With the Silicon Valley demand for workers exceeding the supply of available people, Foothill College is helping people prepare for their spot in the Valley’s eye-popping job mania.
The rapid creation of new public companies coupled with initial public offerings and mergers has created a demand for employees with a computer knowledge.
This fall, Foothill College offers special courses to provide experiences for Silicon Valley workers. Classes offered are:
Computer Aided Design (DRFT63) is for aspiring architects, interior and landscape designers and engineers who want to build a solid foundation in computer-aided design and drafting skills. Call 949-7236.
Technical Writing (ENG3), the new five unit ENG3 course, will introduce a student to a variety of writing and document design techniques.
Students will learn drafting, designing techniques to create user manuals, business reports and grant proposals. Call 949-7250.
Introduction to COBOL (CIS24A) is for computer programmers or software engineers are scrambling to learn COBOL in order to avoid network crashes on Jan. 1, 2000.
Foothill’s Fall Quarter COBOL class will keep ahead of the competition. Call 949-7236.
Computer Fitness Testing (HP068) is ideal for people who have never exercised, or who need to start a fitness regime as well as those recovering from stroke and cardiac episodes. 949-7222.
