Getting your first commercial position can be a little easier if you're offered a Job Placement Assistance facility. With the growing demand for appropriately skilled people in the United Kingdom at the moment, it's not necessary to make too much of this option though. It isn't such a complex operation to get a job once you're trained and certified.

However, don't leave it until you have qualified before getting your CV updated. As soon as you start a course, mark down what you're doing and tell people about it! It can happen that you haven't even got to the exam time when you will be offered your first junior support position; yet this won't be the case if interviewers don't get sight of your CV. If you don't want to travel too far to work, then you may well find that an independent and specialised local employment service might work much better for you than the trainer's recruitment division, due to the fact that they're going to know the local job scene.

A big aggravation of a number of training companies is how much trainees are prepared to study to pass exams, but how un-prepared that student is to get the job they're acquired skills for. Get out there and hustle - you might find it's fun.

How the program is actually delivered to you is usually ignored by most students. How many stages do they break the program into? And in what sequence and how fast does each element come? The majority of training companies will set up some sort of program spread over 1-3 years, and deliver each piece one-by-one as you pass each exam. On the surface this seems reasonable - until you consider the following: What if you don't finish every single section? Maybe the prescribed order won't suit you? Due to no fault of yours, you might take a little longer and consequently not get all your materials.

The very best situation would see you getting all the training materials couriered to your address right at the beginning; the whole caboodle! This prevents any future issues from rising that will affect your capacity to get everything done.

A sneaky way that training companies make more money is by adding exam fees upfront to the cost of a course and then including an 'Exam Guarantee'. It looks like a good deal, till you look at the facts:

Obviously it isn't free - you're still footing the bill for it - the price has simply been included in the whole thing. It's well known in the industry that when students fund their own exams, when they're ready to take them and not before, they'll be in a better position to qualify each time - because they are conscious of their payment and so will prepare more thoroughly.

Why pay a training college in advance for examination fees? Find the best exam deal or offer when you're ready, don't pay mark-ups - and sit exams more locally - instead of miles away at the college's beck and call. Paying in advance for examinations (and if you're financing your study there'll be interest on that) is bad financial management. It's not your job to boost the training company's account with additional funds simply to help their cash-flow! A lot bank on the fact that you don't even take them all - so they get to keep the extra funds. Pay heed to the fact that, with 'Exam Guarantees' from most places - the company decides when you are allowed to have another go. You'll have to prove conclusively that you can pass before they'll pay for another exam.

Exams taken at local centres are approximately 112 pounds in the United Kingdom today. What's the point of paying huge charges for 'Exam Guarantees' (often hidden in the cost) - when the best course materials, the right level of support and commitment, effort and practice with quality exam preparation systems are the factors that really get you through.

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