For the A+ examinations give yourself more or less 100 to 150 hours to study and prepare, & somewhat less for the Network+ examinations (possibly up to 75 to 100 hours). Using the appropriate multi-media training package that is supported by authorised exam practice software, the two qualifications could very well be completed within just 6 months for the student who's studying whilst holding down a job.

A lot of training companies are still offering the rather old-fashioned idea of classroom lessons. Often sold as a benefit, if you track down someone who's been through a few, don't be surprised to be lectured on several if not most of these issues:

- Loads of driving back and forth from the workshop centre - normally hundreds of miles.

- Mon-Fri availability to workshops can be usual, and with 2-3 days to book off work, this causes a lot of problems for most working students.

- With just 20 days holiday per year, giving half of them to study events often means losing out on family and vacation time.

- With the high costs involved, many training companies have to put on larger classes - which is not ideal (giving less time per student).

- The pace of the workshop - centre-days typically consist of trainees of mixed aptitude, therefore tension can be created between students with more background knowledge and those with less experience.

- The cost of travel - travelling to and from the training college plus several days accommodation can cost a lot over several visits. Assuming just five to ten classes costing 35 pounds for one over-night room, plus 40 pounds petrol and food at 15 pounds, we arrive at 450-900 pounds of hidden costs that we now have to fund.

- Study privacy is often very important to many attendees. Why lose any possible promotions, salary hikes or accomplishment with your current employer because you're getting trained in a different area. If your employer knows you're taking steps towards qualification in a different industry, what do you think they'll do?

- Posing questions in front of other class-mates will often make any one of us feel nervous. Would you admit that you've occasionally avoided posing a question just because you honestly thought you might seem thick?

- Often, classes are virtually undoable, where you work or live away for days at a time.

Infinitely more flexible is to use ready-made, videoed classes wherever you want to take them - studying at your own pace, when it suits you - not anyone else. Study can happen anywhere that suits. If your PC is a laptop, why not catch some sun outside as you work. Any problems and logon to the 24x7 support facility. You have the ability to re-watch and re-cover the study modules at any time you need to revise. There's absolutely no need to jot down any notes as you have the lesson indefinitely. Whilst this can't completely stop every problem, it unquestionably makes things easier, simpler and less stressful. And you've reduced costs, hassle and travel.

When did you last consider the security of your job? Typically, we only think of this after something goes wrong. But in today's marketplace, the reality is that job security simply doesn't exist anymore, for the vast majority of people. When we come across growing skills deficits mixed with rising demand of course, we often reveal a new kind of market-security; where, fuelled by the conditions of constant growth, employers struggle to find the number of people required.

Reviewing the computing business, the 2006 e-Skills study demonstrated a twenty six percent deficit in trained staff. Alternatively, you could say, this clearly demonstrates that the United Kingdom can only find 3 certified professionals for every 4 jobs that exist now. This single truth in itself reveals why Great Britain is in need of so many more new trainees to join the industry. Quite simply, retraining in Information Technology during the coming years is probably the greatest career move you'll ever make.

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