Dragons Fly;
Well put, unfortunately what a lot of newbie’s don't realize that the hard part is not in fact your training or exams but the job hunting period. I remember a post on here last year where members shared the time they gained their CPL through to when they had gainful employment - this ranged from one day to seven years.
A friend of mine calls this the bull**** filter, and many don't make it through but persistence and a positive can do attitude defiantly help I think.
Funny, when I talk to a few of my seniors they seem to think that this has only been a problem for the last 15 years or so?
Dynamic Component;
That is decidedly poor form, "when a man is not as good as his word then he is essentially nothing".
Unfortunately in this day and age a gentleman’s agreement counts for bugger all, the mistake I made during my interview process and this company you talk of, is that nothing was written and signed for. Nobody should have a problem signing a piece of paper if their intentions are honest.