[uf-discuss] Training events in hResume

[Ryan King]

On Feb 13, 2007, at 3:23 AM, Rob Crowther wrote:
> On 12/02/07, Pat Ramsey <ramsey.pat at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Training being a learning experience, I would think marking it up as
>> education is appropriate.
>>
> But work is (or perhaps should be) a 'learning experience' too.  It's
> not quite the same thing, but most application forms I've filled in
> have had separate sections for Education and Training.
>
> A quick google for some examples:
>
> 1 - http://www.chichester.gov.uk/your_council/council_jobs/ 
> copy_of_job_appln_form1.cfm
> (link to Word doc on page) - Has an 'EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL
> QUALIFICATIONS' section, separate boxes for schooling, professional
> qualifications and 'other relevant training' but all under the same
> heading.
>
> 2 - http://www.tendringdc.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/ 
> E8AE5F2D-4F09-46F7-8044-9A45A924CDCE/0/ApplicationForm130306.pdf
> - seperate sections for Education and Professional Qualifications
>
> 3 - http://www.unison.org.uk/acrobat/B1491.pdf - separate sections for
> Education and Training, though the distinction is that anything which
> leads to a qualification is Education, and everything else is
> Training.  This is perhaps a more useful practical distinction than
> the slightly nebulous concepts I had in mind.
>
> 4 - http://www.scope.org.uk/downloads/jobs/jobapp_may05.doc - similar
> to 3, things with an exam are Education, other things are Training.
>
> 5 - http://www.rhul.ac.uk/personnel/application.pdf - similar to 1,
> all in one section but sperate boxes for School, Further/Higher
> Education, Formal Qualifications and Other Training
>
> 6 - http://www.broxtowe.gov.uk/application_form_april_2006.pdf -
> Education and Training all in the same box/section.
>
> On the basis of the above examples, I would suggest that a distinction
> between education and training could be useful as clearly employers
> sometimes see them as distinct concepts.

"Sometimes" is not enough. We're trying to work with the 80 side of  
the 80/20. I have nothing against improving hResume here, but we  
shouldn't add features that only a minority of people would use.

-ryan
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