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I am a 40 year old, who was recently made redundant from an office administration job, which I held for the last 15 years. This is the only type of office work experience I have. I am now thinking of studying for some I.T qualifications. I recently did a search on the internet for any I.T training providers based in the West Midlands, England, and the list seems to be endless. How do I find out which are the 'good' training providers, and which are 'not so good'? What things do I need to look for? What about the fees for training ? Would course fees be the same for all training providers who train in a specific skill (say SQL)?

After spending time and money on training, how can I be sure that I will get a job at the end of it all? Finally, I am a bit reluctant to start any I.T course because I see it as a bit of a gamble - spending time & money on learning the course, but no guaranteee of a job at the end of the day.

Please advice.

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RE: Studying for an I.T qualification?
Contact your local college and see if they have any IT NVQs. I have done 2 NVQs as a Full Time Student and I spent 4 days in the classroom and 1 day on a placement. In the college holidays the company I was doing the placement asked me to go in every day and do some extra work for them.
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RE: Studying for an I.T qualification?
First of all, go through the careers pages in the newspaper or the internet. Decide which jobs sound interesting and see what skills you need for them. Then decide what the best way to gain those skills is. What order should you study them, can you study them all with one institute or would it be more constructive (from a future contacts and networking point of view) to study in several places. One class of 12 gives you eleven contacts, 3 classes gets you 33. How are you going to fund the classes? Are the classes compatible with claiming Job Seeker's Allowance (no-one likes to - well no one worth mentioning - but it can be helpful). Talk to your local Job Centre for their advice, there may be funded courses you can take. Talk to the local companies you would like to work for to make sure you are getting the qualifications they would find useful. See if they have a sponsorship programme, that would help with funding and getting a job at the end of it. Training is always a gamble, but you can reduce the odds a bit. All companies are more impressed with candidates who have taken the opportunity to train when they are 'time rich' than sat on their arses claiming benefits.
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