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> > I used to work for a consultant. Their philosophy towards education > > was that if they trained you it just made you more marketable and > > you'd leave the company.</clip> > Hopefully this is not the norm. IBM has for many years required Business Partners to have certain certifications, forcing them to educate (and making a nice business practice of selling education). While the consultancy I worked with for 20 years did not give me "all" the education I wanted, we did rotate 2 of us to each Common, plus IBM classes, and required each consultant get the RPG Developer cert and a bonus for each cert after that. We never had the problem with people leaving after getting trained in areas. Those not interested in learning were considered "not team players", a detriment to our company image, and not in the best interest for our clients. In the end, we had 100% participation, including the owner. jim > Some consultant! The idea is to be able to charge a high rate for your > people because they are superior. It costs a bit more to educate and keep > them, sure, but the consultancy ought to be able to more than recoup that > in their higher fees. Clients are not usually impressed when their own > staff have to educate the consultants they're paying for (and neither are > the client's staff for that matter). > > -- > Dave...
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