subject: Pc Courses For Creative Web Design Examined [print this page] If you'd like to become a web designer with relevant qualifications for today's employment market, you should find training in Adobe Dreamweaver.
For professional applications you will require an in-depth and thorough understanding of the whole Adobe Web Creative Suite. This is including (though it's not limited to) Action Script and Flash. If you wish to become an ACP (Adobe Certified Professional) or an ACE (Adobe Certified Expert) you'll find these skills are vital.
In order to become a web designer of professional repute however, there's a lot more to learn. You will need to learn certain programming skills like HTML, PHP and database engines like MySQL. A practical knowledge of Search Engine Optimisation and E Commerce will also improve your CV and employability.
Being at the forefront of the leading edge of new technology is about as exciting as it can get. You become one of a team of people defining the world to come.
We're only just starting to scrape the surface of how technology will influence everything we do. Technology and the web will massively revolutionise the way we regard and interact with the entire world over the next few years.
The money in IT isn't to be sniffed at moreover - the typical remuneration across the UK for a typical man or woman in IT is much higher than the national average. Chances are you'll make a much greater package than you would in most other jobs.
There is a significant national need for professionally qualified IT workers. Also, as growth in the industry shows little sign of contracting, it appears there's going to be for years to come.
Trainees looking at this market often have a very practical outlook on work, and aren't really suited to the classroom environment, and endless reading of dry academic textbooks. If you're thinking this sounds like you, use multimedia, interactive learning, where everything is presented via full motion video.
Our ability to remember is increased with an involvement of all our senses - learning experts have been saying this for as long as we can remember.
The latest audio-visual interactive programs involving demonstration and virtual lab's will beat books every time. And you'll find them fun and interesting.
All companies should be able to show you samples of the materials provided for study. Make sure you encounter videos of instructor-led classes and a variety of interactive modules.
Pick physical media such as CD or DVD ROM's whenever you can. You're then protected from broadband outages, failure and signal quality issues etc.
Many training companies will provide a useful Job Placement Assistance service, to help you into your first commercial role. However sometimes this feature is bigged up too much, because it is actually not that hard for any motivated and trained individual to secure a job in this industry - as employers are keen to find appropriately qualified personnel.
Work on polishing up your CV right away however (advice and support for this should come from your course provider). Don't put it off for when you're ready to start work.
Various junior support roles are offered to trainees who are in the process of training and have still to get qualified. At least this will get you into the 'maybe' pile of CV's - rather than the 'No' pile.
You can usually expect better performance from a specialist independent regional employment service than you'll get from a training course provider's recruitment division, as they'll know local industry and the area better.
In a nutshell, if you put the same amount of effort into securing a position as into training, you won't find it too challenging. Some people inexplicably invest a great deal of time on their learning program and just give up once they've got certified and would appear to think that businesses will just discover them.
So, why might we choose commercial certification instead of familiar academic qualifications gained through schools and Further Education colleges?
As we require increasingly more effective technological know-how, the IT sector has moved to specific, honed-in training only available through the vendors themselves - that is companies like Microsoft, CISCO, Adobe and CompTIA. Often this saves time and money for the student.
Vendor training works through focusing on the actual skills required (together with an appropriate level of related knowledge,) rather than trawling through all the background non-specific minutiae that computer Science Degrees can often find themselves doing (because the syllabus is so wide).
It's a bit like the TV advert: 'It does what it says on the label'. Companies need only to know where they have gaps, and then match up the appropriate exam numbers as a requirement. That way they can be sure they're interviewing applicants who can do the job.
