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CompTIA A Plus Careers Training – Options
By Jason Kendall | March 1, 2010
CompTIA A + has a total of four exams and sections to study, but you only have to pass two of them to be thought of as qualified. Because of this, many educational establishments stick to just two options. However, training you in all four will help you to build a far deeper level of understanding of your subject, which you’ll come to realise is essential in the commercial world.
As well as being taught how to build and fix computers, students on an A+ training course will be taught how to operate in antistatic conditions, along with remote access, fault finding and diagnostics.
It could be a good idea to consider adding Network+ training to your A+ as you’ll then be in a position to take care of computer networks, which means greater employment benefits.
The classroom style of learning we remember from school, involving piles of reference textbooks, is an up-hill struggle for the majority of us. If this sounds like you, dig around for more practical courses which have a majority of interactive, multimedia parts.
Memory is vastly improved when we use multiple senses – this has been an accepted fact in expert circles for decades now.
Interactive full motion video involving demonstration and virtual lab’s will beat books every time. And you’ll actually enjoy doing them.
You must ensure that you see the type of training provided by the company you’re considering. Be sure that they contain video, demonstrations and various interactive elements.
It doesn’t make sense to choose training that is only available online. Because of the variable quality and reliability of your average broadband company, it makes sense to have actual CD or DVD ROM’s.
Students will sometimes miss checking on something of absolutely vital importance – how their company divides up the physical training materials, and into how many separate packages.
Typically, you will purchase a course staged over 2 or 3 years and get posted one section at a time – from one exam to the next. This may seem sensible until you think about these factors:
Many students find that the trainer’s usual training route doesn’t suit. Sometimes, a different order of study is more expedient. And what happens if they don’t finish in the allotted time?
To be in the best situation you would have every piece of your study pack posted to your address right at the beginning; the entire thing! This way, nothing can happen down the line which could affect your progress.
Make sure that all your certifications are what employers want – don’t bother with programmes that lead to in-house certificates.
To an employer, only the major heavyweights like Microsoft, CompTIA, Cisco or Adobe (for instance) really carry any commercial clout. Anything less won’t make the grade.
It can be a nerve-racking task, but getting your first job can be eased by training colleges, through a Job Placement Assistance service. However sometimes this feature is bigged up too much, for it’s really not that difficult for a well trained and motivated person to get a job in the IT industry – as there is such a shortage of qualified personnel.
Ideally you should have help with your CV and interview techniques though; and we’d encourage any student to work on polishing up their CV as soon as they start a course – don’t delay for when you’re ready to start work.
It’s not uncommon to find that junior support jobs have been bagged by people who’re still on their course and have yet to take their exams. This will at the very least get you on your way.
Most often, a specialist locally based employment service (who will get paid commission to place you) will perform better than any division of a training company. It also stands to reason that they’ll know the local area and commercial needs.
A good number of trainees, apparently, conscientiously work through their course materials (for years sometimes), only to give up at the first hurdle when looking for the right position. Promote yourself… Do your best to get yourself known. A job isn’t just going to bump into you.
(C) 2009 S. Edwards. Hop over to Comptia Courses or A+ Certification.
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