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IT training companies in the UK usually fall into two separate categories:

The first are known as boot camps and require daily classroom attendance to cram a large amount of information into a short period of time.

The second type usually allow students up to two years to complete their training, with a combination of home study using manuals and discs, and in-centre classroom attendance to top up the gaps.

LearningLolly have introduced a third category of IT training, complementing closely the lifestyles and learning habits of adults today...

An IT Training Company Offering interactive training

We offer a full advice service prior to our trainees registering. Our goal is to ensure a good fit career-wise before any studying begins, helping with personality profiling and in-depth job descriptions where needed. Having established the dream job, we put together the necessary training program to get there.

Flexibility is the key to success with modern training. As most adult IT students are learning alongside a full time job, they need engaging, stimulating courses that can be fitted into their busy lives.

Courses from LearningLolly are delivered on interactive CD/DVD ROM'S, featuring full motion videos of instructors teaching as if one-to-one.

You'll receive detailed guidance and demonstrations, and in cutting-edge interactive labs you'll have your turn to practice, interacting with the software without it being installed into your PC. This means you can enjoy your learning experience anywhere you choose, at whatever time you choose.

Classroom attendance eats into precious holiday allowance, so our full career course IT training comes complete with round the clock mentor assistance. Anytime you hit upon a challenging bit that you just don't get, you can contact a team of world-class teachers who'll go through it with you until the penny drops. As they operate from four different time zones around the world, it doesn't matter if your mental block happens at four in the morning or eleven at night!

Practice makes perfect, so your training package contains Microsoft authorised exam simulations - a great way to test yourself and get an understanding of the way questions are asked, before taking your real exams.

Why risk just having a go at exams when you can enter them with confidence having measured up first?

At some point in your training, you'll have gained sufficient skills to enter the job market. IT professionals are in great demand in many areas, and we include a job assistance package with all of our senior career courses.

Add that to our unbeatable prices, and you won't find any other IT training comparable to LearningLolly. Click for our FREE Info Pack.

Frankly Speaking... thoughts for the day!

Interviews: It Ain't What You Say - It's The Way That You Say It... Part 2

Leave It Out!

Don't cross your arms in front of your chest. Unless it's so cold you're just trying to keep body and soul together, this is a very defensive posture. If you must cross your legs, point the top leg towards the recruiter.

We all know that kids mess with their face, cover their mouth or play with their hair when they tell their mum porkies. Adolescents look down and mumble or give one word answers. But awkward adults do exactly the same, maybe fiddling with jewellery as well. You don't need to be a rocket scientist to work out that these traits should be avoided at all costs in the interview room.

Don't get flustered if you're asked a difficult question. Sometimes there are no right or wrong answers, but the interviewer just throws in a curved ball to see how you cope. It's more important to show you can think on your feet than come out with stock answers. They're looking primarily for your skills, but companies want to employ relatable people, so a bit of humour doesn't go amiss.

The middle of an interview is not the best time to get a call from your mate, so always switch your mobile off before you go in. (If you think you might forget, set the alarm to go off fifteen minutes before your appointment time - to remind yourself to turn it off.)

Interrupting and/or correcting your interviewer never helps the conversation to flow. Listen carefully to what they're saying before you jump in at the deep end, and respond at steady pace, not a high pitched sprint.

Don't be tempted to rock in your seat. You're not in your mum's arms now, and your would-be boss won't appreciate it if you break the back legs off his chair.

Bring It On!

Smile frequently. We're not suggesting a manic, Cheshire cat, "I'm your best mate" gush, but let your interviewer see there's a friendly, relatable human being sitting in your seat.

Keep good eye contact, and include everyone if there's a panel. This doesn't mean scary staring with hardly a blink, but 3 - 5 seconds in one position, maybe a slight movement, then back to the eyes again (or nose if you just can't handle the eyeballing all the time.) Always look at the other person as you finish your sentence.

Be calm and keep your hands in your lap. Not only will this stop you from fiddling with jewellery or parts of your anatomy, but it will also avoid any wild, extravagant hand gestures that might inappropriately seem a good idea at the time.

It's important to be yourself (at least, the most relatable version of yourself!) but a handy little rapport- building tip is to gently mirror the recruiter's posture and movements. Don't over-do this though, or you'll look like you're auditioning for a boy band routine.

...The most important fact at interview is that you've committed to obtaining good skills and qualifications, and you have a lot to offer. Picking up a few of these tips will help you get that message across, and might just be the difference between you and the next guy or girl.

You can read the whole article at http://www.learninglolly.com/Advice_Interviews_Good_Communication.html