IBM To Hire 2,000 More Veterans, Expand Tech Training Schools (axios.com)

Posted by msmash on Friday March 17, 2017 @07:20AM from the creation-of-jobs dept.

Ina Fried, reporting for Axios: IBM CEO Ginni Rometty is among the tech leaders meeting Friday with President Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Axios has learned. They'll discuss worker training. And IBM will announce plans to: Open 20 more of its P-TECH schools, which let students get a combined high school degree and associate degree in science and technology in as little as four and a half years. Hire 2,000 U.S. military veterans over the next four years and expand a program that trains and certifies veterans in the use of the type of IBM software often used by law enforcement, cybersecurity and national security agencies.

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What wars does India have vets from? by Anonymous Coward · 2017-03-17 07:22 · Score: 4, Insightful

Are they hiring people who fought in Kashmir against Pakistan? Or maybe they are hiring Pakistanis who crossed into Afghanistan to fight for the Taliban? Can't think of any other armed conflicts in South Asia.