It can be a nerve-racking task, but landing your first computer related job is often made easier by some companies, via a Job Placement Assistance facility. The fact of the matter is it isn't so complicated as you might think to find the right work - as long as you're correctly trained and certified; the shortage of IT personnel in Britain looks after that.

However, what is relevant is to have help and assistance with preparing a CV and getting interviews though; and we'd encourage all students to get their CV updated right at the beginning of their training - don't delay for when you're ready to start work. It's not unusual to find that you'll secure your first role while still studying (occasionally right at the beginning). If your course details aren't on your CV (and it's not being looked at by employers) then you won't even be considered! Most often, a specialist independent regional recruitment consultancy (who will get paid by the employer when they've placed you) is going to give you a better service than a division of a training company. They should, of course, also know the local area and commercial needs.

Just be sure that you don't put hundreds of hours of effort into your studies, and then do nothing more and leave it up to everyone else to find you a job. Stand up for yourself and get on with the job. Invest the same resource into finding your new role as you did to gain the skills.

Don't put too much store, as a lot of students can, on the training course itself. Your training isn't about getting a plaque on your wall; this is about employment. Stay focused on what it is you want to achieve. You could be training for only a year and end up doing the job for 20 years. Don't make the mistake of opting for what may seem to be an 'interesting' training program only to waste your life away with something you don't even enjoy!

It's essential to keep your focus on where you want to get to, and build your study action-plan from that - avoid getting them back-to-front. Stay focused on the end-goal and begin studying for a career that will keep you happy for many years. You'd also need help from a professional who understands the sector you've chosen, and who can give you 'A typical day in the life of' synopsis for each job considered. All of these things are very important as you'll need to know whether or not you've chosen correctly.

A so-called advisor who doesn't dig around with lots of question - chances are they're really a salesperson. If they push a particular product before getting to know your background and current experience level, then it's definitely the case. Of course, if in the past you've acquired any qualifications that are related, then you will often be able to start at a different point than a trainee with no history to speak of. For those students beginning IT exams and training as a new venture, it's often a good idea to break yourself in gently, beginning with user-skills and software training first. This is often offered with most types of training.

Web developers are the most technically apt of all. Together with an understanding of HTML, 'XML' & 'CSS', web developers will know other respected programming languages such as VB, PHP, Java, C# & ASP.net for instance. A large number also have got a solid understanding of SQL, the Database language - since the information on most sizable modern web-sites is stored in this particular 'language'. In reality, it's unlikely that a large e-commerce web site has been put together in layout form by a bunch of web designers. More usually, following the creation of a place-holder template, the contents will be extracted from a database and dynamically inserted. So as well as much higher efficiency with the site construct, this process also provides for a more uniform look and 'feel' as well.

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