Congratulate yourself that you're on the right track! Only one in ten folks enjoy their work and find it stimulating, but a huge number simply moan about it and take no action. As you've reached this page we can guess that you're finding out about training, so even now you're ahead of the game. Now you just need to get busy to find your direction.

On the subject of training, it's vital that you first make a list of what you want and don't want from the position you're hoping to qualify for. You need to know that things would be a lot better before you put a lot of energy into re-directing your life. So much better to look at the end goal first, to avoid disappointment:

* Is having company at work important to you? Is it meeting new people or being part of a team? Maybe you like to deal with tasks that you deal with by yourself?

* The building trade and the banking industry are not coping well right now, so which sector would suit you best?

* Once you've qualified, would you like your skills to serve you till you retire?

* Do you want the course you're re-training in to be in an area where you believe your chances of gainful employment are high until your pension kicks in?

It would be an idea for you to find out more about the IT sector - there are more jobs than workers to do them, because it's one of the few choices of career where the sector is growing. Contrary to the opinions of certain people, IT is not full of nerdy individuals lost in their PC's the whole day (though those jobs exist.) The majority of jobs are taken by people like you and me who enjoy better than average salaries.

Be on the lookout that any accreditations that you're considering will be commercially viable and are current. 'In-house' exams and the certificates they come with are generally useless. You'll discover that only industry recognised accreditation from the major players like Microsoft, CompTIA, Cisco and Adobe will mean anything to employers.

A skilled and specialised consultant (as opposed to a salesman) will cover in some detail your current situation. This is vital for calculating your study start-point. With a little commercial experience or qualifications, your starting-point of learning is now at a different level to a new student. Where this will be your first attempt at IT study then you might also want to cut your teeth on a user-skills course first.

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