Re: education

[Marc.Rohde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

I would recommend reviewing the job posting and revising it to be more 
AS/400 and Mapics centric to try to "weed-out" the PC people.

In my recent experience I have found it difficult for find Mapics 
resources in the Chicago/Milwaukee/Green Bay market but have found some 
good AS/400 people.  I think that hiring a strong AS/400 person (either 
programmer or operator depending on your environment) will make it easier 
to find appropriate training for the other skills.

Furthermore, it is likely that the AS/400 is their most critical business 
system...do you really want an inexperienced person managing that system? 
It would probably take an AS/400 person less time to become proficient at 
the PC/Network support than a network person to become proficient on the 
AS/400--speaking as a seasoned network person and not so seasoned AS/400 
person.

Marc Rohde
IT Manager
Pentair Filtration, Inc. & Everpure, LLC




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Morning group. 
This is a bit off the norm... One of my Customers is looking to hire a new 
employee to replace a person that is retiring. 
The issue is, almost all of the applications they are getting are from PC 
people... No AS400, RPG, or Mapics....
So right now it looks like we will need to have that person trained... Who 
out there besides IBM does this kind of education? Or is IBM still the 
best?
Any past experience & recommendations would help. And any websites for 
more detail would also be appreciated...
 
Thanks in advance.
 
Pete Olshavsky
Independent Mapics Programmer.


 
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