#1 Challenge For A Hiring Manager
Job Search July 18th, 2007A friend, an owner of a business, wrote me about some of the challenges she is having as an owner and hiring manager. She wrote,
“My #1 challenge in finding good employees is finding those who have technology skills…Some people looking for work can barely turn on a computer. They MUST seek IT training to be employable in today’s.”
Where can a person go for training? If you’re a self-learner, there are great books. If you like classroom style, many community colleges and business such as the tcTraining Center offer classes. I learned a lot of my skills through volunteering and in a few jobs.
How did you learn your IT skills? I’d love to hear from you!
July 19th, 2007 at 11:22 am
Hi Terry,
I just hired a new receptionist and if it wasn’t for 28 years of organizational skills, it would have been hard for me to look past her lack of current PC skills. On the other hand, her lack of skills was partly the fault of her former employer … who still owned a DEC VAX computing system from the early 1980’s. WOW! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VAX)
To Quote Bob Dylan; Times, they are a changin’