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| More Comments from Our Graduates: |
| A graduate of Computer Institute, on his email letter to us wrote: |
| "Thanks
for the phone call yesterday. I really appreciated the effort you've
put forth since I graduated. Because of you, I got a job with Crius,
Inc. As a consultant, I've managed to integrate at CACI. Crius
is still a small company but growing obviously and they treat me very nicely.
CACI is located in Chantilly, VA. It's 33 miles each way, but until
I get some experience, I don't mind the commute."
Update: 4 months after the above email was received: "CACI International in Chantilly, VA is my new employer since Jan. 4th 1999. It is the same company where I worked before but my paycheck is coming from CACI instead of going thru Crius. My new salary is $______. I have scheduled to take a Intro to Cisco Router Configuration (ICRC) class in April and CACI is paying for it. Isn't that wonderful? Thanks to everyone at CI. Keep in touch. Thanks." |
| A graduate of Computer Institute, on his email letter to us wrote: |
| "I think many thanks to you are in order. You have been a world of help to me in landing my first position in the IT field. I must say the news did travel quite fast, but without your invaluable help, I would not be writing this letter now. I must apologize for taking this long to respond to your request for information regarding my current status of employment. However, it's better late than never. Through your diligent help, of which I am eternally grateful, I got a position as a Staff Consultant with New Boston Systems. I am currently assigned to the Pentagon with Zen Technology, where I assist in the areas of User Support, Technical Support and General LAN administration. I am currently working with a wide range of technologies and platforms. These include Windows for Workgroups, Windows NT, Windows 95, Novell Netware 3.X and 4.X and a mix of topologies and protocols.The job is quite interesting and there is quite a bit to learn, so I am constantly taking notes." |
| A graduate of Computer Institute, on his email letter to us wrote: |
| "Believe
it or not, after training, you will find a job that you wish to have and
it will pay for all the hard work, patience, and efforts which you put into
your studies. To all the students: don't be frustrated with yourself
and be patient, work hard, and most of all, go to the job fairs before your
class is over. Also, you better update your resume and go to your
first job fair dressed professionally, with a happy smile and lots of confidence.
If you do, believe me you will make it like I did. I went to the first
job fair and first interview and my first job so simple. Hey, if I
could do it, you can do it too. Just have faith on God and faith on
yourself.
I have to take time and thank everybody at Computer Institue for helping me to achieve my goal. Thank you so much Dr. Seyed, Dr. Lev, John, Prasad, Hojat, Victoria, Lida, Hassan, Tammy, and Dimitri and all the staff at the Computer Institute. Thank you so much for all your kindness and for helping me to help myself." |
| A graduate of Computer Institute, on his email letter to us wrote: |
| "Just a note to let you know that I start work tomorrow at CAC. I am really looking forward to it. It took almost a month of sending out resumes and going to job fairs but then I got lots of interview calls and am still getting a few. So, please tell people not to give up if the first month doesn't bring much response. Sometimes, it just takes time for companies to process all the resumes they receive. Thanks again to everyone, especially Ismail and Vahid and Courtney down at the Virginia campus." |
| A graduate of Computer Institute on his email letter to our Placement Director wrote: |
| "Victoria,
thank you for the follow-up. I just completed my 5th exam and will
complete my last this month. I have been working on a consulting basis
for a small financial software company. I would like to update my
resume and talk to you further about opportunities. The software company
wants to hire me full time for a Y2K project. Looking back, the position
for the Norwoods school would have been a great job."
Update: After talking to him, we asked him to get in touch with Norwoods School because they really liked him. On November 20, 1998, Paul Schuncke emailed our Placement Director that he started working for the Norwoods School as a Network Engineer. |
| A graduate of Computer Institute on her email letter to our Placement Department wrote: |
| "Thank you so much for your efforts in locating a job for me at AMTI. If you remember, I spoke to you on telephone regarding this. After completing the Oracle Developer Specialist certification course, I was very happy with the quality of training at Computer Institute. After I submitted my resume to you electronically, I got tremendous response from different recruiters, companies. This indeed was a unique experience for me as far as the job search process is concerned. I greatly appreciate yours and the Institute's efforts for doing the job placement for me." |
| A graduate of Computer Institute on his email letter to our Placement Department wrote: |
| "Victoria, thank you much for all your help on job searching. I still am getting phone calls and emails for interviews. You really did a great job. Sorry, I didn't contact you earlier. Please send me more information on your Cisco course." |
| A graduate of Computer Institute, on his email letter to us wrote: |
| "It's a pleasure to email you this brief note to inform you that I landed a job with Unisys Corporation. I just started to work this week and am really enjoying it. I would like to thank you very much for all your assistance and everything that you did for me while I was job hunting. I hope that the rest of the wonderful people at CI are still there. Please extend my regards to them all, especially Dr. Seyed and everyone else." |
| An graduate of Computer Institute on her email letter to our Placement Director wrote: |
| "I
got a job as a Financial Systems Analyst with a company that has contact
with Agency for International Development. It's at Tyson's Corner.
Permanent, full-time, full benefits, with good salary and bonus (salary
and bonuses were eliminated to protect the graduate's privacy).
I'd like to thank you, Lev, and your boss and everyone who tried to help
me. Happy New Year and God bless you."
Update: 2/99 How are you doing? I moved on to a different part of the project. Now, I am in Database Engineering group. New place, new people, more stress. |
| An graduate of Computer Institute on his email letter to one of our instructors wrote: |
| "Just accepted an offer yesterday. I am going to work at Automated Concepts in Reston, VA. Thank you so much for all the help and recommendation you made. You helped us make the first step to get into the exciting new field." |
| A graduate of Computer Institute on his email letter to our Placement Director wrote: |
| "Hello again. Thank you very much for all your help, Victoria! I was offered this position at DynCorp through your reference, and the opportunity seems very promising. The people seem extremely competent and very friendly, and the location is great (Old Town Alexandria). This is my "foot in the door" and I'm very excited about the possibilities. Who would have thought that in the space of two months, I could go from knowing nothing about programming or Internet Development to being offered a starting position as a programmer. Thank you, thank you! My advise to other students: Try as many different avenues as you can for finding a position in your desired field (Internet, job fairs, Victoria, Yellow Pages, etc.) And use Victoria as a resource and a reference - the interviews I got all came from Victoria's referrals. She is well-connected." |
| A graduate of Computer Institute on his letter to our Instructor wrote: |
| "Dear Mr. Sibal, I Just wanted to take this opportunity to thank you for providing excellent guidance during my just completed A+ Certification program. I really learned a lot in that course. It is very comprehensive and I would highly recommend it to anyone no matter what their background." |
| A graduate of Computer Institute on her email letter to our Placement Director wrote: |
| "Thanks
for suggesting that I send my resume to APEX Systems. I did and Joe
got in touch with me the week before in reference to job openings that I
qualified for. I took a test, passed, and they sent me out to interview
with Decision One. I got accepted and am now working as a contractor
PC Technician at the World Bank.
I was also interviewed for the Jr. NT Admin position, but they wanted people with more experience or at least with an MCSE, which I haven't gotten yet. I wrapped up my first week this Friday and I tell you, I never thought I'd see so many different HP Laser printers in one week (and I had to troubleshoot them!) I've taken out and replaced three system boards, and so many other various tasks. It's enough to start with, right? Thanks again to you all, especially to Amrit and Jay." |
| A graduate of Computer Institute on his email letter to one of our Instructor wrote: |
| "This
is to share with you that I just got an offer from one of the largest computer
consulting firm in Northern Virginia. For what I learnt during a month
period of time, they offered me ___K annual salary to be a junior DBA.
It was so unbelievable that I was shocked for a couple of days. I
would like to say to you that I owe all this to you, Lev that you taught
me everything that I have to know not necessary in my future job, but at
least for the job interview. I know that there is still a long way
ahead of me. But that's life and I don't have too many choices.
For a guy with no computer program background at all, what I was offered is a miracle and the miracle is all yours, Lev. I would like to take this opportunity to thank you again for all your patience with me and your excellent way of teaching. Thank you again." |
| A graduate of Computer Institute on his email letter to our Placement Director wrote: |
| "I
really got a lot out of the class. I think that computer experience,
then classes, then more experience and classes is the best possible approach.
If you have some experience with computers, then you will be very far ahead
of virtually anyone else in the market place. I have found that none
of the people who interviewed me know anything about Oracle Just make
sure you don't give the impression that you can be the lead person.
But you will have the knowledge to work on tasks.
Now, if you have no background in computers and you take the Oracle classes, get in the Oracle environment any way you can. Once you have a year or two experience, you can get a better job (higher salary) fairly easily. You also have to project a very knowledgeable presence." |
| A graduate of Computer Institute on his email letter to our Placement Director wrote: |
| "Here you go Victoria! My advise to students who are inexperienced and switching to the computer field: First, get certified. Next, get in with a company that will take you in any computer related role. Stick with it for at least a year and learn as much as you can. Then move on into a higher paying job with a better title." |
| A graduate of Computer Institute on her letter to one of our Instructor wrote: |
| "As
one of the CI students, who were very lucky to have you as an instructor,
I would like to thank you again for giving me the opportunity to start my
career in the field of information technology. In teaching process, it is
very important to be not only a good specialist in a subject area, but be
able to pass your knowledge to the people with different technical background,
and to have a talent to explain complicated matters in simple way.
Your clear explanations of difficult concepts in programming enchanced with
good learning materials and the examples provided me with solid foundation
for developing skills in RDBMS using Oracle tools. Your availability
for consultations and your patience in answering on all our questions created
a great learning atmosphere in the classroom.
Currently, I work for the Corporation for National Service on developing the Trust Fund automated system using Oracle tools including SQL*Plus, PL/SQL, Developer 2000 and Designer 2000. I am gaining the new knowledge and working experience constantly, but the basic foundation has been created under your supervision. I am very grateful to you and CI for this great learning experience. I hope to stay in touch with you in professional and personal matters." |
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