On Nov 30, 2015, at 5:55 AM, Cannaerts, Jan wrote:
Agreed. Training companies are dying out like flies because of
costs and
companies are to cheap. Catch 22 - You want / need training, but
companies
need solid proven experience.
As a 22 year old (two years ago) I found that the "shotgun
approach" worked.
Ask around until you find a company that is desperate and/or brave
enough to
train someone with proven interest. Proving interest, however, is
not always
easy. And not many young bloods have an interest in mainframes to
begin with.
I work together with my college to "recruit" people in the
mainframe optional
that is offered for senior year students. Out of ~100 students we
get 5-10 to
enroll in that optional every year. So even without IBM-created
incentive,
there is interest.
Interesting this item. From previous email on the list here and a lot
of opinions I would not agree that IBM is doing a whole lot of
incentivizing (Word?). They have been slowly yet steadily (IMO)
killing off higher learning opportunities by not giving breaks on
costs (MF) and other opportunities that come with higher learning.
They might not say so publicly but their actions speak volumes.
Ed
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