Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 29, 1996, Winnipeg, Manitoba The education Page course tailors training to fill Large gaps in workforce demand few Good and he knows there Are a lot out Goodhhild manages human resources for the Winnipeg office of a compute outsourcing firm that develops and maintains computer systems and software applications for other ism needs highly trained people not people who can move a file from hard drive to but people who understand systems design or software develop or can run Good child cant find nearly enough of Hes not according to the information technology association of an estimated High technology jobs will open up in Canada by the end of mushrooming from open slots right but not Only is there a shortage of trained there is Lack of clarity on skill Levels of those who Are standards while private schools offer technology training or multimedia pro there Are no consistent Industry standards by which graduates knowledge can be its Tough to develop those Stan Points out Geoff a training consultant in the Market Dri Ven training department of red River Community the world of computers is in the Middle of a massive paradigm a big he that wont finish any time its chaos out the the every thing is mutating faster than a Cun singly designed electronic new areas like client server techno or object oriented the cutting Edge of the says Are very there Are a lot of even in the who Haven got a Good idea of whats Hap All that just makes goodchilds search More but Market partnered training programs May simplify the Issue in a year or one such already run Ning in Victo and will Start in Winnipeg in Janu Ary the information technology professional program is a oneyear course offered by private trainers productivity Point in conjunction with red and in partnership including the Federal in the form of human resources development the and the Canadian information processing theres even an outfit called the software human resources Council Zig a member of that manages the mba consulting program at the University of Victoria in and Heads the it this program is a collaboration among private Bresch says the world of computers is under going a massive paradigm shift that makes it difficult for companies to find up Odate sector and its he we spent a lot of time talking to Industry to find out what was and then developed the As opposed to some of the academic institutions who develop programs and then find their graduates cant find Pri vate vocational schools May do the he Bresch Manitoba two universities and handful of technical colleges have computer applications training both general and and there Are private multimedia offerings but he says courses vary wildly in con tent and vary widely Quality is an important he and its important to us As an everybody trying to keep up with the changing Tec nolo and you try and build that in As you y also vary wildly in red River pro Grams run in the but the it program will Cost an applicant for that Stu dents become part of an degree or Community College diploma Are the it program just began in the four other cities where its says and because its there Are no statistics yet on the Suc Cess of graduates finding but he believes it should answer the to some it wont answer All of Tony Godde Hilds while he has plenty of rooms for the current crops of the ism human resources executives most pressing concern right now is the year 2000 be where a lot of computers wont recognize the change in and will mess up files All Over the world because of to fix All those computer pro Goodchild needs skilled programmers who know legacy like and that material is no longer As a code Geek would bum jobs will open Canada in 199f and learn i Guys and Gram going business Appu Cai skills like time management and writing one of the four terms is planned As a Coop work its concedes but you have to when youre in a Public educational theres still a great Deal of Money behind the scenes subsidizing in the first set of it human resources Canada will cover 50 per cent of the students provided that student is under 30 and Falls under a set of Cri Teria designed to improve youth unemployment Entrance requirements Are stiff a University please support the Hunt it Manitoba largest selection of party rental supplies Chine flatware Book your Christmas rentals now a rent and party Itoe great Trtat cwt Lenl grand re 2 if youre not youre As you can yellow gets you As a that just what youll be when youre in the wow its where Consumers go when to Eyre ready to its advertising they actually want to read and with a wide Range of display and sizes and the additional colours now you can create effective ads suited to Yow product or and your this make sure you have it in yellow make the Yelton pages part of Pur advertising Call us at c ;