Thanks a lot lamak_98 for your valuable information. Yes, I do live in LA area and the agency has said they will try their best to find me a job. But its not a guarantee. They have even said they will refund that $1000 if I work through them for 6 months. I just thought that $1000 for 60 hours of training was expensive. But anyways, here is the typical schedule they mailed me few months back: Course 23-Jun-07 Fundamentals of Testing 24-Jun-07 Quick Test Pro (Fundamental Course) 30-Jun-07 Quick Test Pro (Fundamental Course) 1-Jul-07 Test Director (Quality Center) 7-Jul-07 Quick Test Pro (Advanced Course) 8-Jul-07 Quick Test Pro (Advanced Course) 14-Jul-07 Win Runner (Fundamental Course) 15-Jul-07 Load Runner (Fundamental Course) So I dont know if these courses come under QA 1 testing or 2, may be it makes sense to you. I am in total dilemma the only problem being I am not from IT background and what if they just want to make money through training? Any further information and ideas on this matter would be appreciated.