An Update On Commercial PC Certification Training In CompTIA A Plus
CompTIA A+ computer training covers two specialised areas – you’ll need exam certification in both specialities to be A+ competent. Once you start your A+ training course you’ll become familiar with how to work in antistatic conditions and build and fix computers. Fault finding and diagnostic techniques through hands on and remote access are also covered. In addition, you could look to think about supplementing the A+ with Network + as you’ll then be in a position to become a networking engineer, which means greater employment benefits.
The somewhat scary thought of securing your first job can be made easier by training colleges, through a Job Placement Assistance service. Sometimes, this feature is bigged up too much, as it is actually not that hard for a well trained and motivated person to land a job in IT – as there is such a shortage of well trained people.
Having said that, it’s important to have help and assistance with preparing a CV and getting interviews though; and we’d encourage everybody to bring their CV up to date right at the beginning of their training – don’t put it off till you’ve finished your exams. A good number of junior support roles have been bagged by people who’re still on their course and have yet to take their exams. This will at least get you into the ‘maybe’ pile of CV’s – rather than the ‘No’ pile. Normally you’ll get quicker service from an independent and specialised local recruitment consultancy than you will through a course provider’s recruitment division, because they will be more familiar with the area and local employers.
To bottom line it, if you put as much hard work into landing your first job as into studying, you’re not likely to experience problems. Some trainees curiously invest a great deal of time on their training and studies and just give up once certified and seem to expect employers to find them.
A ridiculously large number of organisations only look at the plaque to hang on your wall, and completely miss the reasons for getting there – which is a commercial career or job. Your focus should start with where you want to get to – don’t make the vehicle more important than the destination. It’s quite usual, in some situations, to find immense satisfaction in a year of study only to end up putting 20 long years into a career that does nothing for you, as an upshot of not doing the correct research at the beginning.
You need to keep your eye on where you want to get to, and build your study action-plan from that – don’t do it the other way round. Keep on track – making sure you’re training for an end-result that’ll reward you for many long and fruitful years. Before setting out on a training course, you’d be well advised to talk through specific market needs with a professional advisor, to ensure the study course covers all the necessary elements.
So, why is it better to gain commercially accredited qualifications instead of the usual academic qualifications gained through tech’ colleges and universities? Key company training (as it’s known in the industry) is most often much more specialised. Industry has become aware that such specialised knowledge is essential to meet the requirements of a technologically complex marketplace. CISCO, Adobe, Microsoft and CompTIA are the dominant players. Academic courses, for example, become confusing because of vast amounts of loosely associated study – with a syllabus that’s far too wide. Students are then held back from getting enough specific knowledge about the core essentials.
If an employer is aware what work they need doing, then all it takes is an advert for a person with the appropriate exam numbers. Commercial syllabuses are all based on the same criteria and don’t change between schools (like academia frequently can and does).
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