Well done! Reading this subject matter suggests you're contemplating your career, and if it's re-training you're considering that means you've taken it further than almost everybody else. Did you know that hardly any of us describe ourselves as satisfied and happy at work - yet most will do absolutely nothing about it. Why don't you be different and do something - you have the rest of your life to enjoy it.

We recommend you seek advice first - talk to a knowledgeable person; someone who'll give you career advice based on what works best for you, and work out what courses which are appropriate for you:

* Do you like working on your own or do you find company is an important option?

* Do you have a preference which industry you choose to work in? (With the economic downturn, it's vital to choose well.)

* Is this the last time you envisage re-training, and if so, do you believe this career choice will offer that choice?

* Do you have niggles with regard to the chance of finding new employment, and being gainfully employed all the way until retirement?

Consider Information Technology, that's our best advice - you'll find it's one of the only growing market sectors throughout Europe. In addition, salaries and benefits exceed most other industries.

A lot of people think that the tech college or university route is the right way even now. So why are commercially accredited qualifications beginning to overtake it? Industry now recognises that to learn the appropriate commercial skills, certified accreditation from such organisations as CISCO, Adobe, Microsoft and CompTIA is far more effective and specialised - for much less time and money. The training is effectively done through honing in on the skills that are really needed (together with an appropriate level of associated knowledge,) instead of trawling through all the background non-specific minutiae that degrees in computing are prone to get tied up in - to pad out the syllabus.

Put yourself in the employer's position - and you required somebody who had very specific skills. What is easier: Pore through reams of different degrees and college qualifications from hopeful applicants, having to ask what each has covered and which workplace skills they've mastered, or choose particular accreditations that perfectly fit your needs, and make your short-list from that. The interview is then more about the person and how they'll fit in - instead of long discussions on technical suitability.

Looking around, we find a myriad of work available in the IT industry. Picking the right one in this uncertainty can be very difficult. After all, if you have no background in the IT market, how could you possibly know what a particular IT employee spends their day doing? And of course decide on what training route will be most suitable for a successful result. Generally, the way to deal with this problem correctly stems from an in-depth conversation around a variety of topics:

* Personality factors plus what interests you - what kind of work-related things you love or hate.

* What sort of time-frame do you want for your training?

* Where do you stand on salary vs job satisfaction?

* Learning what the normal job types and markets are - and what makes them different.

* The time and energy you're prepared to set aside for getting qualified.

To cut through all the jargon and confusion, and find the most viable option for your success, have an informal chat with an experienced professional; someone who will cover the commercial realities and truth and of course the accreditations.

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