[Gllug] Graduates paying for IT training before employment

[Richard]

Steve Nelson wrote:

>I should clarify.  We don't do so many training courses.  The company
>does, however, encourage people to obtain professional certification
>in their areas of expertise.  This is, I think, less about the value
>of the qualification to the employer than it is about badges for the
>sales droids to show to their prospects.
>  
>
My company does a lot of training courses, but only so that they can either:
a) give the sales droids something to flog.
b) assure their "technology partners" that some people are remotely 
familiar with their product's particular mangling of common 
practice/standards.

It is worth noting that "fitness for purpose" is only one of the 
elements (and rather minor at that) that defines a "technology partner" 
in a large consultancy.

Leave your ideals by the door, please. Yes, just by your hopes and 
aspirations.

Richard
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