Has anyone else been seeing a trend in companies not willing to hire if they have to do any training? https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/has-anyone-else-been-seeing-a-trend-in-companies-not-willing-to-hire-if-they-have-to-do-any-training <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The big push if for young people to get their education and training. Most of us joined the service with the plan to do both serving our country. I have both training and a BS in my field, but I&#39;m finding that its just not enough for some employers <br /><br />I lost a temp job recently because quote, &quot;I know you could learn the job, but we would rather have someone who can just walk into the position.&quot; The below article talks about companies that want experience, but don&#39;t want to train. Has anyone else run into this? <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/012/108/qrc/culturefit.jpg?1443038741"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/on-leadership/wp/2014/09/05/what-employers-really-want-workers-they-dont-have-to-train/">What employers really want? Workers they don’t have to train</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">If everyone is hiring for the ability to do a job, rather than for the potential to do it well, how does anyone get that initial experience?</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> Wed, 15 Apr 2015 19:02:22 -0400 Has anyone else been seeing a trend in companies not willing to hire if they have to do any training? https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/has-anyone-else-been-seeing-a-trend-in-companies-not-willing-to-hire-if-they-have-to-do-any-training <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The big push if for young people to get their education and training. Most of us joined the service with the plan to do both serving our country. I have both training and a BS in my field, but I&#39;m finding that its just not enough for some employers <br /><br />I lost a temp job recently because quote, &quot;I know you could learn the job, but we would rather have someone who can just walk into the position.&quot; The below article talks about companies that want experience, but don&#39;t want to train. Has anyone else run into this? <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/012/108/qrc/culturefit.jpg?1443038741"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/on-leadership/wp/2014/09/05/what-employers-really-want-workers-they-dont-have-to-train/">What employers really want? Workers they don’t have to train</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">If everyone is hiring for the ability to do a job, rather than for the potential to do it well, how does anyone get that initial experience?</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> PO3 Sherry Thornburg Wed, 15 Apr 2015 19:02:22 -0400 2015-04-15T19:02:22-04:00 Response by SGT Mark Estes made Nov 23 at 2018 9:05 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/has-anyone-else-been-seeing-a-trend-in-companies-not-willing-to-hire-if-they-have-to-do-any-training?n=4153083&urlhash=4153083 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Absolutely! Or one day of training SGT Mark Estes Fri, 23 Nov 2018 21:05:46 -0500 2018-11-23T21:05:46-05:00 2015-04-15T19:02:22-04:00