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spiral78
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Hold on, sorry - Caledonian offer a regular 30 day training course and then hire their grads - it's not a 'learn as you earn' venture.
if you made the investment in their course, performed in a satisfactory manner, they would then immediately employ you full time.
They do have a school in Brno, I think.
My point about Cale. was simply that, with your limited financial resources, you might be safer with a deal like this, where employment after the course was assured, so long as you graduate successfully. |
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Plisken
Joined: 15 Mar 2008
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| Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 9:45 pm Post subject: oops |
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| spiral78 wrote: |
Hold on, sorry - Caledonian offer a regular 30 day training course and then hire their grads - it's not a 'learn as you earn' venture.
if you made the investment in their course, performed in a satisfactory manner, they would then immediately employ you full time.
They do have a school in Brno, I think.
My point about Cale. was simply that, with your limited financial resources, you might be safer with a deal like this, where employment after the course was assured, so long as you graduate successfully. |
Oops, bad choice of words...
My choices right now are pretty much:
1. Go now, hope for the best as far as getting a low level job and struggling for a while. This is what I was referring to with the "learn while earn" idea, I just phrased it oddly. I just meant that the Caledonian course would probably have a lot of what I've already learned over the past year, but with class experience...this choice would give me that experience without the expense of a course, but that's also a bit unfair to the students (no matter how many lessons I have planned or worksheets I have printed.) It would also deprive me of a "square one", unless you count whatever hotel I stay in after I get there.
2. Go, do the on-site program and start working afterward, but spend most of my savings on the course and the provided housing (the Caledonian ad I looked at recently said $540/mo.; I'm not sure if that's for each person or the entire two-bedroom flat.) This would help me find work, but I'd be barely skimming by financially by the time checks started coming around.
3. Wait until either next year or possibly a few months after September (when hiring slows) so that I can have enough money to both take the course and live comfortably until I get paid.
Time is an issue, but it's probably going to be #3. Oh well. Thanks anyway. At least I'll be able to go where I want to. |
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spiral78
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| Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2008 6:34 am Post subject: |
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| Well, good luck in whichever case you choose. |
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