Just IT www.justit.co.uk Review

Overall Rating

After doing a lot of research on various training companies I decided to go to Just IT to do my training.

I found the trainers to be well informed and enthusiastic about what they were teaching. The sessions were well paced and there was a relaxed atmosphere in the classroom, which was not overfilled. The only thing I would say is that if you have never used Linux or Cisco then the week long course is not enough to really give a good understanding of it, buts it ' s useful as an overview.

The support team are really helpful as well, and gave lots of useful feedback and suggestions on how to improve your CV and how to answer interview questions etc. They were very attentive.

Negatives - I found the recruitment team to be ineffective in all areas. They did nothing really to help me find work, and the couple of things they said they would do they never gave any feedback on how they were progressing, so I just gave up on them and concentrated on job searching myself. So to be honest I cannot give them any praise for anything.

Finally the facilities were average, for the amount the course was you expect minor things to be ready when you arrive in the morning....i.e. refreshments were seldom replenished ready for the day so were always having to be chased and leaking toilets, faulty toilet door locks, toilet rolls not always replaced and no hand dryer or disposable hand towels, just a grubby old bath towel hanging over a radiator....not very hygienic.

Overall the training and career support were really good and I enjoyed the courses that I took. They just need to sort the facilities management out ask the recruitment team to give feedback when they promise to do it and not just ignore you because you don ' t live in central London.

I've now secured myself an IT job through another IT agency.

Members' Comments onGuest's Review

• simonperriton on 22nd Jun 2009

  Hi Just IT Candidate
  
  I read your review with interest about 3 weeks ago. I am the MD at Just IT and the founder of the company.
  
  I have the following comments about the review you have done;
  
  1) I am glad the trainers were good, but remember you have the opportunity to come back and do free retraining so when you have 6 -12 months experience in IT give us a call and book yourself into a CCNA retraining week. You will take a lot more information in and be prepared for the next stage in your career which will probably be towards the networking side.
  
  2) I am glad the support team was good as well - nearly all the candidates think they do a great job.
  
  3) We have re focused the recruitment team to support even more of the candidates. The work placement side of things has expanded and we are now placing many more candidates. But we are really keen for candidates to take advantage of all the opportunities out there - through the general market - and that seems to be what you have done. In terms of any issues in the future if you ever have any issues to do with our service I would like you to contact us directly.
  
  4) On the facilities side we have put a lot of effort in to improving the small details that matter. Refreshments are improved, the two buildings are now checked every week personally by me and we now run an on line feedback form every week to check and act on any comments about customer care. I believe we have improved here 100%.
  
  So I am pleased you enjoyed the course, I am delighted you have your IT job and thanks for your suggestions about areas to improve. They are valuable!
  
  Keep in touch!