Students often end up having issues because of a single training area which is often not even considered: The method used to 'segment' the courseware before being couriered to your address. Individual deliveries for each training module one piece at a time, taking into account your exam passes is the usual method of releasing your program. While seeming sensible, you must understand the following: What if there are reasons why you can't finish each and every exam? And what if you find the order of the modules counter-intuitive? Through no fault of your own, you may not meet the required timescales and not receive all the modules you've paid for.

Ideally, you'd get ALL the training materials right at the beginning - giving you them all to come back to in the future - as and when you want. This allows a variation in the order that you move through the program if another more intuitive route presents itself.

Make sure you don't get caught-up, like so many people do, on the training course itself. Your training isn't about getting a plaque on your wall; you should be geared towards the actual job at the end of it. Focus on the end-goal. Avoid becoming one of the unfortunate masses who choose a training program which looks like it could be fun - only to end up with a qualification for an unrewarding career path.

Set targets for what you want to earn and how ambitious you are. This will influence what particular qualifications you'll need to attain and what industry will expect from you in return. We advise all students to talk with highly experienced advisors before deciding on their training path. This helps to ensure it contains the commercially required skills for the chosen career.

We can all agree: There's very little evidence of personal job security anywhere now; there can only be industry and sector security - any company is likely to let anyone go whenever it suits the company's trade interests. We're able though to reveal market-level security, by digging for areas in high demand, together with a lack of qualified workers.

Taking a look at the computing sector, the 2006 e-Skills study highlighted a more than 26 percent shortage in trained professionals. Put simply, we're only able to fill 3 out of every 4 jobs in Information Technology (IT). This alarming certainty reveals the requirement for more commercially qualified computing professionals throughout the country. No better time or market circumstances is ever likely to exist for getting trained into this hugely increasing and blossoming industry.

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