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ECDL Computing Courses?

  • 01-03-2011 4:58pm
    #1
    ImpossibleDuck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,154 ✭✭✭


    (Sorry if this is in wrong section)

    I'm 16 and my school is starting to do ECDL courses next week. It is €200 for now until June(end of school year).

    Since I plan on doing Computer Science & Software Engineering(CSSE) in uni, I will, no doubt be in this field for pretty much the rest of my life and I was wondering whether:

    A) It will be very beneficial in (helping me) getting me a job and it may give me an edge with employers against other people who have done the CSSE course in uni but do not have the ECDL course.

    or

    B) It will be of no relevance once I get a college degree in CSSE?


Comments

  • #2
    foghlu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 210 ✭✭foghlu


    I cant see the ECDDL being of any relevance if you get a Degree but it would be beneficial if you dont currently know your way around a computer.

    Also its no harm to have as many qualifications as you can these days!


  • #3
    Overheal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,729 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    I think its a joke, but then again, it's really a certificate designed around making sure you know a computers arse from it's elbow, know how to do some basic tasks, and do some of the more common Office Suite functions, like Spreadsheets and Databases. Employers will look out for it because its easy to get and lets them know you aren't a complete illiterate, which in fairness is a real impedance these days if you can't use one. Some people think they lost a job because they're being age-discriminated when really it might be because you didn't know what an Excel was, or a Google.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9kTVZiJ3Uc


    Even if you know how to do things, never underestimate the weight of paper. Certificates, Licenses, Degrees, etc. All carry far more clout than just saying "Yes I can do that".


  • #4
    Nothingbetter2d
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,037 ✭✭✭Nothingbetter2d


    ImpossibleDuck wrote: »
    (Sorry if this is in wrong section)

    I'm 16 and my school is starting to do ECDL courses next week. It is €200 for now until June(end of school year).

    Since I plan on doing Computer Science & Software Engineering(CSSE) in uni, I will, no doubt be in this field for pretty much the rest of my life and I was wondering whether:

    A) It will be very beneficial in (helping me) getting me a job and it may give me an edge with employers against other people who have done the CSSE course in uni but do not have the ECDL course.

    or

    B) It will be of no relevance once I get a college degree in CSSE?

    courses you would be better off looking at for your chosen careers is 1. cisco certified network associate (ccna) and 2. comptia and 3. microsoft certified engineer (mce) courses.

    all of which u can do remotely. and just register to do the exam when you are ready to.


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