A work- study

program for us teach student

Many within techdom complain about us comparies that use cheap, offshore labour or guest foreign worker in places of domestic employers. Few are doing much about it. A note worthy expect ion is Arthur langer. his new york non profit oeorganizations workforce outsource services is trying to provides alterntives to foreign teach workers, including those on H-1B visas, by granting school airships to law-income students and placing them in multi yer work-study programs in companies while they work toward undergraduate degrees. " we have can incredible source of in this country that can work for competitive prices" says longer a technology consultant and professor at Columbia University. you don't have to go India for labor.' The organizations begun as academic projects nine years ago, became a company in 2005 and is now expanding in new work New Jersey and Ohio, so far 120 student have graduate,and further65 are enrolled. longer ultimately hopes to put thousands of youngsters through the program. He belie vs it's at a turning point. "We haveproved it can work, and we're scaling up now." he says. Longer, an expert in technology management began the project after seeing many young people from poor communities go to collages but fail to complete degree programs. The reason. They are under intense pressure to get into the workforce and earn money, or they are averse to piling up loan debt without the certain ed tat they will get good Jobs after graduation. so he founded workforce outsource services to help student earn degrees with out financial strain .

MOTIVATED AND DISCIPLINED

Here's how the service works: young people are invited to a six- week orientation program where they meet in a group with workforce outsourcing services trainers once a week. From that group three most motivated and disciplined candidates are selected. they participate in an intensive IT training program at a university and then begin working part time for corporations. while they go to school part time and finish their under graduate in six years with a degree technology certification, no debt, and a job ."langer says.