There are two specialist areas of training in a full CompTIA A+ program; you're thought of as competent at A+ when you've passed the test for both of these areas. Passing the A+ exam in isolation will set you up to fix and repair stand-alone PC's and MAC's; ones that are most often not part of a network - essentially the domestic or small business sector. Should you want to work towards looking after computer networks, you should add CompTIA Network+ to the CompTIA A+ training you're doing. Including Network+ will enable you to apply for more interesting jobs. Other ones that might be interesting to you are the networking qualifications from Microsoft, i.e. MCP, MCSA MCSE.

Be on the lookout that any qualifications you're working towards will be recognised by employers and are the most recent versions. 'In-house' certificates are generally useless. The top IT companies such as Microsoft, Cisco, CompTIA or Adobe all have widely recognised proficiency courses. These heavyweights will make sure you're employable.

What is the reason why traditional degrees are less in demand than the more qualifications from the commercial sector? With 3 and 4 year academic degree costs climbing ever higher, together with the IT sector's growing opinion that vendor-based training is often far more commercially relevant, we've seen a dramatic increase in Adobe, Microsoft, CISCO and CompTIA accredited training routes that create knowledgeable employees for much less time and money. University courses, as a example, can often get caught up in a lot of background study - with much too broad a syllabus. Students are then held back from getting enough specific knowledge about the core essentials.

Assuming a company is aware what they're looking for, then they simply need to advertise for the exact skill-set required to meet that need. The syllabuses all have to conform to the same requirements and do not vary between trainers (as academic syllabuses often do).

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