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November 12, 2014 at 12:57 pm #5496November 12, 2014 at 2:50 pm #5502
Nice job, Keith. How do the students find out about Per Scholas and Doran Jones? Do you work with different agencies, non-profits, high schools, etc? Do you advertise?
November 12, 2014 at 2:53 pm #5503@Teri – Hi – Per Scholas do various outreach activities locally and nationally through advertising, community colleges, etc. to find the people of the program.
November 12, 2014 at 2:54 pm #5504Do potential students have to go through something (testing, etc.) to qualify?
November 12, 2014 at 2:57 pm #5505@ Teri – There are series of interviews, tests, etc. that students have to go through to get into the initial Per Scholas program and then they are reviewed again and selected for the STEP classes.
November 12, 2014 at 2:59 pm #5506@Keith – Thanks. And thanks again for the great information you provided today!
November 12, 2014 at 3:01 pm #5507Thanks for the webinar 🙂
You mentioned showing that your students have a higher skill level than many offshore companies can offer. Can you give us an example of how you can prove this to a company looking to hire testers?November 12, 2014 at 3:06 pm #5508@Rasmus – My personal experience in hiring lots of offshore test analysts and comparing them to the graduates of the STEP program, is that their ability to model the testing space, ask questions, and think critically about quality/testing far exceeds the abilities of the large outsourcing companies. This is primarily a result of having completed RST, RTI, and weeks of lab work utilizing those skills combined with all the coaching and mentoring that happens during the STEP class.
November 22, 2014 at 11:51 pm #5707Hi Keith,
thank you for the webinar, I really enjoyed it and hope you continue to do the great work you’re already doing. I’m curious about what you see as the biggest challenges for exporting the model to other countries like in the UK or Australia? I realise the model is still in development but I’m sure you have some ideas.
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