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I fully agree with you, they focus on small gains rather then preparing people for the future. I also was not paid for what I wanted and went for a short degree that put me back into the same industry that laid me off, so now I am unemployed again.

Alvaro Cervantes

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When I left HP in 2005, I had the opportunity to get into the retraining program offered by the TAA (Trade Act Agreement), but it did not materialize in a Job. It is a nice program, but it is focused on a short term strategy. If I had gone for a master degree with Chinese language skills, I would not have the same problem again (I am back to the program from being unemployed from Trimble Navigation Systems now). Also, the program does not paid for school, if the school is not certified by the state of Oregon Education authorities, then They won't pay for it; I wanted to get trained by IBM or Sun Microsystems, but they would not pay for that. I ended up going for a very competive field (IT Windows OS basically) and Could not get a job in that field. I am going back to the TAA again (today) and this time I want to go for a master degree if they help, if they don't help for a master, I don't know what to do. Thanks OPB, Alvaro Cervantes

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