[Hallicrafters] Nobody wants to be a "technician" anymore

[kim.herron at sbcglobal.net]

Hi Tom!!

    I work in maintenance for a Gov't agency and truer word have never 
been spoken.  We CAN'T find
ET's to work on postal equipment.  The pay is extremely good and the 
bennies our great.  But nobody can pass the test.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "TC Dailey" <daileyservices at qwest.net>
To: <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 9:35 PM
Subject: [Hallicrafters] Nobody wants to be a "technician" anymore


> I'm in the commercial fire-alarm business, and as such, have found, 
> along
> with my competitors, that finding technicians (ANY technicians) who 
> have a
> grasp of simple electronics and the usage of a multimeter, to be 
> nearly
> impossible these days.  I personally witnessed one so-called
> "technical-representative" (from a Major company) come up to an 
> earlier
> "hard-wired" (non addressable) fire panel, and get totally frustrated,
> because he could'nt find the "plug in for the laptop".
>
> We've raised an entire generation of folks who think that the world is 
> run
> with a keyboard, and haven't a clue of how to use DEDUCTIVE REASONING 
> for
> problem solving.  The electronics stores are just the outward "sore" - 
> the
> true disease lies beneath the skin, I'm afraid.
>
> Tom - WØEAJ
>
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