A very small number of men and women in Great Britain are enjoying job satisfaction. Inevitably, huge numbers will take no action. The fact that you're reading this at a minimum tells us that you know it's time to make a change.

Before we even think about individual training courses, find an expert who can help you sort out what to look for. Someone who has the ability to get to know your personality, and discover what job role you'll be most comfortable with:

* Do you operate better working alone or perhaps being around others is an important option?

* Building and Banking are struggling right now, so think carefully about the sector that would give you the most options?

* Once your training has been completed, would you like your skills to get you jobs for the rest of your working life?

* Do you think being qualified will give you the chance to find the work you're looking for, and be gainfully employed until you wish to retire?

Prioritise the IT industry, that's our best advice - unusually, it's one of the growth areas in the UK and Europe. Salaries are also more generous than most.

You have to make sure that all your accreditations are current and commercially required - don't bother with programs that lead to in-house certificates. All the major IT organisations like Microsoft, Cisco, Adobe or CompTIA all have nationally acknowledged proficiency courses. These heavyweights will make your CV stand-out.

Some training providers will provide a useful Job Placement Assistance service, to help you into your first commercial role. Because of the massive shortage of skills in Great Britain today, it's not too important to get too caught up in this feature though. It's actually not as hard as some people make out to get a job as long as you've got the necessary skills and qualifications.

Nevertheless, avoid waiting until you have finished your training before polishing up your CV. The day you start training, mark down what you're doing and get promoting! It's not unusual to find that you will get your initial job while still studying (even in the early stages). 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! If it's important to you to find work near your home, then you'll probably find that a specialist independent regional recruitment consultant or service can generally serve you better than a centralised service, due to the fact that they're far more likely to have insider knowledge of local employment needs.

Please be sure that you don't conscientiously work through your course materials, just to give up and leave it up to everyone else to sort out your employment. Stand up for yourself and start looking for yourself. Put as much energy and enthusiasm into getting a good job as you did to get trained.

Wouldn't it be great to know for sure that our jobs will always be safe and our work futures are protected, but the likely scenario for most sectors around the UK currently seems to be that there is no security anymore. Of course, a sector experiencing fast growth, where there just aren't enough staff to go round (through a massive shortage of commercially certified staff), provides a market for real job security.

Reviewing the IT market, the 2006 e-Skills analysis showed a twenty six percent shortfall of skilled workers. To put it another way, this means that Great Britain can only locate 3 trained people for every four jobs that are available today. This fundamental certainty shows the urgent need for more properly trained computer professionals in the UK. It would be hard to imagine if a better time or market settings could exist for acquiring training in this quickly increasing and developing sector.

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