There are actually 2 different sectors in the A+ syllabus, and you're just required to achieve pass marks in each for competency in A+. Once on the CompTIA A+, you will develop an understanding of how to build and repair PC's and operate in antistatic conditions. Diagnostic techniques and fault finding are also on the syllabus, as is remote access. Were you to add Network+ to your A+ course, you'll additionally be equipped to assist with or manage networks of computers, allowing you to command a higher salary.

We're often asked why traditional academic studies are being overtaken by more commercially accredited qualifications? With a growing demand for specific technological expertise, the IT sector has been required to move to specific, honed-in training that can only come from the vendors - namely companies like CISCO, Adobe, Microsoft and CompTIA. This usually turns out to involve less time and financial outlay. Higher education courses, for example, often get bogged down in too much background study - and a syllabus that's too generalised. Students are then held back from understanding the specific essentials in enough depth.

When an employer knows what areas need to be serviced, then all it takes is an advert for the particular skill-set required. Syllabuses are set to exacting standards and do not vary between trainers (as academic syllabuses often do).

Getting into your first IT role is often made easier with the help of a Job Placement Assistance program. In reality it's not as difficult as you may be led to believe to get a job - once you're trained and certified; because there's still a great need for IT skills in the UK today.

Work on polishing up your CV right away however - look to your training company for advice on how to do this. Don't procrastinate and leave it till the exams have actually been passed. You may not have got to the stage where you've taken your exams when you'll secure your initial junior support job; however this can't and won't happen if interviewers don't get sight of your CV. The best services to help you find a job are generally independent and specialised local recruitment services. Because they make their money when they've found you a job, they have more incentive to get on with it.

Just ensure you don't invest a great deal of time on your training course, and then just stop and imagine someone else is miraculously going to find you a job. Stand up for yourself and start looking for yourself. Invest the same resource into getting the right position as you did to gain the skills.

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