Kitmarlowe said:I don't see employees being big onside.....
Why? Because I've never come across an IT Department anywhere that's overmanned, in fact it's normal for most IT departments in the Private sector to be as small as they can get away with. I've seen more teams get along with a bare handful of permanent and as many temps and Contractors as they need to get peaks dealt with, or as as part of their normal manning.
So a member of staff who's going to vanish for 8 months is not going to be attractive to Companies as Permanent staff, and may even fail to be interesting as a Contractor cos he keeps disappearing off for 6 months and falls behind in their skill sets.....
msr said:Kitmarlowe said:I don't see employees being big onside.....
Why? Because I've never come across an IT Department anywhere that's overmanned, in fact it's normal for most IT departments in the Private sector to be as small as they can get away with. I've seen more teams get along with a bare handful of permanent and as many temps and Contractors as they need to get peaks dealt with, or as as part of their normal manning.
So a member of staff who's going to vanish for 8 months is not going to be attractive to Companies as Permanent staff, and may even fail to be interesting as a Contractor cos he keeps disappearing off for 6 months and falls behind in their skill sets.....
So here is the TA providing up to date skill sets and I would suggest, filling exactly these sort of roles.
msr
Kitmarlowe said:The drama is going away on tour for 6 months plus. You come back, start job hunting and Agencies treat those 6 months as out of the loop, you may have been doing exactly the same work as you're now looking for, but Agencies haven't got a scoby and treat it as a blank space.
Goku said:I canât see it being workable.
As has already been said, would an experienced Sys Admin want to do their day job for their Army wage?? I sure as hell wouldnât.
Could the TA train up an inexperienced sprog to be Sys Adminâ¦
With the time the TA has to work with (2 week camp, drill nights, a weekend a month) you wouldnât produce anyone with particularly competent skills.
Theyâd need constant supervision.
polar69 said:It would certainly be nice to be able to recruit people who had been attracted by the it/comms tagline
Goku said:polar69 said:It would certainly be nice to be able to recruit people who had been attracted by the it/comms tagline
I looked into moving over to the Sigs a couple of years ago with the thought of doing IT in the TA.
I was put off when I found all Iâd be able to do is play with radios, the thought of spending my weekends with static in my ears didnât appeal.
Goku said:Sorry if this is a bone question, but do IT jobs even exist in the TA other than with LIAG whom only appear to have a TAC in Corsham?
polar69 said:It would certainly be nice to be able to recruit people who had been attracted by the it/comms tagline
polar said:The tech trade as it currently stands serves no function - they repair no kit, tech PSI's do this. We've had one of ours retrained as an Operator as it would enhance his carer prospects