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Rhodoman  Posts: 1,397
Registered: 2001-6-14 21:02:19
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Whoever can learn the fastest and best on the job keeps the job.
It has always been thus.
Rho
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notmforce2k Posts: 1,209
Registered: 2011-10-9 09:37:34
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Companies are largely hoarding their money right now. They're recording record profits while laying off and/or not hiring new employees. Whatever saves them money, they will do. Cutting employees, cutting training programs.. they'll do it all.
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Lynea Title: Dances with Trolls
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Registered: 2001-7-26 13:09:39
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I don't think you realize how much training actually costs a company. It's a huge investment and if they tend to have a high turnover rate, it's just not worth it to hire someone who requires training over someone who does not.
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Sith_Mauler Posts: 1,851
Registered: 2002-12-21 13:40:03
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Lynea posted:
I don't think you realize how much training actually costs a company. It's a huge investment and if they tend to have a high turnover rate, it's just not worth it to hire someone who requires training over someone who does not.
and yet companies are posting record profits.
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Rhodoman Posts: 1,397
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Sith_Mauler posted:
and yet companies are posting record profits.
They are? Which ones?
Rho
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Sith_Mauler Posts: 1,851
Registered: 2002-12-21 13:40:03
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Rhodoman posted:
Sith_Mauler posted:
and yet companies are posting record profits.
They are? Which ones?
Rho
this has to do with corporate taxes but its a wsj talking about companies posting record profits
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combat_mage_sc Title: Hi. My name is Combat and i'm an alcoholic.
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Registered: 2001-7-20 21:19:21
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They dont wanna waste money training some frat brat, fresh out of a diploma mill.
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Anebriated  Title: I should be reading a book
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Registered: 2003-1-27 21:26:11
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learning fast is great, but it's totally secondary to experience.
sometimes I wonder if being overqualified educationally and not experienced is worse than just being inexperienced. my least favorite interview question so far is when they ask what my long-term plans are. I don't know how to lie, it's like so obvious that im going back to school in a year and a half and that's what I tell them :/
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Cawlin Posts: 1,759
Registered: 2005-2-22 07:58:42
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The supposed lack of qualified applicants is a sham. Companies want to project that this is a problem so that there will be more sympathy for them to bring in labor from overseas - which won't be qualified either - but which will work for $0.42/hour. Further, it's a win-win for companies ANYWAY if they can get training pushed into the public sector as an expense via high school and technical schools and even by virtue of student loan fed college education - reduces their costs anyway even if they do find someone who is "qualified" and (here's the tough part) willing to work for substandard wages. Normally a company basically has to sink funding and costs into training employees - if the public sector can handle that, they win even bigger than when they hire Malaysians to work for pennies on the dollar.
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Elmador_MoK  Title: Voice of Mostly-Reason
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Registered: 2002-6-26 14:35:20
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Hawkson posted:
Maleraka posted:
Silverwuf posted:
There are too many experienced people out of work looking for jobs. Also, companies aren't hiring a lot of people right out of college because they feel they are entitled to a job and aren't willing to work for it.
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That's bulls**t!
The issue, as previously stated, is that there are a lot of experienced people who got canned, and are willing to take entry level jobs - making it so that the qualifications for entry level jobs become, ...is a master of A, B, C. Instead of, is familiar with A, B, C - but as part of the job, we'll help you master these abilities - to our benefit.
Bingo. This is exactly what I am running into in my job search and field.
One agency I failed to even get an interview with recently, I had previously gone through their volunteer academy and given over 80 hours of service toward the end of last year. How am I entitled or unwilling to work, when I am working and not even getting paid for it? The simple fact is even though you are qualified and downright eager to apply yourself to the position and master it, there is someone else in the applicant pool who has done the exact job for 10 years and can just hit the ground running.
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