Get rid of the typical salesman that recommends a training program without performing a 'fact-find' to gain understanding of your current abilities as well as experience level. Always check they have access to a generous array of training so they're actually equipped to give you an appropriate solution. Remember, if in the past you've acquired any qualifications that are related, then you can sometimes expect to begin at a different level to someone who is new to the field. If this is going to be your first attempt at studying to take an IT exam then you should consider whether to begin with user-skills and software training first.

A valuable package of training should also offer wholly authorised simulation materials and exam preparation packages. Ensure that your practice exams are not just posing the correct questions on the right subjects, but also asking them in the way the real exams will formulate them. It really messes up people if the questions are phrased in unfamiliar formats. Practice exams will prove invaluable as a tool for logging knowledge into your brain - so much so, that at the real thing, you don't get uptight.

Consider only retraining programmes which will lead to industry accepted qualifications. There's a plethora of minor schools offering 'in-house' certificates that are essentially useless in today's commercial market. If your certification doesn't come from a big-hitter like Microsoft, Cisco, CompTIA or Adobe, then it's likely it will have been a waste of time - because it won't give an employer any directly-useable skills.

The main point to emphasise is the fact that training program itself won't make you a web-designer; it will merely provide you with the techniques. Throughout your study and training, it's essential to apply yourself to constructing and developing as many web sites as you possibly can, to prepare and build your portfolio. Make sites about your special interest, your pet, a favourite music group or even Television programme. You might even build interactive web-sites & get 'traffic' on them. 'Adobe' accreditations are of help, but showing how you can use the knowledge says a lot more about you as a web designer!

Trainees looking to get a career in computers and technology usually have no idea of what path to consider, or what market to obtain accreditation for. Scanning a list of IT job-titles is just a waste of time. The vast majority of us don't really appreciate what our good friends do at work - so we're in the dark as to the complexities of a particular IT career. To come through this, there should be a discussion of a variety of core topics:

- Personality plays a starring part - what gives you a 'kick', and what are the things that get you down.

- Why it seems right stepping into IT - is it to conquer a particular goal such as being your own boss for example.

- Your earning requirements that guide you?

- With so many markets to choose from in Information Technology - you'll need to achieve a solid grounding on what makes them different.

- Having a good look at how much time and effort you can give.

To cut through the barrage of jargon, and reveal what'll really work for you, have a good talk with an industry expert and advisor; someone who appreciates and can explain the commercial realities and of course each certification.

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