IT trainer : Employers and vacancy sources

The use of IT is widespread and consequently there is a strong demand across all industries and environments for IT trainers with diverse levels of knowledge and experience. Typical employers include:

• universities, colleges and other academic establishments - where the learners are students and staff;
• training providers - offering a range of training to their clients;
• learning technology providers - training on the deployment of their technologies;
• IT providers - offering training on their products and services;
• public and private sector users of IT.

Within the IT industry, potential employers can be categorised as:

• full-service companies (e.g. IBM, HP);
• software providers (e.g. Microsoft, Oracle);
• communications providers (e.g. BT, Orange);
• applications providers (e.g. SAP, Northgate);
• outsourced services (e.g. CSC, HP Enterprise Services);
• resourcing providers (e.g. Computer People);
• system integrators (e.g. Fujitsu, Computacenter);
• consultancies (e.g. Atos Origin, Logica);
• thought leaders (e.g. Deloitte, Accenture).

End-user organisations, companies for whom IT is not the prime business, generally employ trainers to ensure effective deployment of new technologies or the effective use of learning technologies.

Self-employment as a freelance trainer is an option for those with experience. This involves working either alone or in association with one of the trainer resourcing organisations.

Sources of vacancies

• Computing.co.uk  
• Computer Weekly   
• CWJobs  
• BCSrecruit  
• The IT Job Board  
• Learning & Performance Institute (LPI)  
• Technojobs  
• National press, e.g. Guardian Jobs , The Times Jobs  and Independent Jobs  
• Careers service vacancy lists.
• Local press.

Recruitment agencies commonly handle vacancies. For contact details of member agencies search the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC)  consultancy finder.

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