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| Thread ID: 103062 | 2009-09-11 04:28:00 | Is joining a I.T institute to study a good idea? | forums12345 (15197) | PC World Chat |
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| 808859 | 2009-09-11 04:28:00 | Well since jobs are hard to come by these days, I was thinking of enrolling in Computer power institute or Ames or Ace training. I heard they offer job guarantee and when you graduate from their programme they give you a I.T job. What are your opinions on this. | forums12345 (15197) | ||
| 808860 | 2009-09-11 04:41:00 | I did a year long course at Spherion - (now Computer power institute) - Job guarantee :groan: Didn't happen. Computer Power Institute offers graduates who are eligible for work, free job placement assistance. Upon graduation, Institute help to find a job. In other words they teach you what you need to do - you still had to do the work/Asking yourself. They had VERY limited contacts when I was there, and only in certain fields, and that was more like getting you into work experiance. |
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| 808861 | 2009-09-11 05:59:00 | I think I've been there (the one in Khyber pass up here)? to do a test and JUST passed. But I didnt go back | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 808862 | 2009-09-11 06:23:00 | Can you merge all your questions into one thread? Just so you don't have to create new threads for every single questions that pop out. | qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
| 808863 | 2009-09-11 07:07:00 | im currently going to AMES on the North Shore. Its very good. Hmm dont remember guaranteeing me a job just helping me set up a cv and apply for a job. | nedkelly (9059) | ||
| 808864 | 2009-09-11 10:53:00 | Why don't you become a plumber or head of Telecom or something like that and keep IT as a hobby to enjoy? There is an over supply regardless of the economy, half the work is being done in somewhere like Bangalore, not a great future really. If you have adecent income from some other source at least you will be able to afford a decent PC, believe me money counts, ask PCtek etc. | Ofthesea (14129) | ||
| 808865 | 2009-09-14 22:36:00 | I am a recent double graduate from Computer Power Institute down here in Christchurch and I have nothing but good things to say about my experience studying with them. There was never any mention of a 'guaranteed job' at the end of the course, only guaranteed job placement assistance, as the final outcome of a job interview rests solely on how you come across to a prospective employer. Most of the students I studied with at CP all got jobs at the end of their course, and in this current economic climate I think it wise to carefully choose who you study with and what they can offer you. Computer Power is the only institute that provides the tools and assistance in helping you find a job, even after you have graduated, and for as long as it takes. My two cents. | nickalass (15246) | ||
| 808866 | 2009-09-15 03:21:00 | I would rather choose a tertiary provider that had a focus on teaching you skills and the ability to design and think for yourself rather than one which has a jobs focus. If you have the skills and ability to think for yourself, a job will be easy to find. My employer has several software developer/tester vacancies, so jobs are out there if you look for them. Also I think most tertiary institutions have a careers advice office as well as open days while you are studying where employers would come to you to encourage you to apply for vacancies. It probably isn't as much hand holding or spoon feeding as CPI though, but they helped you with writing cvs, doing interviews etc. You still had to actually apply though, they didn't just give you the job. Such is life... |
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