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You should feel pleased that you’re on the right track! Only one in ten folks claim contentment with their job, but vast numbers just bitch about it and nothing happens. Because you’ve done research we can guess that you’re at least considering retraining, so even now you’re ahead of the game. The next step is to get busy to find your direction.

We recommend you seek advice first – find an industry expert; an advisor who can discover your ideal job, and offer only the career tracks that will suit you:

* Do you enjoy a busy working environment? Is it meeting new people or being part of a team? Perhaps you prefer not to be disturbed and enjoy responsibilities that you can get on with on your own?

* What elements are you looking for from the market sector you work in? (Building and banking – not so stable as they once were.)

* How long a career do you hope to have once retrained, and can the industry you choose provide you with that possibility?

* Are you confident that your chosen retraining can help you find employment, and will offer the chance to allow you to work until retirement?

It would be an idea for you to really explore Information Technology – there are more positions than people to do them, and it’s one of the few choices of career where the sector is on the grow. Contrary to the opinions of certain people, it isn’t a bunch of techie geeks staring at their computers the whole time (if you like the sound of that though, they do exist.) Most positions are done by people like you and me who enjoy better than average salaries.

Many trainers are still using the rather old-fashioned idea of in-centre classes. Very often portrayed as a huge benefit, following a chat with most students who’ve had to attend a couple, you’ll find them listing some or all of the following problems:

* Many round journeys – quite often hundreds of miles each and every time.

* Weekday accessibility to events can be usual, and with 2-3 days to book off work, this is usually problematic for most working students.

* And let’s not forget lost vacation time. Usually we’re lucky to have four weeks vacation allowance. If half of that is used up on workshops, then it doesn’t leave much for us and our families.

* ‘In-Centre’ workshop days can ’sell out’ fast and often end up larger than is ideal.

* The pace of the class – centre-days usually have trainees of varied aptitude, so tension can be created between those that want to go quickly as opposed to those who prefer a more relaxed pace.

* You shouldn’t ignore the added financial outlay of travelling or accommodation either. This can run to a lot of money – from hundreds to thousands. Do the maths yourself – you’ll be (unpleasantly) surprised.

* Study privacy will be of paramount importance to a lot of attendees. Why would you want to lose any job advancement, pay-rises or success with your current employer just because you’re retraining. If your work discovers you’re putting yourself through qualification in another sector, what will they think?

* Surely, all of us at some time have avoided putting our hand’s up, because we didn’t want to look stupid?

* It should be remembered that days in-centre become basically unreachable, if you work elsewhere in the country for days at a time.

It really does make more sense to be taught when it’s convenient for you – not the company – and use instructor-led videos with interactive lab’s.

Consider… With a laptop you can work in any location you choose. And live 24 hr-a-day support is an online click away when you get challenged.

Just do the modules at any time you need to revise. And of course, you won’t need to take notes as you have the lesson indefinitely.

Could it be more straightforward: No travelling, wasted time or money; and you get a much more peaceful study setting.

Have a conversation with any expert advisor and they can normally tell you many terrible tales of students who’ve been sold completely the wrong course for them. Ensure you only ever work with an industry professional that asks some in-depth questions to find out what’s right for you – not for their paycheque! It’s very important to locate the right starting point of study for you.

Often, the training start-point for a student with a little experience is massively different to the student with no experience.

For those students commencing IT study for the first time, it’s often a good idea to start out slowly, starting with some basic PC skills training first. Usually this is packaged with any educational course.

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