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Should you be aspiring to become Cisco accredited, and you’re new to working with switches and routers, we’d recommend taking the CCNA training. This teaches you the knowledge you need to understand routers. The world wide web is built up of many routers, and large companies with various different locations also rely on them to allow their networks of computers to communicate.
The sort of jobs available with this type of knowledge mean it’s likely you’ll end up working for large commercial ventures who have many locations but need to keep in touch. Or, you may move on to joining an internet service provider. These jobs are well paid and in demand.
We’d recommend a bespoke training program that will take you through a specific training path before starting your Cisco CCNA course skills.
How the program is actually delivered to you can often be overlooked. How is the courseware broken down? What is the specific order and at what speed is it delivered?
Many companies enrol you into a program spread over 1-3 years, and send out each piece as you get to the end of each exam. Sounds reasonable? Well consider these facts:
It’s not unusual for trainees to realise that their providers ’standard’ path of training is not what they would prefer. It’s often the case that a different order of study is more expedient. Perhaps you don’t make it in the allotted time?
Put simply, the best solution is to have a copy of their prescribed order of study, but to receive all the materials up-front. Everything is then in your possession in the event you don’t complete everything inside of their required time-scales.
Adding in the cost of examination fees as an inclusive element of the package price and offering an ‘Exam Guarantee’ is popular with many training course providers. But look at the facts:
They’ve allowed costings for it ultimately. One thing’s for sure - it isn’t free - it’s just been rolled into the price of the whole package.
It’s well known in the industry that when trainees fund each progressive exam, at the time of taking them, the chances are they’re going to pass first time - since they are conscious of the cost and will therefore apply themselves appropriately.
Sit the exam as locally as possible and hold on to your money and pay for the exam when you take it.
Buying a course that includes payments for exams (and interest charges if you’re borrowing money) is a false economy. Resist being talked into filling the training company’s account with your hard-earned cash just to give them a good cash-flow! A lot bank on the fact that you will never make it to exams - so they get to keep the extra funds.
Pay heed to the fact that, with most ‘Exam Guarantees’ - they control when and how often you can do your re-takes. You’ll have to prove conclusively that you can pass before they’ll pay for another exam.
Prometric and VUE exams are approximately 112 pounds in Great Britain. Why pay exorbitant charges for ‘Exam Guarantees’ (often hidden in the cost) - when a quality course, support and study, commitment and preparing with good quality mock and practice exams is what will really guarantee success.
Be on the lookout that any exams that you’re considering are recognised by industry and are current. The ‘in-house’ certifications provided by many companies are often meaningless.
Unless your qualification is issued by a big-hitter like Microsoft, Adobe, CompTIA or Cisco, then chances are it won’t be commercially viable - as no-one will have heard of it.
Being at the forefront of revolutionary new technology really is electrifying. You personally play your part in impacting progress around the world.
Computer technology and connections via the internet will spectacularly affect the direction of our lives over future years; overwhelmingly so.
Incomes in IT are not a problem either - the income on average in the UK for an average IT employee is much better than in the rest of the economy. Odds are you’ll make a whole lot more than you would in most other jobs.
The search for properly certified IT professionals is assured for many years to come, due to the continuous increase in the technology industry and the vast shortage that remains.
(C) Jason Kendall. Navigate to LearningLolly.com for smart career tips on Cisco Certification Courses and Cisco Training Courses.