Testimonials

Michelle Woodyear e-mailed us on 9th June 2010:

I should be receiving my Diploma some time this week but just wanted to send you a brief email.
 
I would like to express my deepest gratitude for all your help and patience throughout my training course. As a result I have obtained the Secretary/Pa Diploma which is an incredibly valuable asset.
 
I would also like to thank you for providing a reference to my present employer, Croydon NHS. I started my new position as an Administration and Clerical Officer for Speech and Language Therapy with Croydon PCT on Monday 7th June. I am certain that completing this course and receiving a reference from Souters was the driving force behind securing this role.
 
This course has enhanced my existing skills and helped me to acquire some new ones which will always be useful. I feel more confident now that I will be able to
fulfill my duties in this role or any other role I may undertake in the future.
 
Thank you very much for all your support.
 
 
Kind regards
 
 
Michelle Woodyear 
 
17/05/10 Gina Abbs from the May Exectuve PA course wrote:

"The course was extremely useful. I've been putting all skills and experience into practice and above all I feel very confident. Two days course that changed my life - thank you!"

Gina Abbs, Executive PA, University College London (UCL)

 

05/05/10 an excerpt from an e-mail received from Mary Berezin who successfully completed the Secretary/PA April 2010 weekday course and commented on our testing system:.


“  I am very proud of myself.  All of the courses I have ever been on involved just sitting and listening to a lecture, then at the end of the lecture, you are given some kind of certificate and sent on your way.  The Secretary/PA course definitely involved the most work, but on the other hand, it just makes it the more worthwhile”

30/01/2010 an e-mail received from Diane Scott who came to our October Saturday course.

Dear Darryl and Joan

 

It happened! I have just been offered a job as PA to the editors office of The Sun newspaper! Part time as well so it was exactly what I was looking for.

 

Thank you so much for all your help, the course was absolutely invaluable and I was able to go into the interview completely prepared and confident of my abilities. It is testament to the reputation of the course that when I went to see the agency and I mentioned Souters she said 'Oh yes, I know them very well, they are very well regarded' and put 'v.v. good' next to it on my CV.

 

Please use this as a testimonial as I can't recommend you highly enough and want prospective students to know the difference the diploma will make to their CV

 

Best Wishes

 

Diane Scott

 

Student January 2010 course

 

PS See you soon as I still need to take all my advanced IT exams!

10/12/2009 an e-mail received from Sandra Dowson who came to us after leaving the RAF
Just a quick update on my progress so far and its all thanks to your training that I did last year.
 
I sat my Diploma in Secretarial/PA in July 2008 and since then I have had a really exciting time. I had my child about 8 months after i finished my Diploma (so yes I was expecting whilst I was attending the course but was not aware) and when I finished my Maternity leave I got a job as a Senior Administrator at a Secondary School in Lincolnshire. This was only a part time job until I managed to get into the NHS which was always my ambition.
 
I am now working within the NHS as a Bowel Cancer Screening Co-ordinator and I am loving my job. I do all the admin for the centre and all the IT and its fantastic.
 
This could not of been possible if I hadn't attended the training that I did at Souters.

09/11/2009 Excerpts from Briefing note by Marithé Horvat, a very senior PA at the International Trade Centre, Geneva who attended our Executive PA workshop in October 2009 with a colleague:

•              Course intense, well balanced and absolutely excellent.
•        Materials and methods of tuition were very good too .
•              Being outside the office in another environment allowed full concentration.
•             Trainers were great.
•              A gap analysis was conducted all throughout the two days. (Annex 1)
•              I asked if it would be possible to keep in contact. Answer was positive

E-mail received 31st October 2009 from Zornitza previously on a course:


Dear Joan, Darryl and Ben,

I hope you are well and busy with your precious work.

It has been a while since I finished my Secretarial Diploma Course with Souters.
All the things I have learnt have helped me not only to find a job, but also to deal with any
personal correspondence in a highly professional and presentable way.
My typing speed has increased and I am proud to be a student of Souters.

I finally got my documents sorted and I am now eligible to work as employee in the UK.
Thanks to the diplomas gained through my Secretarial course I have now an excellent offer
from Marks and Spencer PLC to work as a Workstream Administrator.

Best regards

Zornitsa Ivanova

E-mail received 12th October 2009 from Mihaela Palade recently on course:

Dear Joan,

Thank you for issuing the certificate shortly as required.

I would also like to thank you for the tutorial courses and mention it has been a real pleasure to study with you.

It is the first course I have taken in UK and I did not know what to expect from it in the beginning. Now I can truly say it has been a fulfilling experience.
It gave me confidence and knowledge to move forward in my career.

I have hardly seen teachers who are so dedicated to share all their knowledge and wish for their students to exceed their own experience.

I also attach my resume for your records.

Wishing you a long and fruitful career within Souters.

Kind regards

Mihaela Palade



E-mail received 30th September 2009 from Alison Hartnell currently on course:


Alison


E-mail received 12th August 2009 from Philomena Nana Sey

This is an opportunity to say a big Thank You  to Souters. I had a job  immediately after the course.. I could walk confidently to the agency who offered me a job with the local council  straight away after their assessment with the typing and the interview. I am still *****************************(confidential).  The company has moved me to various departments where I still shine.. At the moment two departments are fighting to keep me.

I could not have done this without Souters. Bearing in mind that I had not worked for over 9 years prior to the course last May.

Once again thank you to all especially

nana Sey

E-mail received 8th January 2009 From Alexandra Mostyn

Hello Joan,
 
You may not remember me seeing how you teach so many new students every few weeks.
 I took your Secretarial/PA course back in April/May last year and I passed with an average mark of 65%. I was still very pleased and learnt a lot and my file with all my notes goes everywhere with me like my work bible.
 After doing your course I was promoted to a Compliance position within an Insurance company but unfortunately nobody told me how extremely boring and mundane Compliance is and not fitting with my dynamic personality- I was the funny loud one at the back of the class you may recall?
So I left this job that I had been promoted into and found a new role, it incorporated PA, Reception and office Admin. When my probationary period was due to end I was asked if I wanted anything to change if I was happy in my role etc.....I said yes, I was very happy BUT! i wanted my job title to change from receptionist/pa/office admin to Office Manager.
 I got it.
 I am now an Office Manager for a small Insurance Company in the city and earning 26.5k a year and I couldn't have done it without your teachings and doing your course. Self improvement is the way forward and for years I sat in jobs lacking ambition but wondering why I was not happy. I know  I deserve this job and I do it well. So Joan thank you for helping me get this far and I wish you and Souters' College all the best and a happy new year 2009.
Kind regards, Alexandra Mostyn.
 

E-mail received 19th December 2008 From Theresa Okogwa

Jacqueline Vernon E-mail received 28th October 2008:  Distance Learning student

"Many thanks for the training I received at Souters.  I temped with Brook Street as a Conveyancing secretary in Farringdon and Joan, you were right on the ball; I hit the road running.  The course detail was adequate preparation for working with a solicitor that had a backlog of work...................