Network and computer support staff are ever more in demand in Great Britain, as businesses rely heavily on their technical advice and fixing and repairing abilities. Our country's need for more qualified personnel is enhanced, as we become ever more dependent on PC's in today's environment.

Coming across job security in the current climate is problematic. Businesses will throw us out of the workplace at a moment's notice - as long as it fits their needs. Now, we only experience security in a fast increasing marketplace, driven forward by work-skills shortages. It's this shortage that creates the right environment for a secure marketplace - a far better situation.

With the IT business for example, the most recent e-Skills study highlighted a skills gap throughout the United Kingdom of around 26 percent. Put directly, we can only fill 3 out of each four job positions in the computer industry. This alarming idea shows an urgent requirement for more technically trained computer professionals in the country. Undoubtedly, now, more than ever, really is a critical time for retraining into the computing industry.

We're often asked why traditional academic studies are less in demand than the more commercially accredited qualifications? The IT sector is of the opinion that to learn the appropriate commercial skills, the right accreditation from the likes of CISCO, Adobe, Microsoft and CompTIA most often has much more specialised relevance - saving time and money. The training is effectively done through concentrating on the skill-sets required (together with a proportionate degree of related knowledge,) instead of going into the heightened depths of background 'extras' that academic courses often do - to fill a three or four year course.

It's rather like the advert: 'It does what it says on the tin'. Companies need only to know what they need doing, and then request applicants with the correct exam numbers. They'll know then that all applicants can do what they need.

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