Be alert that all qualifications you're working towards are commercially relevant and are current. 'In-house' certificates are generally useless. If your certification doesn't come from a conglomerate such as Microsoft, Cisco, CompTIA or Adobe, then chances are it will have been a waste of time - because no-one will recognise it.

There are a myriad of employment in Information Technology. Finding the particular one in this uncertainty is a mammoth decision. Therefore, if you have no experience in IT in the workplace, how can you expect to know what a particular IT employee actually does day-to-day? And of course decide on what training route would be most appropriate for a successful result. Achieving an informed resolution really only appears through a careful investigation of many changing key points:

- Personality plays a significant part - what gives you a 'kick', and what are the things that ruin your day.

- Why you want to consider stepping into IT - maybe you'd like to conquer a particular goal such as being your own boss for example.

- Any personal or home needs you have?

- Because there are so many areas to train for in IT - it's wise to achieve some background information on what makes them different.

- Taking a proper look at what commitment and time you'll make available.

Ultimately, your only chance of investigating all this is through a meeting with a professional who through years of experience will be able to guide you.

If there's any chance you'll be enrolling with a trainer who still provides workshops as a feature of their programme, then take note of these problems met by most trainees:

- Loads of travelling to and from the workshops - normally quite a distance away.

- Weekday only accessibility with events is the norm, and with 2-3 days to book off work, this causes a lot of problems for most working students.

- If we get 4 weeks holiday each year, giving half of them to training days leaves very little time for holidays.

- Training classes invariably get far too big.

- The pace of the class - workshops typically feature students of varying aptitude, so there is often tension between students that want a quicker pace to those who want to go a little slower.

- Count the cost of all the travelling, accommodation, parking and food and you'll be in for a big surprise. Attendees talk of increased costs ranging from hundreds to over a thousand pounds. Work it out - and see for yourself.

- You should never risk the possibility of getting side-stepped for advancement or income boosts just because you're retraining.

- We all feel awkward about asking questions in a room full of other attendees - who wants to look like they're the only one who doesn't get it?

- Usually, workshops frequently become basically unreachable, where you live away for days at a time.

Why not watch a video and gain knowledge from industry specialists one-on-one from filmed lessons, studying them at your convenience - not somebody else's. Study can happen anywhere that suits. If you've got a laptop, you could get some sunshine in your garden as you learn. If any problem raises its head then utilise the 24x7 Support. Simply re-watch and re-cover the study units as often as you feel you need to. There's also no need to jot down any notes as you'll have direct access to the instruction whenever you want to go back to it. Whilst this doesn't suddenly take away every problem, it unquestionably vastly reduces stress and simplifies things. You've also got less costs, hassle and travel.

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