Just ten percent of adults in the United Kingdom are enjoying job satisfaction. Naturally most will take no action. The fact that you're reading this if nothing else suggests that you know it's time to make a change.

We'd strongly advise that in advance of taking a training course, you chat with an expert who knows the industry and can make recommendations. They can look at aspects of your personality and give you guidance on the right role for you:

* Are you hoping to be involved with others in the workplace? Would that be with a small 'tightly-knit' team or with many new people? Perhaps working alone on specific tasks would give you pleasure?

* Building and Banking are not coping well at the moment, so it's important to look very carefully at what sector would suit you best?

* Once your training has been completed, would you like your new abilities to see you to retirement age?

* Would you like your training course to be in an area where as far as you can see your chances of gainful employment are high up to the time you want to stop?

It's important that you consider Information Technology - it's well known that it's on the grow. IT isn't all techie people staring at computers every day - it's true there are those roles, but the majority of roles are done by ordinary men and women who do very well out of it.

Sometimes, people don't understand what information technology is doing for all of us. It is stimulating, innovative, and means you're working on technology affecting everyones lives in the 21st century. There are people who believe that the increase in technology that's been a familiar part of our recent lives is easing off. There is no truth in this at all. Terrific advances are ahead of us, and most especially the internet is going to dominate how we conduct our lives.

Wages in the IT sector aren't to be ignored also - the typical remuneration throughout Britain for a typical man or woman in IT is considerably more than in other market sectors. It's a good bet that you'll receive a much greater package than you'd expect to earn doing other work. Demand for professionally qualified and skilled IT workers is a fact of life for many years to come, thanks to the substantial growth in IT dependency in commerce and the very large shortage still in existence.

Many training companies have a handy Job Placement Assistance program, designed to steer you into your first job. Having said that, occasionally there is more emphasis than is necessary on this service, because it's really not that difficult for a well trained and motivated person to secure work in IT - as there is such a shortage of well trained people.

Having said that, it's important to have help with your CV and interview techniques though; additionally, we would recommend everybody to work on polishing up their CV as soon as training commences - don't wait until you've qualified. Many junior support jobs are offered to trainees who're still on their course and haven't got any qualifications yet. This will at the very least get you on your way. The most efficient companies to help you land that job are normally specialised and independent recruitment consultants. As they're keen to place you to receive their commission, they have more incentive to get on with it.

Many people, apparently, spend evenings and weekends on their training and studies (sometimes for years), only to do nothing special when trying to get their first job. Promote yourself... Do your best to let employers know about you. Don't think a job's just going to jump out in front of you.

One crafty way that colleges make more money is through up-front charges for exams then giving it 'Exam Guarantee' status. This looks like a great idea for the student, but let's just examine it more closely:

In this day and age, we're a bit more aware of hype - and most of us know that for sure we are actually being charged for it (it isn't free or out of the goodness of their hearts!) Evidence shows that when students fund each examination, one at a time, they will be much more likely to get through on the first attempt - as they'll think of what they've paid and their application will be greater.

Go for the best offer you can find when you're ready, and avoid college mark-up fees. You'll then be able to select where you take your exam - so you can find somewhere local. Why borrow the money or pay in advance (plus interest of course) on exams when you didn't need to? A great deal of money is made because training colleges are charging all their exam fees up-front - and then hoping that you won't take them all. Don't forget, with the majority of Exam Guarantees - the company decides when you can do your re-takes. Subsequent exam attempts are only authorised at the company's say so.

Spending hundreds or even thousands extra on 'Exam Guarantees' is naive - when hard work, commitment and the right preparation via exam simulations is what will get you through.

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