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If you’ve aspirations to be a professional web designer with the right credentials for today’s employment market, your must-have certification is Adobe Dreamweaver.

In order to take advantage of Dreamweaver commercially as a web designer, an in-depth and thorough understanding of the whole Adobe Web Creative Suite (which includes Flash and Action Script) is highly recommended. Having such skills means, you might lead on to becoming an Adobe Certified Expert or Adobe Certified Professional (ACE or ACP).

Knowing how to design the website is only the beginning. Driving traffic, maintaining content and knowledge of some programming essentials should come next. Consider courses that also contain modules to include these skills perhaps HTML, PHP and MySQL, in addition to SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) and E-Commerce skills.

Training support for students is an absolute must – locate a good company that provides 24×7 direct access, as anything less will not satisfy and will also put a damper on the speed you move through things.

Email support is too slow, and phone support is usually just a call-centre which will make some notes and then email an advisor – who will attempt to call you within 24-48 hrs, when it’s convenient to them. This is all next to useless if you’re stuck and can’t continue and only have certain times available in which to do your studies.

Top training companies utilise several support facilities active in different time-zones. Online access provides the interactive interface to link them all seamlessly, irrespective of the time you login, there is always help at hand, without any contact issues or hassle.

Always choose a company that is worth purchasing from. Only true live 24×7 support provides the necessary backup.

Any program that you’re going to undertake really needs to work up to a nationally (or globally) recognised certification at the end – and not a worthless ‘in-house’ plaque for your wall.

You’ll discover that only industry recognised certification from companies such as Microsoft, Adobe, Cisco and CompTIA will open the doors to employers.

Think about the points below and pay great regard to them if you’ve been persuaded that that old marketing ploy of a guarantee for your exam looks like a reason to buy:

You’re paying for it ultimately. It certainly isn’t free – they’ve just worked it into the package price.

It’s well known in the industry that when students fund each progressive exam, one after the other, they’ll be in a better position to pass every time – since they’re aware of their payment and their application will be greater.

Hold on to your money and pay for the exam at the time, and save having to find the money early. You also get more choice of where you do the examinations – so you can choose somewhere closer to home.

A lot of extra profit is made by a significant number of organisations who take the exam money up-front. A number of students don’t take them for various reasons but the company keeps the money. Amazingly, there are providers that rely on that fact – as that’s how they make a lot of their profit.

Don’t forget, in the majority of cases of ‘exam guarantees’ – you are not in control of when you are allowed to do a re-take. You will have to demonstrate an excellent pass-rate before they’ll approve a re-take.

Prometric and VUE exams are around 112 pounds in the UK. Why pay exorbitant fees for ‘exam guarantees’ (often covertly rolled into the cost of the course) – when a quality course, support and exam preparation systems and a dose of commitment and effort are what’s required.

The perhaps intimidating chore of landing your first role in IT can be eased by some companies, via a Job Placement Assistance service. The need for this feature can be bigged up out of proportion though – it’s easy for training companies to overstate it’s need. Ultimately, the massive skills shortage in the United Kingdom is the reason you’ll find a job.

Help and assistance with preparing a CV and getting interviews may be available (if not, see one of our sites for help). It’s essential that you bring your CV right up to date immediately – don’t wait until you’ve finished your exams!

You might not even have qualified when you land your first junior support job; although this isn’t going to happen unless your CV is with employers.

In many cases, a specialist locally based employment service (who will get paid commission to place you) will perform better than any division of a training company. In addition, they will no doubt be familiar with the local industry and employment needs.

Just be sure that you don’t conscientiously work through your course materials, and then just stop and leave it in the hands of the gods to sort out your employment. Stand up for yourself and make your own enquiries. Invest as much focus into landing a good job as you did to get trained.

Author: Scott Edwards. Visit Learn Graphic Design or CLICK HERE.

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