The Microsoft MCSA (Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator) course is a great basis for anybody thinking of getting into supporting networks. So if you’re just about to join the IT industry or already have experience but need to formalise your skills with a recognised qualification, it’s possible to achieve your goals with the right training.
Each of these options will need a different type of course, so pay attention to check you’re being offered the best one prior to making a start. Identify a training company that takes the time to understand what you’re trying to achieve, and will work with you to sort out how it will all work, long before they start talking about courses.
OK, why ought we to be looking at qualifications from the commercial sector instead of more traditional academic qualifications gained through schools and Further Education colleges?
With fees and living expenses for university students climbing ever higher, plus the industry’s increasing awareness that accreditation-based training most often has much more commercial relevance, there’s been a dramatic increase in CISCO, Adobe, Microsoft and CompTIA based training paths that provide key skills to an employee at a much reduced cost in terms of money and time.
Of course, a necessary amount of background detail needs to be learned, but essential specialisation in the particular job function gives a commercially educated person a huge edge.
Put yourself in the employer’s position – and you wanted someone who could provide a specific set of skills. What should you do: Wade your way through reams of different degrees and college qualifications from hopeful applicants, struggling to grasp what they’ve learned and which commercial skills have been attained, or choose a specific set of accreditations that exactly fulfil your criteria, and draw up from that who you want to speak to. Your interviews are then about personal suitability – instead of long discussions on technical suitability.
Frequently, the everyday IT hopeful doesn’t have a clue in what direction to head in a computing career, or even what sector they should look at getting trained in.
How likely is it for us to understand the day-to-day realities of any IT job when we haven’t done that before? Maybe we don’t know someone who performs the role either.
Usually, the way to come at this problem in the best manner comes from a thorough discussion of a number of areas:
* Your personality can play a major role – what kind of areas spark your interest, and what are the things that get you down.
* Are you hoping to get certified for a specific motive – e.g. are you pushing to work based at home (self-employment possibly?)?
* The income needs that are important to you?
* Some students don’t fully understand the amount of work required to get fully certified.
* You need to appreciate the differences between all the training areas.
When all is said and done, your only chance of covering these is through an in-depth discussion with an advisor who knows the industry well enough to lead you to the correct decision.
If you forget everything else – then just remember this: You absolutely must have proper 24×7 professional support from mentors and instructors. You’ll definitely experience problems if you don’t.
Never accept study programmes that only provide support to students via a call-centre messaging system outside of normal office hours. Companies will give you every excuse in the book why you don’t need this. But, no matter how they put it – you want support at the appropriate time – not as-and-when it’s suitable for their staff.
The very best training providers use multiple support centres active in different time-zones. They use an online interactive interface to join them all seamlessly, at any time you choose, help is just seconds away, without any problems or delays.
If you fail to get yourself 24×7 support, you’ll quickly find yourself regretting it. You may avoid using the support during late nights, but you may need weekends, late evenings or early mornings.
Always expect the most up to date Microsoft (or relevant organisation’s) authorised exam preparation packages.
Steer clear of depending on non-accredited exam preparation questions. Their phraseology can be completely unlike authorised versions – and this leads to huge confusion when the proper exam time arrives.
Ensure that you analyse whether you’re learning enough by doing tests and practice exams prior to taking the real thing.
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