Congratulate yourself that you're reading this article! Just ten percent of people are happy and satisfied by their jobs, but vast numbers complain to each other and take no action. By looking for this we can guess that you're giving retraining some thought, so well done to you. Take your time now to find out more and then take action.

Prior to considering individual courses, look for an advisor who will be able to guide you on the right type of training for you. Someone who has the ability to ask questions about your likes and dislikes, and find out the best career for you to work towards:

* Do you see yourself dealing with people? Would that be with the same people or with a lot of new people? Maybe working on your own on specific tasks would give you pleasure?

* Banking and building are none too stable these days, so which industry will answer your needs?

* Having completed your retraining, would you like this skill to see you to retirement age?

* Are you confident that your chosen retraining will offer you employment opportunities, and make it possible to be employed up to the time you want to stop?

Prioritise Information Technology, it will be well worth your time - it's one of the few growth areas in this country and overseas. In addition, salaries and benefits exceed most other industries.

Talk to almost any knowledgeable advisor and they'll entertain you with many terrible tales of salespeople ripping-off unsuspecting students. Stick to a skilled advisor who asks some in-depth questions to uncover the best thing for you - not for their wallet! You need to find the right starting point of study for you. With a bit of commercial experience or some accreditation, your starting-point of learning is different from a beginner. Commencing with a basic PC skills module first will sometimes be the most effective way to commence your IT studies, but depends on your skill level.

A question; why is it better to gain qualifications from the commercial sector instead of traditional academic qualifications taught at schools, colleges or universities? Accreditation-based training (to use industry-speak) is far more effective and specialised. Industry has acknowledged that such specialised knowledge is what's needed to handle an acceleratingly technical workplace. Microsoft, CISCO, Adobe and CompTIA are the key players in this arena. The training is effectively done by concentrating on the particular skills that are needed (together with a relevant amount of background knowledge,) rather than trawling through all the background 'padding' that academic courses often do - to pad out the syllabus.

Imagine if you were an employer - and you required somebody who had very specific skills. What should you do: Go through reams of different degrees and college qualifications from hopeful applicants, trying to establish what they know and which vocational skills have been attained, or choose particular accreditations that perfectly fit your needs, and then select who you want to interview from that. The interview is then more about the person and how they'll fit in - instead of having to work out if they can do the job.

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