Committing to your job and everything it entails
I recently heard from someone I know that just graduated and accepted a job, that when she signed on with her company she had to sign a form that she will agree to computer training or any certifications that she may need throughout her working there. Of course, the company will pay for those certifications or any CBT courses that she may need, but she has to agree to do them in a timely manner if asked to do so.
My guess is that a lot of people over the last 20 years were hesitant to conform to the technology based economy and work place that we have developed into. A lot of the older crowd were used to doing things their way and probably had a hard time adjusting or maybe weren't so eager. The fact is though, technology is constantly changing and businesses need to keep up (or stay ahead) if they are going to stay in business or at least keep up with the competition.
There are a lot of people who would prefer one bank over the other or one phone company over another one if that one has online banking or bill paying. So if you are the company that doesn't or you have employees who really haven't stayed up to date with technology on their own, you are going to fall behind and probably lose out a lot of money.
So companies need to ensure (for their own safety) that their employees will keep up to speed with the latest technology and be certified (like the a+ certification that my aunt needed for her job) accordingly.
Thankfully though the company pays for it and I think she even said that they are given paid time off to get the course completed (I think it was about 3 days or so). So they really are accommodating as long as you are as well. But I do think that people who are signing onto contracts with companies now are the kinds of people who are up to speed with the internet and technology and Microsoft office (what is expected now a days) so they shouldn't have a problem signing a sheet like that and they are also probably eager to keep up to date because it doesn't only help the company, it helps them personally too.
Posted on Tuesday, April 14, 2009 @ 6:47 PM by Brian