|
The In-class training programs have
the advantage of the direct contact with the instructor, but they
have also some major inconveniences:
- The students can advance only with the speed of the whole group, which usually is matched with the slowest learners.
- The time schedule is rigid and depends mainly on the instructor's availability, so does not always fit the students needs
- They require time away from job and
family. Usually either 3 hours in the evening for 10-12 weeks, or 5-6
Saturdays for 8 hours, or 2-3 to 10 full days in weekends
- One has to live in the city, where
the training is given or pay hotel or campus expenses,
travel related costs, meals, not to mention the lost vacation
time, spent to attend a live training program.
- Colleges and universities offer
such classes only on fixed dates maximum 2 or 3 times per year and mainly
to existing students (or there are entry exams with interviews,
language tests, prohibitively high application fees, etc)
- They are much more expensive and
take much longer (usually over 1 year), but on the other hand, before
the recession, in some cases they could lead to a co-op placement, that
gives a few weeks or months of "hands-on" experience, a major hiring criterion.
| 
