Microsoft offers computer training to unemployed

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Apr 13th, 2009 | SEATTLE -- Microsoft Corp. announced Monday it would be giving away more than 30,000 vouchers over the next 90 days to help unemployed people in Washington state get new computer skills.

The vouchers will entitle them to take computer classes for free -- either in person or online -- and take Microsoft certification exams at no or low cost.

At a news conference in Seattle, Gov. Chris Gregoire commended Microsoft for stepping up to the challenge of helping the nation come out of the recession stronger.

"When this downturn ends, we will need more skilled workers ready to enter the job market. Microsoft's generosity will provide thousands of men and women the skills they need to work with the software that runs our businesses," Gregoire said.

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oh, the irony...

oh, the cognitive dissonance...

oh, what a steaming pile of cruelty...

while they continue to do everything they can to keep from hiring AMERICAN workers, they throw this condescending worthless sop...

[bridgit]

1. So learn to operate a system and apply with Gate' competition

:kick:

[csziggy]

2. Why don't they just rehire the people the laid off?

Ah, I see. They are offering training but not jobs.

I wonder if they are planning to train them only in Windows Vista or 7 so the companies that hire them will have to use one of those operating system?

[L0oniX]

3. Silly Micro Shaft.

[OhioChick]

4. LOL....

"commended Microsoft for stepping up to the challenge of helping the nation come out of the recession stronger."


By laying off 5K a few months ago?

[notesdev]

5. So is that more expensive or less expensive

than the money M$ 'saves' from being one of the largest consumers of H1-B visas in America?

This being a company, I might add, which owes its success almost exclusively to the US legal and patent systems which it was able to deftly manipulate to the tune of tens of billions of dollars?