Does an MCSE appeal to you? If the answer's 'yes', there's a good chance that it's likely you'll come into one of two categories: You're currently an IT professional and you'd like to gain accreditation with the MCSE qualification. Alternatively you could be completely new to commercial IT, and your research tells you there's a huge demand for men and women who are commercially qualified.

During your research, you'll come across training providers that short-change you by not upgrading their courses to the current Microsoft version. Don't use these companies as it will create challenges for you when it comes to exams. If you're learning from an out-of-date syllabus, it will make it very difficult to pass. The focus of a training company must be centred on the most for their students, and the whole company should care about students needs. Career study isn't simply about qualifications - it should initially look at helping you work out the most valid way forward for you.

Frequently, the average IT hopeful doesn't have a clue where to start with the IT industry, let alone what market to focus their retraining program on. As without any commercial background in Information Technology, how could any of us know what a particular job actually consists of? Often, the key to unlocking this problem properly flows from a full discussion of a number of areas:

* Your personal interests and hobbies - these can show the things will provide a happy working life.

* Is it your desire to realise a specific aspiration - like working for yourself as quickly as possible?

* How highly do you rate salary - is an increase your main motivator, or do you place job satisfaction a little higher on your list of priorities?

* Because there are so many different sectors to gain certifications for in IT - you'll need to achieve some key facts on what sets them apart.

* Taking a proper look at how much time and effort you'll make available.

For the majority of us, considering these areas tends to require the help of an experienced pro who can explain things properly. Not only the certifications - but also the commercial needs and expectations besides.

The area most overlooked by potential students thinking about a course is the concept of 'training segmentation'. Essentially, this is how the program is broken down into parts for drop-shipping to you, which completely controls where you end up. Most companies will sell you a program spread over 1-3 years, and courier the materials in pieces as you get to the end of each exam. This sounds reasonable until you consider the following: What if you don't finish every section? And what if the order provided doesn't meet your requirements? Because of nothing that's your fault, you may not meet the required timescales and not receive all the modules you've paid for.

Ideally, you'd get ALL the training materials right at the beginning - giving you them all to come back to in the future - at any time you choose. This allows a variation in the order that you complete each objective if you find another route more intuitive.

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