Hi all, Just a bit of information. If you are a laid off developer, such as myself :-(, you might want to take the opportunity to get some professional training via the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) to enhance your r�sum�: Here is the scoop on it:
http://www.joblinkcc.com/capitalarea/workforce_investment_act_program.htm http://www.ncesc.com/individual/training/trainingmain.asp The short of it is the state has a federally-funded program to provide training funds for people such as ourselves, along with other classes of workers. You can get up $4000 to take training on various technologies. I know someone who used it to get training so as to become Cisco-certified. I have been working with Strategic Technologies in Cary (www.stratech.com) for some time to convince them they should be on the list of approved trainers, which it seems they now are. FYI Strategic Technologies is the official Sun training vendor here. They also do training for HP, Veritas, BMC & FileNET. You are not limited to using WIA funds on them, however. For a complete list of approved training providers, go to www.ncstars.org, click Public Access/Search NC STARS Programs then click Raleigh on the map and "Submit" as is on the next page. Then just look on the popup list on the page after that. Basically, you go to the ESC office, bringing a lot of documentation, fill out a LOT of paperwork, wait a few days until you are called by a WIA coordinator for an interview, then wait to see if your application forwarded to Raleigh is approved by the Capital Board. I'm in that stage right now. Once approved, you get a voucher which you give to the training provider to pay for your course. Note, you can't just have been laid off. You have to prove you have been looking for work quite some time, for example. Still, take a look/see to find out if you qualify. If you are interested in training at Strategic Technologies, my contact there is Trish Witek ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). Be sure to tell her how you heard about it and no, I do not get any kickback on referrals, at least as far as I know. If you have any other questions, I'll be happy to answer the best I can. Good luck! As a final thought, it might would be a good idea if the "powers-that-be" mention it at tonight's JUG meeting. Ciao, Dev -- Dev Brown Morrisville, NC USA Treat people in your debt like family, exploit them. -Star Trek Ferengi Rules of Acquisition, #111 _______________________________________________ Juglist mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://trijug.org/mailman/listinfo/juglist_trijug.org
