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Maintaining an uptodate skillset

  • 12-05-2004 3:11pm
    #1
    RicardoSmith
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    Has anyone else noticed, that companies love you to have all the latest certifications and experience of all the latest applications, but yet very rarely provide any inhouse training on anything. So that means you have to pay for it yourself. Which is very expensive. Its a real pain in the butt.


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  • #2
    damnyanks
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,276 ✭✭✭damnyanks


    Yeah but it saves them a bundle probably :)


  • #3
    dazberry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,152 ✭✭✭dazberry


    Originally posted by RicardoSmith
    Has anyone else noticed, that companies love you to have all the latest certifications and experience of all the latest applications, but yet very rarely provide any inhouse training on anything. So that means you have to pay for it yourself. Which is very expensive. Its a real pain in the butt.

    I would hazard to add (and don't use these latest applications (or tools) either). I've seen it on numerous occasions, where both core and nice to have skills are the figment of someones imagination - but can still factor quite heavily in the selection process.

    Now of course there is legitimate reasoning to this from time to time, and coupled with the phrase - the best laid plans of mice and men... with the best intensions in the world things just don't happen.

    But, less legitimate reasoning seems to be to sexy the job/company up to get the draw, and to bargain down candidates on foot of gained experience. I think that's shameful.

    D.


  • #4
    Kobie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 322 ✭✭Kobie


    I think it's also a lot to do with HR people not knowing what the hell they're talking about & copying & pasting a few new buzzwords into the job spec. The amount of stupid questions you have to put up with from agencies & HR people before they deign to let you talk to somebody technical is ridiculous sometimes.


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