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Old 01-08-2007, 12:47 PM
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Originally Posted by rob View Post
well here in Oklahoma, we have a great Vo-Tech program that allows people to getting training in different fields that will get them started in some fields.
The state of Texas did this too. While I lived there they created a big intitiative at the CC level to train people for 'clean rooms' for Motorola, Samsung, TI, Dell, and many other places that have found homes in Texas (Vo Tech degree). The area aroud Austin is fast becoming the 'silicon valley of the Southwest.' These are types of intiatives state and local governments need to be very aggresive about.
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