Career Development Package

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"Quality is not an act, It is a habit."

“FireLily Academy has revoluonised IT training forever!”

Who we areFireLily Academy is an IT training company that focuses on helping our candidates find the right career rather than just an easy to obtain job role.

What we doWe specialise in helping individuals get back into work or people on low income looking to improve their earning potenal and career prospects.

Our Our ethosBy looking at the candidate as a whole, we are making a beer class of IT professional that is able to add more value in the marketplace and significantly improve their earning potenal.

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We offer training courses from the most in-demand vendors in the industry such as:

Cisco | Microso | VMware | CompTIA | HP |DELL | ITIL

We deliver our training through a blended model which includes online video training and class-room led courses.

The video training is available via our Learning Management System 24 hours a day and 7 days a week.

Our classroom based training will be delivered as outlined in your career development schedule. Your schedule will be created at the be-ginning of our engagement with us.

We have an on-premise exam centre which enables our candidates to cerfy themselves in a comfortable and familiar environment.

We offer real-world experience via our state-of-the-art helpdesk and training ffacility which gives you the confidence that you will be proficient once we get you on the right career path.

Technical

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CompTIA

This is typically the foundaon to any IT engineer’s career, with the A+ covering the fundamentals of the operang system and hardware. Moving on to Network+ will give you a great grounding in networking.

Cisco

CCNA CCNA takes on from network+ and gives a much more in depth understanding of roung and switching.

CCNP if you are looking to take your career down the networking route then Cisco is sll the best route to go.

CCIE for the brave amongst you, the CCIE is sll a valuable cerficerficaon to achieve but the market has changed slightly and you are unlikely to get the 6 figure salaries you once could.

VMWare

VCP is a great cerficaon to get once you have a grounding in a number of other areas, this can add real value to your CV and earning potenal.

MicMicroso

Probably the most frequently aended courses because of how popular Microso products are in the market place. Don’t confuse popular with lucrave though as these courses rarely lead to big salaries on their own.MicMicroso SQL, Exchange, Acve Directory and System Center are the ones to focus on to get you the best earning potenal in the market.

Citrix

CCA in the Citrix cerfiCCA in the Citrix cerficaon to get and Citrix is sll a popular technology in the market, parcularly for contracng. You will need a thorough knowledge of the server stack and remote desktop services, AD and group policy to really make the most of this course though.

"Many of life's failures are people who did not realise how close they were to success when they gave up”

Thomas Edison

Our technical courses that can be included as part of your career development plan are as follows:

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Telephone and in-person interview techniques and coaching

CerfiCerficaons may get you an interview, but how you handle yourself within the interview will determine whether you get the job. We provide thorough and regular coaching on interview techniques that cover telephone and in-person interviews.

The old adage that pracce makes perfect is true in almost every area of life and interviews are no dino different.

Real world experience on our class leading helpdesk

One of the most valuable parts of a person is the real world experience that they can bring to a company. It can be a catch 22’ situaon where you need a job to be able to gain experience and you need experience to get the job.

WWe try our best to give you as much real world experience as possible via our state of the art helpdesk environment and realisc hands on lab environment.

Interpersonal skills coaching

An oen-overlooked aspect in IT but arguably the most important is interpersonal skills. This includes This includes team working skills, conflict resoluon and stakeholder interacon.

Negoaon skills coaching

Once you get a job offer, how do you secure the best possible salary and package without top-notch negoaon skills? We provide you with the tools you need to be able to secure the best package possible.

Business Business commercial awareness training

The beThe best way to achieve your goals within a company is to first understand how it works, what the pain points are of management and what are the movaons and driving forces behind promong people and paying them more. If you ever wondered how your colleagues are ge ng promoted and paid more than you then this training will really help your career progression. “ What you do today can improve all your tomorrows "

Ralph Marston

So Skills

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We teach only the most in demand technology in the world.

Some of the technologies we teach

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Some of our partners

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Dedicated mentor and coach throughout the year via phone, email and in person

As part of your career development package you get assigned a dedicated training mentor that will be available as much as possible to ensure you get everything you need throughout your me with us.

Flexible payment opons

WWe understand that personal development can be an expen-sive journey and unl you gain a promoon or pay rise it can be difficult to afford. To help enable as many people as possible benefit from our career development packages, we offer a monthly payment opon.

Luxury, bespoke catering for every course

Every aspect of our package is best of breed and our catering is no excepon. Included with every classroom course is a menu that is tailored to your tastes. Well in advance of the course you will get a copy of the menu opons and can select your meals for each day and we do our best to accommodate special dietary requests.

Professional CV wring service

YYour CV is the key and is the first impression that you make on a potenal employer. We ensure that your CV is profes-sional and specifically tailored for each role you apply.

Private chauffeuring to and from the staon or local hotel

We understand that it can be ring and stressful travelling so we try our best to take the stress of this out of our training experience.

WWe include chauffeuring to and from your hotel and / or Ash-ford Internaonal Staon throughout each classroom course.

“ Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is me to pause and reflect” Mark Twain

Support & Extras

Guaranteed Job Placement*

We work closely with you throughout your me with us to ensure that you get a job in the IT in-dustry as quickly as possible, in line with your career goals. Every aspect of our package is designed to make you as aracve as possible to employers.

Job Prospects

It is enrely possible to earn as much as £120,000 in IT and we typically place people on £25,000 to £35,000 within London and slightly lower outside of the capital.

BBeyond the job placement

Once we have placed you in a role we would connue to work with you to help you climb higher towards your idealisc career goal.It is imporIt is important to regularly review your career goals to ensure that they are in line with market changes.

Incredible results

BBy idenfying your aptudes and interests as early as possible in our engagement, we are able to help you select the right career from the outset and then provide you everything you need to be able to pursue your chosen career.

Steve Jobs *Full terms and condions available on request

Job prospects & beyond

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