Review the following facts and pay great regard to them if you think that over-used sales technique about 'guaranteeing' exams sounds like a benefit to the student:

Obviously it's not free - you're still being charged for it - it's just been wrapped up in the price of the package. People who go in for their examinations when it's appropriate, funding them one at a time are far more likely to pass first time. They're mindful of their investment and prepare more appropriately to ensure they are ready.

Sit the exam somewhere close to home and hold on to your money and pay for the exam when you take it. Huge profits are made by a significant number of organisations who take the exam money up-front. For quite legitimate reasons, a number of students don't get to do their exams and so they pocket the rest. Amazingly, there are training companies who depend on students not taking their exams - as that's how they make a lot of their profit. In addition to this, many exam guarantees are worthless. The majority of organisations won't be prepared to pay for re-takes until you have demonstrated conclusively that you won't fail again.

Exams taken at local centres are currently clocking in at an average of 112 pounds in Britain at the time of writing. What's the point of paying huge 'Exam Guarantee' fees (often hidden in the cost) - when good quality study materials, the proper support and a commitment to studying and the use of authorised exam preparation tools are actually the key to your success.

We are able to separate IT career paths down in to a number of different categories - Programming (including Software-Development), Networking (which includes Support and Security), Web-Design (including creative and technical) and Databases (Administration & Development). In each field there are particular skill-sets to get to grips with, & qualifications to attain. Each category features a variety of qualification levels achieve. Programming satisfies a different kind of person to web-design, which satisfies yet another type of individual to networking. When you have had an opportunity to get guidance on all the IT career options, you will be a lot more confident that you have chosen the right career route for you.

An advisor that doesn't ask many questions - chances are they're actually nothing more than a salesman. If someone pushes specific products before getting to know your background and experience, then you know you're being sold to. Sometimes, the level to start at for someone with some experience is hugely dissimilar to the student with none. Consider starting with some basic PC skills training first. It will usually make the transition to higher-level learning a less steep.

An area that's often missed by potential students weighing up a particular programme is that of 'training segmentation'. This is essentially the breakdown of the materials for drop-shipping to you, which makes a huge difference to the point you end up at. Many think it logical (with a typical time scale of 1-3 years to achieve full certification,) for a training company to release one module at a time, as you achieve each exam pass. However: It's not unusual for trainees to realise that their training company's typical path to completion isn't the easiest way for them. They might find a slightly different order suits them better. Could it cause problems if you don't get everything done inside of the expected timescales?

Put simply, the best solution is to obtain their recommendation on the best possible order of study, but to receive all the materials up-front. You then have everything should you not complete it as fast as they'd like.

Qualifications from the commercial sector are now, undoubtedly, starting to replace the older academic routes into the industry - but why is this happening? As we require increasingly more effective technological know-how, industry has moved to specialist courses only available through the vendors themselves - for example companies such as Adobe, Microsoft, CISCO and CompTIA. This often comes in at a fraction of the cost and time. Essentially, students are simply taught the necessary specifics in depth. It's not quite as straightforward as that, but the principle remains that students need to concentrate on the fundamentally important skill-sets (along with a certain amount of crucial background) - without attempting to cover a bit about every other area (as academia often does).

Just as the old advertisement said: 'It does what it says on the tin'. Employers simply need to know what areas need to be serviced, and then request applicants with the correct exam numbers. Then they're assured that a potential employee can do exactly what's required.

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