Word and Excel training wanted

[texmo]

Went for a job today, well saw a agency any way and they told me to do a word and excel course to improve my chances I live in central auckland (arch hill) Just wondering if any body knows any good course. Just got made redundant so a day time course is all good.

Chur texmo

[Joni]

Go and register with Manpower Professional, let them help you find a job - they are also a recruitment agency, candidates who register with them have access to the Global Learning Centre where you can upskill your MS @ no charge. A cheaper option if you are interested.

PM me if you need details.

[Sniper]

Is there a kind hearted KB'er who doesnt mind spending some time helping you out?

[Joni]

I dont think someone sitting with him will help him, unless they are a MS certified trainier, when people asses you for MS skills they check your knowledge on how the programme works from ground level up, now that only comes from years of experience or doing a course - thats just my opinion.

[The_Dover]

I was a fuckin excel guru.

But it's been a while. Problem is that unless you need to use it then chances are you'll forget it anyway.

[Sniper]

I dont think someone sitting with him will help him, unless they are a MS certified trainier, when people asses you for MS skills they check your knowledge on how the programme works from ground level up, now that only comes from years of experience or doing a course - thats just my opinion.

Makes sense actually. I was thinking if he didnt have to prove he had a certificate, he just needs to show a proficiency in it, it would get him a job.

[placidfemme]

Went for a job today, well saw a agency any way and they told me to do a word and excel course to improve my chances I live in central auckland (arch hill) Just wondering if any body knows any good course. Just got made redundant so a day time course is all good.

Chur texmo

Contact WINZ... they provide a free MS Office training through a company I think is called FreeB.

They have branches of FreeB all over... I know there is one in Highbury (birkenhead, Auckland)... there may be one near you

[Wasp]

head over to www.wintecactive.co.nz , i got mine thru school so no idea how much ot costs but its bloody easy and quite good. (and internationally recognized ;))

[placidfemme]

Check this out:

http://www.manukau.ac.nz/freeb/contact.asp

Provides locations of FreeB courses.

And the contact number to call to organise it.

[ManDownUnder]

Anywhere that trains you for free is good.

Anyone giving you free training and certificates at the end of it is better...

[placidfemme]

Anywhere that trains you for free is good.

Anyone giving you free training and certificates at the end of it is better...

I'm pretty sure that these FreeB courses are NZQA approved and do provide certs at the end.

I did my A+ course with a chick who now teaches at the Highbury branch and she reckons its the same stuff we were taught to get our credits from NZQA for our student loans for the A+

[texmo]

Thanks for the info guys. I have sent you a pm thanks joni. I went to ultimaterecuritment today and they reccomended that I did the course. I will look at the web site thanks PF and wasp.
thanks again.

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I am booked into do the Word, Excel and Access course tomoro at 2pm. And I just got a call from the lady at ultimate recruitment whos helping me out to let me know she has an interview for me on monday but she will get me in, in the moring to work on my interview skills, since I have never had one before. Alwase just sorta been offered my jobs.

[Joni]

Cool Texmo

Up, up and away!!! :sunny:

[texmo]

Yeah, Will call man power tomoro morning thanks joni.

[oldrider]

Retraining options should have been part of your redundancy package, did you ask?
How long ago were you made redundant? is it too late too check, if not do it, you may have been short changed through ignorance of your work conditions of employment. John.

[texmo]

Retraining options should have been part of your redundancy package, did you ask?
How long ago were you made redundant? is it too late too check, if not do it, you may have been short changed through ignorance of your work conditions of employment. John.

I am not ignorant by any means, when a company closes down and in your contract it states in the redundancy clause there is no redundancy payable and termination is one weeks notice. It doesnt leave you with many options, they gave me my letter and told me to piss off. they didnt pay me my holiday pay but I sorted that out today and a refrence.

[oldrider]

I am not ignorant by any means, when a company closes down and in your contract it states in the redundancy clause there is no redundancy payable and termination is one weeks notice. It doesnt leave you with many options, they gave me my letter and told me to piss off. they didnt pay me my holiday pay but I sorted that out today and a refrence.

I hope you didn't take the ignorant comment as personal, I was just drawing your attention to a possibility.

It sounds like you signed out of redundancy options at the time you signed on, didn't think they could do that. Cheers John.

[texmo]

Nah I didnt take offence dude, I asked them to chage it and the 1 week notice factor, but they wouldnt have a bar of it and since the company has been aroudn for a while and im alwase real busy I though what the hey. Turns out I was wrong, the only bad thing about losing my job is I only walked 257steps to work.

[texmo]

head over to www.wintecactive.co.nz , i got mine thru school so no idea how much ot costs but its bloody easy and quite good. (and internationally recognized ;))

I am just here now doing the wintecactive course. Its faily easy apparently your ment to spend 40hours and each papper but I just spent one hour on one and passed and I need to do 10 pappers to get a certificate.

Thanks again for everyones advice.:rockon:

[Wasp]

yea we were ment to take all year to finish it (and extra external tests on the same stuff) in 6th form, needless to say I did it in less than half a year as well as all my other worht in 5th form (then got to laugh at all the others during 6th form)

Did you look at many others? campare them at all? or just choose the wintec one?

[texmo]

Looked at a few but wintec offered the best thigns for my needs I live like 2 mins from queen st and thats where I am doing the course. I only need to do 10 pappers but I think I might do atleast half of them.
Its free neca approved and you get some certificate at teh end of it I guess it cant be bad.