If you're looking for Cisco training and you're new to routers, what you need is CCNA. This training program has been put together to teach individuals who need a commercial knowledge of routers. Large companies that have various regional departments need routers to connect their various different networks of computers to keep in contact with each other. The Internet is also built up of hundreds of thousands of routers.

It's important to have an understanding of computer networks and how they operate and function, as networks are built with routers. Otherwise, you'll probably struggle. You might find training that also includes basic networking skills - perhaps Network+ and A+, before getting going with CCNA. Some providers offer this as a career track.

If routers are a new thing for you, then working up to and including the CCNA is more than enough - avoid being talked into doing a CCNP. Once you've worked for a few years, you can decide if CCNP is something you want to do.

Several companies will provide a useful Job Placement Assistance facility, designed to steer you into your first job. Having said that, occasionally too much is made of this feature, as it's really not that difficult for well qualified and focused men and women to land work in this industry - because there's a great need for well trained people.

Whatever you do, don't procrastinate and wait until you have finished your training before updating your CV. Right at the beginning of your training, list what you're working on and place it on jobsites! You may not have got to the stage where you've passed your first exam when you will get your initial junior support job; however this is not possible if interviewers don't get sight of your CV. If it's important to you to find work near your home, then it's quite likely that an independent and specialised local employment service might be more appropriate than a national service, as they're far more likely to know the local job scene.

A good number of students, it seems, invest a great deal of time on their training course (sometimes for years), and then just stop instead of looking for their first job. Sell yourself... Do your best to let employers know about you. Don't expect a job to just fall into your lap.

Authorised exam preparation packages are a must - and must be sought from your course provider. Avoid relying on non-official exam papers and questions. The way they're phrased is sometimes startlingly different - and this leads to huge confusion in the actual examination. 'Mock' or practice exams are very useful as a tool for logging knowledge into your brain - so much so, that at the proper exam, you won't be worried.

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