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| Thread ID: 77763 | 2007-03-21 05:51:00 | Computer Skills "Driving" Licence? | Lizard (2409) | PC World Chat |
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| 534823 | 2007-03-21 05:51:00 | See story here (www.nzherald.co.nz) Quite a few people I work with would be classified as unlicensed... I've lost track of the number of times I've seen people trying to open an Excel spreadsheet file by going into the "file > open" menu in Word, as they don't know any other way to open a file... |
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| 534824 | 2007-03-21 06:41:00 | What does the current school computing sylabus contain? | winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 534825 | 2007-03-21 06:43:00 | Pass never went to one to find out. | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 534826 | 2007-03-21 06:45:00 | It should be a requirement before you're allowed to buy one. | pctek (84) | ||
| 534827 | 2007-03-21 06:48:00 | LMAO! That's the best answer yet! | winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 534828 | 2007-03-21 22:06:00 | I did that back in 2004 for school I think. Maybe even 2003. It's more suited for people going to work in an office I think. It covers MS Office, and a few things like viruses and advice on backing up your important stuff. I would reccomend it for someone pretty computer illiterate, but I wouldn't really reccomend it to a school student who can use Word etc to do what they want good enough. Basically, if you can do all you need to do in MS Office already, don't bother doing ICDL. Although you might learn more, I think most of it will be forgotten, because I don't think many people use more than the minimum amount of knowledge required with MS Office anyway. It's like upgrading your computer a lot, just to run basic office apps. Your computer is now capable of more... but doesn't DO more. So you may learn more about MS Office, but probably won't use more. But that was back when I did it. It cost a fair bit then. Something like $450. Plus it used something like Office 98 when I did it. But it's quite a good course for anyone that feels lost at a pc. I think most students would have a fair idea about computers though? I was just slightly annoyed when I did it at school, cause it was hyped quite a bit, was pretty expensive, and turned out to be pretty pointless for me personally anyway. |
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| 534829 | 2007-03-21 22:18:00 | I think it would be a good thing for companies though. If they sent every new staff member to do that, just to raise the minimum computer skill bar. Then at least they would know that all their employees would have a decent computer skill level. | mejobloggs (264) | ||
| 534830 | 2007-03-21 23:09:00 | We do a bit of work for one of the companys that run these courses, and all i can say is what a load of ****. These guys are meant to be so called experts. Every job we do becomes a nightmare. I wish I could elaborate but can't for obvious reasons |
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| 534831 | 2007-03-21 23:28:00 | This is cool, just this morning my mother was asking me about getting my sister to do this exact course so she can up-skill in Excel a little bit :) Cheers for the news link, Ive passed it on for them to read! |
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| 534832 | 2007-03-21 23:37:00 | Plod, I dunno why people would consider them experts... Just because I can drive doesnt mean Im going to be a safe or a good driver. Heck, Ive just done the first 3 exams on my way to become MCSE and I winged my way through all of them! No study... Still dunno how to use RIS or SysPrep, but apparently I applied enough logic to the questions to be called 'proficient' by Microsoft. Experience just cant be beat at times, sadly kids having just left school probably wont have much.. I didnt have much when IDG Employed me, a 15yr old home-schooled kid who'd never worked in a large corporate before, but Id like to think they took a chance and it payed off! ;) Have since moved on to bigger and brighter things, many thanks to them for the 'experience' the job provided! :) |
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