MellowTone
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Hello,
Newbie in PA here. I registered with a temp agency and they pointed me to a call center job where, they say, I will be enrolling people in Medicare through inbound only calls. The assignment begins in August, with training beginning in mid-June.
They say the company (they won't tell me which one yet) is hiring 1000 temps and is providing free (!) pre-licensing training, the 24 hours classroom training plus paying all the fees to get recruits licensed in L&H. The classes are Mon-Fri with the exam on the following Monday, and they claim it is set up to make it almost impossible to fail. All I have to do is score well on my ProveIt (no prob) and they will sign me up for the training.
Well, color me skeptical. My recruiter has said that anyone who passes could just take their license elsewhere to get a job. I have to wonder why they would offer this training for free (apparently a $300 value) when one could pass and walk away with a license.
It will be a five month assignment and they say they need people badly. While I was in their office, the other recruiter was on the phone the whole time calling people to get them into this assignment, and my recruiter asked me to refer more people. They also have a big ad up.
I hope I'm wrong, but this all seems a bit far-fetched to me. What are the chances a newbie could pass with one week of training? Why would the company put out this kind of money to get 1000 people licensed?
Personally, I'm a good test-taker and hold certs in MS Office (Master) and have done well on GREs, and I've ordered the Exam Cram and Kaplan study guides to get a head start. Also I have a few months call center experience, but I'm not so young anymore and this is a career change move.
So should I trust that this is legit and will pan out if I pass the exams, possibly finding myself in a field that I like and will do well in?
Should I take what the agency says at face value and trust that they will follow through on their promises, or could it become apparent that this is some kind of racket on their part?
If anyone has had similar experiences I would be grateful if they could advise me on whether it's worth jumping into the deep end and going for it, or am I just wasting my time with this agency?
Any thoughts or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Newbie in PA here. I registered with a temp agency and they pointed me to a call center job where, they say, I will be enrolling people in Medicare through inbound only calls. The assignment begins in August, with training beginning in mid-June.
They say the company (they won't tell me which one yet) is hiring 1000 temps and is providing free (!) pre-licensing training, the 24 hours classroom training plus paying all the fees to get recruits licensed in L&H. The classes are Mon-Fri with the exam on the following Monday, and they claim it is set up to make it almost impossible to fail. All I have to do is score well on my ProveIt (no prob) and they will sign me up for the training.
Well, color me skeptical. My recruiter has said that anyone who passes could just take their license elsewhere to get a job. I have to wonder why they would offer this training for free (apparently a $300 value) when one could pass and walk away with a license.
It will be a five month assignment and they say they need people badly. While I was in their office, the other recruiter was on the phone the whole time calling people to get them into this assignment, and my recruiter asked me to refer more people. They also have a big ad up.
I hope I'm wrong, but this all seems a bit far-fetched to me. What are the chances a newbie could pass with one week of training? Why would the company put out this kind of money to get 1000 people licensed?
Personally, I'm a good test-taker and hold certs in MS Office (Master) and have done well on GREs, and I've ordered the Exam Cram and Kaplan study guides to get a head start. Also I have a few months call center experience, but I'm not so young anymore and this is a career change move.
So should I trust that this is legit and will pan out if I pass the exams, possibly finding myself in a field that I like and will do well in?
Should I take what the agency says at face value and trust that they will follow through on their promises, or could it become apparent that this is some kind of racket on their part?
If anyone has had similar experiences I would be grateful if they could advise me on whether it's worth jumping into the deep end and going for it, or am I just wasting my time with this agency?
Any thoughts or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.