Almost exclusively, Adobe Dreamweaver is the first base for all web designers. It's most likely the most used web-development environment in the world. For commercial applications you should have an in-depth and thorough understanding of the whole Adobe Web Creative Suite. This will include (though it's not limited to) Action Script and Flash. Should you desire to become an Adobe Certified Professional or an Adobe Certified Expert you'll find these skills are vital.

Building the website is just the start of what's needed - to maintain content, create traffic, and work on dynamic sites that are database driven, you'll need to bolt on further programming skills, like PHP, HTML, and MySQL. A good web designer will additionally have a working knowledge of E-Commerce and SEO (Search Engine Optimisation).

Let's admit it: There really is absolutely no personal job security anymore; there's really only market and business security - as any company can remove anyone if it suits the company's business interests. We're able though to hit upon security at market-level, by looking for high demand areas, mixed with work-skill shortages.

The Information Technology (IT) skills shortfall across the country falls in at over twenty six percent, as noted by the 2006 e-Skills investigation. To put it another way, this clearly demonstrates that the country can only locate 3 certified professionals for each 4 positions existing currently. This single concept on its own highlights why the country requires a lot more trainees to enter the IT sector. We can't imagine if a better time or market conditions is ever likely to exist for getting trained into this swiftly emerging and evolving market.

Several companies will provide a useful Job Placement Assistance program, to help you into your first commercial role. With the growing need for more IT skills in this country right now, there's no need to place too much emphasis on this feature however. It isn't such a complex operation to secure employment as long as you're correctly trained and certified.

Advice and support about getting interviews and your CV may be available (if it isn't, consult one of our sites). Be sure to you bring your CV right up to date right away - not when you're ready to start work! Having the possibility of an interview is better than being rejected. Many junior positions are bagged by trainees in the early stages of their course. Generally, a local IT focused recruitment consultancy (who will get paid by the employer when they've placed you) is going to give you a better service than a centralised training company's service. It also stands to reason that they'll be familiar with the local industry and employment needs.

In a nutshell, if you put the same amount of effort into securing a position as into studying, you're not going to hit many challenges. A number of trainees bizarrely put hundreds of hours into their learning program and then call a halt once they've passed their exams and appear to be under the impression that jobs will come to them.

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