If it's Cisco training you're after, but you're new to working with routers, the chances are your first course should be the Cisco CCNA qualification. This educates you in the knowledge you need to understand routers. The internet is constructed from huge numbers of routers, and large companies with multiple departments and sites also rely on them to allow their networks of computers to communicate.
Getting this certification will mean it's likely you'll end up working for large commercial ventures that are spread out geographically, but still want internal communication. Other usual roles could be with an internet service provider. Both types of jobs command good salaries.
The CCNA qualification is the right level to aim for; don't let some salesperson talk you into starting with the CCNP. With experience, you'll find out if this level is required. Should that be the case, you'll have the knowledge you need for the CCNP - which is quite a hard qualification to acquire - and mustn't be entered into casually.
Some training companies are still using a now out-dated method of training - classroom days. Usually touted as a major benefit, if you talk to a student who has had to attend a few, you'll find them listing some or all of these:
* A lot of driving back and forth from the training centre - sometimes quite a distance away.
* Workshop availability; typically weekdays only and sometimes two to three days together. It's not easy to get the days away from work.
* Let's not disregard lost holiday time. Often, we get 4 weeks annual leave. If half is given up to classes, then we aren't going to be doing much vacationing.
* Classes usually become quickly full, leaving us with the '2nd best' solution.
* Tension can run high inside the classroom where the right pace for one student is not the same as another.
* The growing costs associated with travel - driving or taking public transport to the training centre plus several days bed and breakfast can cost a lot each time you attend. With only an average of 5 to 10 workshops costing around 35 pounds for one over-night room, plus 40 pounds petrol and 15.00 for food, that becomes a minimum of four to nine hundred pounds of hidden costs that we now have to fund.
* Most students want their training to remain private thus avoiding all come-back in their work.
* Who amongst us hasn't avoided putting our hand's up, because we wanted to look smarter?
* Working and living away - a fair few attendees need to live or work somewhere else for certain parts of their study. Days in-centre are hard to get to, yet the monies have already been handed over with your initial fees.
The ultimate convenience is by viewing a pre-made workshop - enabling you to learn at any time of day. Consider... If you have a laptop then you're free to work wherever you happen to be at that time. And 24x7 support is only a web-browser click away in case of difficulty. Simply watch and re-watch the modules as many times as you want or need. And of course, you won't need to write any notes as you'll have direct access to the instruction whenever you want to go back to it. Essentially: Time and money is saved, you have reduced hassle and you avoid polluting the skies.
Frequently, your average person doesn't have a clue where to start with a computing career, let alone what market to focus their retraining program on. Consequently, if you've got no understanding of IT in the workplace, how are you equipped to know what someone in a particular field fills their day with? Let alone decide on which training route provides the best chances for a successful result. Contemplation on many factors is required if you need to get to a solution that suits you:
* What hobbies you have and enjoy - these often define what things will give you the most reward.
* Are you aiming to realise a specific aim - like working from home as quickly as possible?
* Where is the salary on a scale of importance - is it the most important thing, or is day-to-day enjoyment higher up on the scale of your priorities?
* Considering all that IT covers, it's a requirement that you can understand the differences.
* Our advice is to think deeply about the level of commitment that you will set aside for your education.
For most people, considering each of these concepts will require meeting with a professional that knows what they're talking about. And we don't just mean the qualifications - but the commercial expectations and needs also.
Many students assume that the school and FE college track is the way they should go. Why then are commercially accredited qualifications beginning to overtake it? As we require increasingly more effective technological know-how, industry has had to move to specialist courses that can only be obtained from the actual vendors - that is companies such as Adobe, Microsoft, CISCO and CompTIA. Often this saves time and money for the student. Clearly, a reasonable amount of associated detail must be learned, but precise specialisation in the areas needed gives a vendor trained person a huge edge.
As long as an employer is aware what work they need doing, then they simply need to advertise for someone with a specific qualification. Syllabuses all have to conform to the same requirements and can't change from one establishment to the next (as academic syllabuses often do).
Getting this certification will mean it's likely you'll end up working for large commercial ventures that are spread out geographically, but still want internal communication. Other usual roles could be with an internet service provider. Both types of jobs command good salaries.
The CCNA qualification is the right level to aim for; don't let some salesperson talk you into starting with the CCNP. With experience, you'll find out if this level is required. Should that be the case, you'll have the knowledge you need for the CCNP - which is quite a hard qualification to acquire - and mustn't be entered into casually.
Some training companies are still using a now out-dated method of training - classroom days. Usually touted as a major benefit, if you talk to a student who has had to attend a few, you'll find them listing some or all of these:
* A lot of driving back and forth from the training centre - sometimes quite a distance away.
* Workshop availability; typically weekdays only and sometimes two to three days together. It's not easy to get the days away from work.
* Let's not disregard lost holiday time. Often, we get 4 weeks annual leave. If half is given up to classes, then we aren't going to be doing much vacationing.
* Classes usually become quickly full, leaving us with the '2nd best' solution.
* Tension can run high inside the classroom where the right pace for one student is not the same as another.
* The growing costs associated with travel - driving or taking public transport to the training centre plus several days bed and breakfast can cost a lot each time you attend. With only an average of 5 to 10 workshops costing around 35 pounds for one over-night room, plus 40 pounds petrol and 15.00 for food, that becomes a minimum of four to nine hundred pounds of hidden costs that we now have to fund.
* Most students want their training to remain private thus avoiding all come-back in their work.
* Who amongst us hasn't avoided putting our hand's up, because we wanted to look smarter?
* Working and living away - a fair few attendees need to live or work somewhere else for certain parts of their study. Days in-centre are hard to get to, yet the monies have already been handed over with your initial fees.
The ultimate convenience is by viewing a pre-made workshop - enabling you to learn at any time of day. Consider... If you have a laptop then you're free to work wherever you happen to be at that time. And 24x7 support is only a web-browser click away in case of difficulty. Simply watch and re-watch the modules as many times as you want or need. And of course, you won't need to write any notes as you'll have direct access to the instruction whenever you want to go back to it. Essentially: Time and money is saved, you have reduced hassle and you avoid polluting the skies.
Frequently, your average person doesn't have a clue where to start with a computing career, let alone what market to focus their retraining program on. Consequently, if you've got no understanding of IT in the workplace, how are you equipped to know what someone in a particular field fills their day with? Let alone decide on which training route provides the best chances for a successful result. Contemplation on many factors is required if you need to get to a solution that suits you:
* What hobbies you have and enjoy - these often define what things will give you the most reward.
* Are you aiming to realise a specific aim - like working from home as quickly as possible?
* Where is the salary on a scale of importance - is it the most important thing, or is day-to-day enjoyment higher up on the scale of your priorities?
* Considering all that IT covers, it's a requirement that you can understand the differences.
* Our advice is to think deeply about the level of commitment that you will set aside for your education.
For most people, considering each of these concepts will require meeting with a professional that knows what they're talking about. And we don't just mean the qualifications - but the commercial expectations and needs also.
Many students assume that the school and FE college track is the way they should go. Why then are commercially accredited qualifications beginning to overtake it? As we require increasingly more effective technological know-how, industry has had to move to specialist courses that can only be obtained from the actual vendors - that is companies such as Adobe, Microsoft, CISCO and CompTIA. Often this saves time and money for the student. Clearly, a reasonable amount of associated detail must be learned, but precise specialisation in the areas needed gives a vendor trained person a huge edge.
As long as an employer is aware what work they need doing, then they simply need to advertise for someone with a specific qualification. Syllabuses all have to conform to the same requirements and can't change from one establishment to the next (as academic syllabuses often do).
About the Author:
(C) Jason Kendall. Look at LearningLolly.com for clear ideas on CCNA Certification and CCNA Training.
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