Sage Training.

SailorSam

As part of my job search with the JobCentre i've registered with Reed, just had an email from them about training course. They have a Sage Line 50 course for £59, for this month only. They say the usual price is £399. It's an online course of 20hrs per week.
Has anyone done any of these course, what did you pay. The reduction seems to big to be true.

LavenderBees

Hi,

I can't comment on the course or its usefulness, much less whether the "reduced" cost is good value for money.

However, it struck me that in the absence of finding anyone who has taken the course, I think you could assess it on the basis of what it gives YOU. Does it add to your qualifications, make you more employable for example?

Can you afford the £59 investment? Even if you can, have you looked to see if a similar course is available elsewhere and compared prices. Or is there another course, preferably free, that would help you land that job?

Good Luck!

LB

PasturesNew

I used to teach/train on Sage about 20 years ago. The issue you'll have is that it's just a course - and you'd probably not get a sniff at a job with the bit of paper as you've not actually sat in an accounts office and done any accounting work.

Phone round some local job agencies, see if they GENUINELY think it'd help you to secure any form of job...... even temping. One week's temping work off the back of it would pay for it.

I'd expect, however, that you'd end up in the "Bit of paper, but no experience" pile (bin) of CVs.

Most people that could benefit from such a course will already be in a job doing that work, or their boss has asked them to take the course and move within the firm.

I'd expect the course to expect you to understand the principles of accounting and how accounts departments work .... with the course simply being how to achieve those tasks with their software.