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Course v Experience

LegacyUser · 2021-01-28 11:25:56

I currently work as an EA for a company for approximately 3 years and I love this job (It's been my first EA role and it's something that I see myself staying in but I'm considering what could help my career and weighing up the options on if experience is the key factor or if I should do a PA Diploma through Pitman…

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#32 02-03-2021 08:33PM

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nibtrix wrote: »

is that it's not even caveated with an "in my experience" or "in many companies" or "in some industries".
Making such a blunt statement, which was very negative in terms of the support the OP was asking for, is always going to stir up a response when there's no allowance that it might not be the same in everyone's experience.

It's a discussion forum. Everything anyone posts is "in my experience".

The OP was/is considering dropping thousands on a course, which is aimed at people with little work experience or common sense. The course might fit them for a role which they are increasingly unlikely to be hired for as they age. Given what I really think of that idea, my comments were actually incredibly mild and polite.

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