Nice One! Hitting upon this feature means you're likely to be wondering about where you're going, and if it's re-training you're considering that means you've taken it further than most. It's a frightening thought that hardly any of us are fulfilled in our working life - yet the vast majority of us will do absolutely nothing about it. We encourage you to liberate yourself and make a start - those who do hardly ever regret it.

It's in your interests that in advance of taking any individual training program, you discuss your plans with a person who can see the bigger picture and can point you in the right direction. Such a person will go through personality profiling with you and help you find your ideal job to train for:

* Would you like lots of contact with people? If so, do you like working with the same people or is meeting new people important to you? Alternatively, do you like to deal with your responsibilities alone?

* What do you need from the industry your job is in? - We all know that things have changed, look at building and banking for instance.

* Once you've trained, how many years work do anticipate working, and will the industry give you the confidence that will happen?

* Do you have niggles about your chances of new employment opportunities, and staying employable until you plan to retire?

We would strongly recommend that you consider IT - it's no secret that it's developing all the time. IT isn't all techie people staring at computers constantly - of course there are those roles, but the majority of roles are carried out by ordinary people who get on very well.

A service provided by many trainers is a Job Placement Assistance program. It's intention is to help you find your first job in the industry. The honest truth is that it's not as difficult as you may be led to believe to get your first job - assuming you're well trained and qualified; the growing UK skills shortage sees to that.

You would ideally have advice and support about your CV and interviews though; and we'd recommend any student to get their CV updated as soon as training commences - don't wait till you've finished your exams. Various junior support roles are offered to people who are in the process of training and have yet to take their exams. At least this will get your CV into the 'possible' pile and not the 'no' pile. Normally you'll get better performance from a specialised and independent local recruitment service than you will through a course provider's centralised service, because they will understand the local industry and employment needs.

A good number of men and women, apparently, put a great deal of effort into their studies (sometimes for years), only to give up at the first hurdle when finding a good job. Introduce yourself... Do everything you can to get in front of employers. Good jobs don't just knock on your door.

There is no way of over emphasising this: You have to get round-the-clock 24x7 instructor support. You'll definitely experience problems if you don't adhere to this. Locate training schools with help available at any time you choose (no matter if it's in the middle of the night on a weekend!) You'll need direct-access to qualified mentors and tutors, and not a call-centre that will take messages so you're consistently being held in a queue for a call-back at a convenient time for them.

World-class organisations opt for an internet-based 24 hours-a-day facility pulling in several support offices from around the world. You will have an easy to use interface which seamlessly selects the best facility available irrespective of the time of day: Support on demand. You can't afford to accept a lower level of service. Support round-the-clock is the only viable option with computer-based learning. Maybe late-evening study is not your thing; but for most of us, we're working at the time when most support is available.

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