locally based recruitment consultancy (who will get paid by the employer when they've placed you) will perform better than any division of a training company. In addition, they will no doubt know the area and local employers better.

Various students, it seems, are prepared to study their hearts out (for years sometimes), only to do nothing special when finding a good job. Promote yourself... Do everything you can to put yourself out there. Don't think a job's just going to jump out in front of you.

Only consider retraining programs that'll grow into industry approved accreditations. There are loads of small companies offering 'in-house' certificates that are essentially useless when it comes to finding a job. Only properly recognised examinations from the major players like Microsoft, Adobe, CompTIA and Cisco will be useful to a future employer.

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