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There's a reason why I don't like morning television... I keep seeing commercials for places like CEI, ITT, and my personal favorite, Clark University Computer Career Institute (where I took classes)...
They're all on about how you can get training with them and then get a great job with your newfound skills and possibly certification.
As a recent veteran of this sort of deal, I can honestly say that yes, you can get the training, and yes, you can get the certification. But a job? Good freakin' luck. That certification doesn't mean loads if everyone and his uncle has the same thing. Plus, there aren't that many jobs out there right now. If there were, I'd have one right now, and wouldn't be ranting on this.
(Note that this is not an official rant... if it were, I'd have started it off with something like, "Now I don't wanna get off on a rant here," but I can't use that since it's copyrighted, and I'd end it with, "Of course, that's just my opinion, I could be wrong," but again can't, same reason.)
These ads are just enforcing an illusion of something that's not actually there, and these people who fall into it will be disappointed when they're in my shoes afterwards. It's not pleasant sitting around, looking at the papers and job search engines every day, and find nothing.
*sigh*
As I stated earlier, sometimes it's not worth getting up in the morning...
Of course, that's just me talking...
They're all on about how you can get training with them and then get a great job with your newfound skills and possibly certification.
As a recent veteran of this sort of deal, I can honestly say that yes, you can get the training, and yes, you can get the certification. But a job? Good freakin' luck. That certification doesn't mean loads if everyone and his uncle has the same thing. Plus, there aren't that many jobs out there right now. If there were, I'd have one right now, and wouldn't be ranting on this.
(Note that this is not an official rant... if it were, I'd have started it off with something like, "Now I don't wanna get off on a rant here," but I can't use that since it's copyrighted, and I'd end it with, "Of course, that's just my opinion, I could be wrong," but again can't, same reason.)
These ads are just enforcing an illusion of something that's not actually there, and these people who fall into it will be disappointed when they're in my shoes afterwards. It's not pleasant sitting around, looking at the papers and job search engines every day, and find nothing.
*sigh*
As I stated earlier, sometimes it's not worth getting up in the morning...
Of course, that's just me talking...