Let's admit it: There's no such thing as individual job security anywhere now; there can only be market or sector security - companies can just fire a solitary member of staff if it meets the company's business needs. It's possible though to discover market-level security, by digging for areas of high demand, tied with shortages of trained staff.

Recently, a UK e-Skills study brought to light that twenty six percent of computing and IT jobs remain unfilled mainly due to an appallingly low number of properly qualified workers. It follows then that for every 4 jobs in existence in IT, employers can only locate certified professionals for three of them. Acquiring full commercial Information Technology accreditation is correspondingly an effective route to a long-lasting as well as worthwhile living. It would be hard to imagine if a better time or market conditions could exist for gaining qualification for this rapidly expanding and blossoming market.

Only consider learning programs that'll move onto commercially approved accreditations. There are far too many minor schools suggesting unknown 'in-house' certificates that are essentially useless when you start your job-search. From the perspective of an employer, only top businesses such as Microsoft, CompTIA, Adobe or Cisco (for instance) give enough bang for your buck. Nothing else hits the mark.

Workshop days get touted as a great feature by a lot of training schools. If you talk to many IT hopefuls who've attended a few, you'll find they generally end up being seen as a waste of time as they hadn't properly considered the following:

- Lots of centre visits - sometimes 100's of miles or more.

- Workshop access; usually weekdays only and 2-3 days in a row. This can be difficult to get the leave of absence.

- I think you'd agree that we usually think 20 days holiday per year isn't enough by far. Knock off a good 50 percent of that for educational events and see how much more difficult it makes things.

- With the high costs involved, a lot of companies have to put on larger classes - not really ideal (and much less personal).

- Some trainees lean towards a somewhat more suitable pace - rather than be dictated to by the rest of the class. This can create classic classroom tension.

- Most trainees report that the (not inconsiderable) costs of getting to and from the training venue while forking out for food and accommodation can get very high.

- Do you really want even a small chance of getting ignored for a lift up the ladder or salary hikes because you're getting trained in a different area.

- Surely, all of us at some time have avoided putting our hand's up, because we didn't want to look stupid?

- If your work takes you away from home, you face the added difficulty that events now become impossible to get to - unfortunately however, they've been paid for in advance.

Many students discover a more flexible approach is to use videoed workshops in the comfort of your own home - taking them when it's convenient to you - not some other person. Just imagine... If you have a laptop then you could learn in any location you choose. And 24x7 support is only a web-browser click away if you hit challenges. Any module can be repeated whenever you feel you need to - repetition aids memory. And you'll never have to write notes again - it's all prepared ready. Could it be simpler: A lot of money is saved and you avoid all the travelling; and you've got a much more stress-free training environment.

The way in which your courseware is broken down for you can often be overlooked. How is the courseware broken down? And in what order and at what speed is it delivered? Many companies enrol you into a program spread over 1-3 years, and courier the materials in pieces as you complete each section or exam. Sounds reasonable? Well consider these facts: What if for some reason you don't get to the end of every section? And what if you find the order of the modules counter-intuitive? Without any fault on your part, you might take a little longer and not receive all the modules you've paid for.

To be in the best situation you would have every piece of your study pack packed off to you immediately; the entire package! Then, nothing can hinder your capacity to get everything done.

Most trainers typically provide a bunch of books and manuals. Learning like this is dull and repetitive and not really conducive to studying effectively. If we can involve all our senses in the learning process, our results will often be quite spectacular.

Study programs now come on CD and DVD discs, so you can study at your own computer. Using video-streaming, you can sit back and watch the teachers showing you precisely how something is done, followed by your chance to practice - in an interactive lab. Every company that you look at must be pushed to demo samples of their training materials. You should hope for instructor-led videos and a variety of interactive modules.

You'll find that many companies will only provide training that is purely available online; while you can get away with this much of the time, consider how you'll deal with it if internet access is lost or you get slow speeds and down-time etc. It is usually safer to have DVD or CD discs which removes the issue entirely.

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