You should feel pleased that you're on the right track! A fraction of the population claim contentment with their job, but the majority complain to each other and do nothing. The fact that you're here means we can guess that you're at least considering retraining, so even now you're ahead of the game. Now you just need to discover where you want to go and get going.

Before embarking on a course, look for some advice - find someone who knows the industry; someone who'll give you career advice based on what works best for you, and then show you the career tracks which will get you there:

* Do you operate better working alone or is being part of a team vital for your sanity?

* What do you need from the industry your job is in? (Things do change - look at the building trade, or banks for example.)

* And how many years do you want to get out of your retraining, and can the industry you choose offer you the chance to do that?

* Is it important for your study to be in an industry where you believe your chances of gainful employment are high until your pension kicks in?

When listing your options, it's relevant that your number one choice is the IT industry - everyone knows that it's on the grow. It's not all nerdy people lost in their computer screens all day - it's true some IT jobs demand that, but most jobs are done by people like you and me who do very well out of it.

Often, trainers provide piles of reference manuals and workbooks. It's not a very interesting way to learn and isn't the best way to go about taking things in. Long-term memory is enhanced with an involvement of all our senses - educational experts have expounded on this for as long as we can remember.

Interactive full motion video with demonstrations and practice sessions beat books hands-down. And they're a lot more fun to do. All companies must be pushed to demo samples of their courseware. You're looking for evidence of tutorial videos and demonstrations and a wide selection of interactive elements.

It's unwise to select online only courseware. With highly variable reliability and quality from your average broadband company, make sure you get physical media such as CD or DVD ROM's.

Sometimes, people don't understand what IT can do for us. It is electrifying, revolutionary, and means you're doing your bit in the gigantic wave of technology that will change our world over the next few decades. We've only just begun to see just how technology is going to shape our lives. Technology and the web will massively revolutionise the way we regard and interact with the rest of the world over the next few years.

A typical IT worker in the UK has been shown to earn significantly more money than his or her counterpart in much of the rest of the economy. Mean average incomes are some of the best to be had nationwide. The requirement for properly certified IT professionals is certain for a good while yet, because of the substantial growth in this sector and the very large shortage that we still have.

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