Written on June 11th, 2010 by Jason Kendallno shouts
Training for your CompTIA A+ covers 4 different sectors – you’ll have to qualify in 2 specialities to reach the level of competent in A+. Because of this, most colleges only offer two of the 4 sectors. To us, this will under prepare you – yes you’ll have qualified, but experience of all four will give you a distinct advantage in your working life, where knowledge of all four will be necessary. That’s why we believe you should train in the whole course.
Passing the A+ exam without additional courses will mean that you’re able to mend and maintain stand alone Macs, computers and laptops; ones that are most often not part of a network – which is for the most part the home market.
Should you decide to add Network+ to your A+ course, you’ll also have the ability to assist with or manage networks of computers, which means you’ll be able to expect a better remuneration package.
An advisor that doesn’t question you thoroughly – the likelihood is they’re just trying to sell you something. If they’re pushing towards a particular product before learning about your history and current experience level, then you know you’re being sold to.
If you’ve got any work-based experience or qualifications, your starting-point of learning is now at a different level to a new student.
Starting with a user skills module first can be the best way to get into your computer programme, but depends on your skill level.
A fatal Faux-Pas that potential students often succumb to is to concentrate on the course itself, and not focus on the desired end-result. Schools have thousands of students who took a course because it seemed fun – instead of the program that would surely get them the job they want.
It’s an awful thing, but a large percentage of students start out on programs that sound great from the sales literature, but which gets us a career that is of no interest. Speak to a selection of university graduates for examples.
It’s well worth a long chat to see what industry will expect from you. Which particular exams they will want you to have and how you’ll build your experience level. It’s definitely worth spending time setting guidelines as to how far you wish to go as often it can affect your choice of qualifications.
Our recommendation would be to look for advice and guidance from a skilled advisor before settling on a particular study course, so there’s little doubt that the specific package will give the skills for the job being sought.
Any program that you’re going to undertake should always lead to a properly recognised exam as an end-goal – and not some unimportant ‘in-house’ plaque for your wall.
The top IT companies such as Microsoft, Adobe, CompTIA or Cisco each have widely renowned proficiency programs. These heavyweights will make sure you’re employable.
Looking around, we find a plethora of jobs and positions available in IT. Finding the particular one in this uncertainty can be very difficult.
As without any commercial background in IT, how could any of us be expected to understand what someone in a particular job does?
Getting to a well-informed resolution really only appears through a meticulous investigation covering many different areas:
* Personalities play a significant part – what gives you a ‘kick’, and what tasks get you down.
* Is your focus to re-train due to a particular reason – for example, do you aim to work based at home (working for yourself?)?
* Your earning requirements that are important to you?
* Getting to grips with what typical Information technology areas and sectors are – including what sets them apart.
* How much time you’re prepared to commit your training.
At the end of the day, the most intelligent way of investigating all this is via an in-depth discussion with someone who knows the industry well enough to lead you to the correct decision.
One of the core initiatives of the new Obama administration is to implement changes that will both provide for energy independence for our country while trying to do it in a manner which is the least harmful to the environment.
Barack Obama, Jan 2009…
“We’ll create nearly half a million jobs by investing in clean energy – by committing to double the production of alternative energy in the next three years, and by modernizing more than 75% of federal buildings and improving the energy efficiency of two million American homes. These made-in-America jobs building solar panels and wind turbines, developing fuel-efficient cars and new energy technologies pay well, and they can’t be outsourced.” The $43 B that is to be allocated to “green collar” jobs is projected to be spent over a 10 year period.
Improving our energy independence is crucial to the type of change we need. Think of it, when we as a country do well, the rest of the world does well economically, which in turn drives up energy costs because we are all competing for those resources, which then means that our economy starts to suffer because we have to import much of that expensive energy. Energy prices come down when our economy is suffering along with the rest of the world. It’s a catch 22 situation. The only way to break this cycle is to make more of our own energy, and be more energy efficient. Accomplishing this going forward will create huge numbers of jobs in many diciplines.
In fact, the energy stimulus initiative would provide $11 Billion to modernize the U.S. electrical grid system, $8 Billion for renewable energy project loans, and $2 Billion more for research into research for vehicle batteries. More electric and hybrid electric vehicles are coming. Many of them will need to be charged at night, thus requiring a more robust electrical grid. In addition the push towards utilizing wind power to generate more of our electrical needs will require the installation of more transmission lines from those areas where wind power generators are most efficient.
Some of these types of “green collar jobs” will be power grid managers, mechanical engineers, electricians and electrical engineers, biofuels chemists, carpenters, operations managers, production supervisors, sales and marketing, green analysts, green retrofitters, and many, many more jobs.
It was noted in the most recent report on the Obama stimulus plan that the occupation-weighted average wage in green energy jobs is currently about 20% above the national average.
Anyone wanting to really ride a career wave that we absolutely have to have as a nation should seriously consider this segment of the job market. While some of the careers will require more lengthy training, some of the others requiring less career training such as for green analysts and retrofitters should be able to be obtained from local colleges. So, get on the right track with the right education to get a piece of this growing career market. Also, to get help with the cost of education in your new career look at what Federal and State monies and government grants may be available.
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As Barack Obama has stated, he intends to push for health care modernization as one of his key initiatives with $59 Billion allocated towards the health care part of the stimulus plan. This means improving the quality of care while lowering its cost. In order to do this all of our medical records will need to be computerized which will result in faster and more accurate processing of data thus greatly reducing preventable medical errors, eliminating red tape, and cutting waste.
There may also be subsidies to help train more nurses and physician assistants to address both a current shortage and a pending greater shortage in this industry. Both registered nurses and physician assistants will be taking on more of the load from doctors as part of this health care reform. These positions do pay rather well (sometimes over $110K annually), but it is a less expensive alternative to provide quality affordable health care than having many jobs fall solely on higher paid doctors. Becoming an RN takes about 2 years of education, sometimes at community colleges, often with education costs covered by the state government, plus many training programs will have a job waiting for you once you graduate.
Also needed to manage all this increasing health care business are health care administrators. Like nursing, health care administration training and education can be covered by the state government.
It is also likely that there will be new spending to expand health care coverage lost from employers as well as subsidization of states’ share of Medicaid and children’s health programs, so look for jobs in professions that support these areas.
Other than nurses, some of the other types of jobs to be created by this initiative are Information Technology and IT security specialists, IT managers, Bioinfomatics specialists, Software developers, and employees to handle all the data entry and maintenance. Data entry positions training can be obtained at local colleges and may even have state government subsidies, so be sure to research government grants to see how you can benefit.
Not only do we now have a president that is going to push hard for health care reforms but we also have the baby boomers getting to the age where more health care will be needed by an increasing percentage of our population. Employment in these fields are sure to pay well and be in good demand for years to come, recession or not, so get on the right track with the right education and get your piece of this recession proof area of employment.
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