Re: How to (re)train?

Endre,

Don't even think twice about rehiring her.  If she was that good, she will
pick up the AS/400 commands quickly, especially if she has Sys/38
experience.  The skills are the easy part. Good *people* are hard to find. 


This is, of course, assuming that your firm is in a cash position to be
able to afford some bench/training time until you can place her.  That's a
metric that you or your company will have to work out yourselves.  Perhaps
you have a software conversion she can help out on, to start with.  I'm
also assuming that the lack of AS/400 experience is the only reason that
you have reservations about this.

There are a lot of training options.  Find out which type is effective for
her, she will know if she can learn effectively from a book or tape or
whether a class is best.

Good luck,

Kathleen Kostuck
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AS/400 Solutions
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> From: Endre Enyedy <e_enyedy@netside.net>
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject: How to (re)train?
> Date: Monday, November 16, 1998 6:51 PM
> 
> Hello:
> 
> We just had an offer from a one time collegue of us, to return to work
with
> us. Since we are, 
> as almost everyone else  is, chronically short on personnel, we listened
to
> the offer and
> are trying to decide what to do, that is, I have been told to come up 
with
> an answer and/or
> solution for Friday.
> 
> The Background:
> 
> We are a small consulting group, doing development, conversions,
etc.etc....
> This person worked with us until 6 years ago and she  is (was) a really
> first rate
> System Analyst/Designer, exceptionally good on Customer Support and
training.
> 
> She knew almost everything there was to know  (at that time)  on the
Midrange
> family.
> Problem: she never worked with the AS series.
> She is wiling to train (re-train?).
> 
> I would really appreciate your opinon, and what would you do in this
situaton?
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
> EndreE 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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