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Chub must have changed drastically over a 10 year period. I attended when it was new in 1998 prior to the Y2K scare and it was a good program. They did not teach the tests and the instructors were very knowledgeable. It was a very hands on experience and the the program then was network engineering and data comm. Although some people could not handle the rigor of the course and dropped, others were snagged up by companies right away. Most of the students that attended were there for good reason and were dedicated as networking and the computer world was just becoming the next big thing and there were not enough people to do the work. I was able to get a job within 2 months of graduating and worked for a fortune 200 company as a network analyst...went on to get my B.S. in Computer Information Systems and 13 years later i am an Executive Director of Technology for a state agency with 2000 employees. The Chubb institute got me going in a big way. I will say as as someone that hires employees, that the market for entry level IT people has become saturated and schools like CHUBB have gotten away from their main intent and have become a diploma mill promising jobs upon graduation. The issue are as follows. 1. Everyone thinks they can work in the iT field and that not true. To be a true engineer it takes an engineer like mind and ability...these schools make everyone think they can do it. 2. There are not enough entry level jobs available for new grads as employers want seasoned pro's to hit the ground running. 3. The economy still is in bad shape, so employers are hiring the experienced unemployed workers before the entry level new grads. 4. The market is saturated with level 1 and entry level techs and networks are far more sophisticated and require experience. Schools cannot recreate these environments in a classroom. To summarize..CHUBB was good at one time, however, something happened and the product they offered and the product they produced in students suffered. The same thing is happening in nursing. Every 20 something girl in this country is in "nursing school", because they claim there is a demand, so all of a sudden nursing schools are popping up left and right ripping students off. Most of these schools are not even accredited. The claim there is a shortage of nurses because people live longer and therefore there are more sick people (true), but hospitals still only have so many beds, a budget, and the economy still is in bad shape. So, just because there is a demand doesn't mean that equals hiring. I have a demand for 10 more on my IT staff, but i don't have it in my budget, so i have to get by...make sense? If you want to stay in IT i would recommend another area of IT... Developers and programmers are still a hot item as well as technology project managers/coordinators. The trick is to find a field that is in demand or will be in demand before the rest of the world does...I was just lucky in '98 and got in at the right time. Hope this helps.

Brian D.