If your dream is to become a great web designer qualified appropriately for today's employment market, your must-have certification is Adobe Dreamweaver. In order to take advantage of Dreamweaver commercially in web design, a full understanding of the full Adobe Web Creative Suite (which incorporates Flash and Action Script) is in our opinion essential. With this knowledge, you might lead on to becoming an Adobe Certified Professional (ACP) or an Adobe Certified Expert (ACE).

In order to become a web designer of professional repute however, you'll have to get more diverse knowledge. You'll be required to have knowledge of some programming essentials like HTML, PHP and database engines like MySQL. A good understanding of E-Commerce and Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) will also give you a distinct advantage in the marketplace.

A ridiculously large number of organisations are all about the certification, and forget what you actually need - which will always be getting the job or career you want. Always begin with where you want to get to - don't get hung-up on the training vehicle. Imagine training for just one year and then end up doing the actual job for 10-20 years. Avoid the mistake of taking what may be an 'interesting' training program and then spend decades in something you don't even enjoy!

Get to grips with how much you want to earn and whether you're an ambitious person or not. This can often control what qualifications you will need and what'll be expected of you in your new role. We'd recommend you take advice from a professional advisor before you begin some particular training path, so you can be sure that a program provides the skills for the job being sought.

Have a conversation with almost any knowledgeable consultant and they'll entertain you with many worrying experiences of salespeople ripping-off unsuspecting students. Only deal with an experienced industry advisor that asks lots of questions to discover the most appropriate thing for you - not for their paycheque! You need to find the right starting point of study for you. Remember, if you've got any previous certification, then it's not unreasonable to expect to pick-up at a different starting-point to someone new to the industry. For those students starting IT studies and exams for the first time, it can be helpful to break yourself in gently, beginning with a user-skills course first. This is often offered with most training packages.

A service provided by many trainers is a Job Placement Assistance program. This is designed to help you get your first commercial position. In reality it's not as difficult as you may be led to believe to land a job - once you're trained and certified; employers in this country need your skills.

Get your CV updated straight-away though - look to your training company for advice on how to do this. Don't procrastinate and leave it till the exams have actually been passed. Having the possibility of an interview is more than not being known. A decent number of junior jobs are got by trainees (who've only just left first base.) If you don't want to travel too far to work, then it's quite likely that a local IT focused recruitment consultancy could be more appropriate than a centralised service, due to the fact that they're far more likely to know what's available near you.

Do make sure you don't put hundreds of hours of effort into your studies, then call a halt and imagine someone else is miraculously going to land you a job. Stop procrastinating and get out there. Invest as much resource into getting your new role as you did to gain the skills.

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