module 5

I did not realize how I felt about this class until we met the first time. After the first class I was nervous, the second class made me want to pull my hair out. But then when I sat down and relaxed I found this class to be fun and exciting. I have learned a lot, even though it may not seem that way from my Blogs. I am taking baby steps with this new information and I know that I will continue to work with it after the class is over. In reading the rest of the book I found all the information valuable but there were things that stuck out that I will use in the near future. I will and have been using corporate portals (EIP's) to help me find available jobs for my temporaries. I use and EIP for Accellent, which is one of my customers, to keep track of what positions they have open and which ones have been filled. We also use another EIP to set up drug screens and background checks that the company requires us to use. We get the results from it and start dates for the temps as well. I am also working with my boss to put together a Google Docs Powerpoint presentation for our customers as well as a training tool that will be fun and exciting instead of just reading information out of a book. I would have never known about this if it were not for this class. I know that one of the main concerns our IT people have is security. I think sometimes they are a little too much on that subject because we are limited (very) as to what we have access to especially on the internet. We do have a peer-to-peer connection to each other but all we can really do is send emails. The corporate office has internet access but it is limited. The outer offices have no internet access unless it is for a web site approved to post jobs such as Craigs List. This limits a lot of what we could be doing and progressing as a company. They are also leary of the Sales people bringing in their laptops as they think it will cause viruses to get into their computers because the laptop uses the WLAN and Wi-Fi. There are things that they do that I do not understand because everyone else in the world are using these technologies and the world is not coming to an end and computers are not freezing up all over. I plan on learning as much as I can because I am tired of hearing excuses that do not make sence and using computers that are 15 years or more old. Another thing they do is create programs that do not work and spend a lot of time trying to install it and then spending more time on fixing the problems they have created by doing this. Instead of just upgrading and updating with new equipment or programs. Another thing they talk about is the Network Service Poviders and the cost tied into it and if they needed to expand the broadband it would cost a ton of money. There is no training or information given to anyone in the company from the IT people (there are 3)regarding security or how the computers even work. If there was some kind of training in regard to computers I think people would work better and understand the computers more. If hospitals and Dr.'s offices have computer access then why can't we. The information from hospitals and Dr.'s are a lot more important and they are secure. Another thing that the company needs to look at is the social networking media that we do not have access to at work. These sites would allow us to reach more people and cut down on what we spend in the Buffalo News for Help Wanted ad's. The ability to reach more people with these connections would not only allow us to recruit more people but it may help us in getting more customers. I hope that I have shown you that I have learned a lot from this class and the knowledge I am taking with me will be used and I hope change things in my job.