Quoting john chung <johnc@XYBASE.COM>:

> Neil Bradley wrote:
>
> > >  Just as a last word, I don't understand why co-op students aren't
> > > sought out more. Generally, we offer very cheap labor (relatively), and
> > > are capable of learning very quickly. While it's true that the first few
> > > weeks/months are usually 'wasted' from a companies perspective, training
> > > the student that is, the student can become a valuable resource to the
> > > company in the future. Maybe there is more to it, I obviously haven't
> > > seen the whole world yet, but these are the points that stick out the
> > > most to me.
> >
> > Once you get more experience under your belt and have a few co-ops work
> > for you, then you'll understand. A great majority of them need more hand
> > holding, reverification, and reworking effort than it would take to do the
> > job in the first place, and most companies aren't willing to invest the
> > time/energy. But then again, I've had the same general experience with
> > many recent college graduates, too.
> >
>
>    Well, we started from the same situation too! It really depends whether
> the "worker"
> is willing to learn or not and must be open to criticism.
>

These are things that for the most part, you can't prove until you are actually
hired ;-) This seems to be the problem in the first case, heh.


> John
>
> >
> > -->Neil
> >
> >
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