from welfare to a computer career
Here's an interesting article about Goodwill in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania teaching people about computers as part of a welfare to work program:

computer careers for welfare recipients

From what little detail the article gives, these people are not being given enough training to actually start a computer program. However, maybe that's the reporter's fault.

Hopefully Goodwill is aiming to teach them enough to qualify for the CompTIA A+ certification to repair, install and upgrade PCs.

Knowing the parts of a computer is fine, but it's not enough to make a living.

Fixing computers is the lowest end of the IT industry, but it's certainly a step up from welfare.

Of course, just getting these people interested in computers is a step forward in itself, but they must go further.

If they're not being given a truly good course, Goodwill might as well stick to teaching them to search for other kinds of jobs online.


The latest article on my computer careers site is:

Ubuntu for Not Yet Techies


Computer Careers
Computer Careers
- posted by RickStooker @ 1:40 PM