Pros
- Access to prestigious Companies i.e Bank of England - You are no longer tied into a contract where you have to repay any 'fees'. This would honestly be horrific considering their only expense would be giving you access to O'rielly as far as a i can tell and the salaries of the trainers. Who i suspect are ex estate agents given their propensity to up sell you some 'fantastic job roles' that 'you be lucky to get'.
Cons
You are more likely to be offered jobs at Rentokill, Perfume shop etc. You are pressured to apply to all job roles, at any location in the country. Hence you will not be fulfilling your obligations if you're not willing to relocate across the country to a less than stellar sounding job appointment. The training is inadequate, and more emphasis is placed on interview soft skills rather than project management or business analysis. This is to ensure you pass the interview with their clients so i assume they meet their quotas. You would be just as capable of completing the jobs advertised without the training provided whilst learning on the role, given how bad the training is. We were assessed on our progress by way of self assessed tests in the first fortnight of training. Half of this first fortnight was interview soft skills. You will not receive any qualifications until you have started a paid contract and generated Capita revenue for 6 months!! At which point you will receive a voucher to go and complete the exams in your own time. Its not that they wont tell you this explicitly if you ask, but they will avoid outright saying it unless asked. In short i think this is another graduate job opportunity that relies on the naivety of new graduates not appreciating their worth. You will not be 'lucky' to be on this course and should not be grateful, you do not need to 'bridge the gap between learning and employment' you already have these skills. Capita simply want to profit off of you.
