Originally Posted by Meowman [Only Registered Users Can See LinksClick Here To Register]

Hello,
I've recently finished the Zenos training program, I'm very glad I left!

I finished the Zenos program over three weeks ago! And so far like many other in my class I have yet to find a job. This is of course down to the quality of the qualifications I recived !
Zenos have not been supportive in me finding a job, they phone me once to tell me to update my CV, which I did and have not heard back from them yet.

Let us start with the poor quality of the qualifications.
When I first heard about Zenos I was stuned by how many qualifications you recived in such a short amount of time, but of course these qualifications are not as good as they appear on the surface, in fact the only one that i would call 'worth while' is the ADITP.

The MCDST is not worth the paper it is printed onto, all the qualification does is to fill space on your CV. And to be honest the certificates could have been made by a 5 year old in paint ! And most probley were!

The A+, this is an entry level qualification, by still it serves no perpose. But with this qualification i did learn alot and found out some thing that i would have never know about other wise.

The functional skills was forced upon our class, we had no say in the matter of taking it! This is obviously wrong and we complained about it alot, saying that it was not in our contracts to do it, etc... but they still didnt listen.
So far no one i have come across noes nothing about this ! So far it is a worthless qualification.

Thats enuf about the qualifications, lets get down to the fine details !

The facilities, over all the place was keep clean, and quite well maintained.
but i do have some pit falls !
For instance the chairs!
Many of the people on the course have stuffered back pain from the chairs, they are not fit for perpose and thus break the health and safty act of 1993!

But its not all bad !
The only thing that i can commend Zenos on is the quality of the people they allow on there course All of them were nice and most of them, in time, became my friends.


That is all I think...
This is me signing off...
Dobby ! x

Originally Posted by Len [Only Registered Users Can See LinksClick Here To Register]

You obviously know nothing about these qualifications. No wonder you havent got a job. You also appear to know nothing about the IT job market either. It also looks like they didn't teach you alot in "functional skills" Learn how to spell, no wonder you havent got a job.

Originally Posted by Meowman [Only Registered Users Can See LinksClick Here To Register]

Hello, well I do know alot about the IT qualifications I gained !
And true I dont know alot about the job market at the moment, thats because I've never worked in it.
That message was writen at about three o'clock in the morning, so I think that some spelling mistakes are allowed !

And the reason I haven't found a job is because I'm either underqualfied or live to far away to commute.

Originally Posted by Daniel [Only Registered Users Can See LinksClick Here To Register]

At least you have the qualifications. You're now that one step closer to getting a job in IT - you're more employable that the applicant that has no IT related qualifications.

I agree that MCDST is not a great certification to have but I disagree with you saying that the A+ serves no purpose. Every employer recognises the A+ as an entry level certification, and it proves that you're not just the 'regular joe' that only knows MS word, but actually understands the inner workings of a PC and various other things in more detail.

Are you saying that you completely wasted 5 months of your life, or that the course was not what you first expected?

Also, what is functional skills? Is that key skills?

Originally Posted by Meowman [Only Registered Users Can See LinksClick Here To Register]

Hello Daniel

"Functional skills" is the thing that will be replacing Key skills in the next month or so.
If you are attending the course you will sit the exams.
It's just the partical application of English and Maths into real life situations.
To be perfectly honest the exams are quite easy (For me they were, may differ from person to person), but the qualification is not that well know yet and thus makes it useless (at the current time).
And yes it's basicaly Key skills with a diffrent name .

Originally Posted by Daniel [Only Registered Users Can See LinksClick Here To Register]

I just did some quick research on functional skills. Apparently they are a constituent of the ADITP. So, from what I understand, you can't achieve the ADITP without them.

Originally Posted by Meowman [Only Registered Users Can See LinksClick Here To Register]

With out what ?

Originally Posted by Daniel [Only Registered Users Can See LinksClick Here To Register]

Functional skills

Originally Posted by Meowman [Only Registered Users Can See LinksClick Here To Register]

Let me get this right, your not planing on doing the Functional skills exams ?

You have to do some sort of English or maths, cus if you dont you dont gain your appretaship at least thats what they told me.