5 Ways to Get the Training You Require

Here are 5 Tips on How to Get Trained

Changes in technology and the IT industry happen quickly, so you must keep up to date with new trends and developments as they emerge if you hope to remain at the forefront of the field.

Pursuing training on an ongoing basis also can help your job security. The employment market is not the only place where companies look for individuals with the most advanced abilities — your current employer also appreciates workers who make the effort to keep their skills sharp and can help the firm remain competitive.

Perhaps most important, training helps ensure you are always prepared for the next step in your career. Learning new skills can allow you to take on additional projects and more demanding — and rewarding — assignments with your current organization. If you decide to explore job opportunities outside your firm, possessing up-do-date skills will increase your marketability.

Here’s how you can secure the training you seek:

Be Proactive

Above all, it’s important to remember that you must take an active role when it comes to pursuing training opportunities. Rarely will others tell you exactly what type of professional development to pursue and how to go about doing it. Before exploring potential avenues for professional development, determine in which areas you need to strengthen your skill set. Are you struggling with .NET? Are you hoping to transition to a management position and want to develop your leadership abilities? Keep in mind that the type of training you seek should align with your current job or future career goals.

Explore Internal Resources

Next, find out what resources are available within your firm that would allow you to pursue your professional development goals. Even though many firms have cut back on training budgets during the downturn, don’t assume you have to go outside your company to find the support you need. In fact, 21 percent of CIOs polled by Robert Half Technology said they plan to offer more training and professional development for their staff this year. Are there seminars, training presentations or courses available through the organization’s intranet site, for example? Also remember that many businesses provide assistance to employees by offering tuition reimbursement, subsidized membership to professional organizations or the opportunity to attend industry conferences. Speak to your manager about the internal options.

Join the Brisbane IT Managers LinkedIn Group

“A FREE to attend event, RESTRICTED to members of the LinkedIn group, BIT Man (Brisbane IT Managers).

Membership to group is free: http://www.linkedin.com/groupRegistration?gid=138526
An open network forum with a topical opening presentation.
Networking with members of the Brisbane IT Management LinkedIn group with refreshments provided.

Invitation is open only to members of the group, and full details are available to group members on the group discussion board.
Group members must typically hold ICT related management positions, and be based in Brisbane, Australia.

Group link: http://www.linkedin.com/groupRegistration?gid=138526 “

ITTS Events - Windows 7 – Understanding the Tools & Techniques for Deployment and Management

Event Topic

Windows 7 – Understanding the Tools & Techniques for Deployment and Management

"Windows 7 has received an overwhelmingly positive response from IT management across the globe. Its uptake is gaining significant momentum due to its new and updated features, focus on performance improvements and greater stability.

So if you’re not already in the process of planning its deployment then undoubtedly you will be in the foreseeable future as it quickly becomes the default desktop Operating System within organisations.

During this session, Kyle Rosenthal, an accomplished Microsoft Certified Trainer, MVP and regular presenter at Microsoft events globally will discuss the new and improved Deployment methodologies that will ease the pain of an upgrade from either Windows XP or Vista.



He’ll show you the tools that Microsoft have produced to enable your deployment - no matter the size of your organisation.

This month whilst presenting at TechEd Europe, he managed the deployment of 250 windows desktops with an average of 400Gb of data and achieved this inside 2 days using these tools!

He’ll also discuss the management tools that are available to make the command, control and support of the newly deployed machines a breeze.

The presentation will include demonstrations of these tools so you can see exactly what it will mean when you deploy Windows 7 within your organisation.

Kyle is an accomplished Trainer and Consultant for Windows Client and Server. He has presented at multiple TechEd events and is regularly seen at Microsoft events around the world - most recently TechEd Europe. He has also been a senior Technical Readiness presenter for Microsoft Australia - presenting on Enterprise Deployment and Windows 7.

He has been awarded an MVP 2 years in a row for his work with the Windows Client ecosystem. He has been working with Windows Server 2008 for over 4 years and has written a number of the first look labs for use worldwide for the official Microsoft Windows launch events. He is also the owner of WindowsPCguy.net."

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