[Gllug] Graduates paying for IT training before employment

[Leslie Till]

Doug Winter wrote:

>On Sun 24 Aug ted.bell wrote:
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>>I have seen at least one other example of people being asked to pay
>>for their own training with the promise of work if they pass. Driving
>>and ridding instructors are regularly asked to go through this now.
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>That is a little different - you are required by law to be trained to do
>those jobs.  If a hospital requires someone to be a qualified surgeon
>before they let someone at their patients with a knife, they aren't
>exactly being unreasonable :)
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>doug.
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The example of the hospital surgeon is valid but I have known graduate 
hospital laboratory staff being allowed time off to attend  lectures in 
order the obtain  PhD/MSc  qualifications, course fees payed by the 
taxpayer. On gaining the higher qualifications it's bye bye NHS I'm off 
to work for more pay with a large pharmaceutical company.



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