Oracle Training - Money Down the Drain Or An Investment With Big Returns?

You probably think that Oracle training is expensive - maybe too expensive! After all you can pay over NZ$4000 per person for the course itself, then there's the cost of food and accommodation and travel to include if you're not located in one of the big cities.

Well, we'd like to change your mind and show you that investing in training is exactly that - an investment and one which can produce a massive return.

World-wide Shortage of Oracle Skills

Consider this: there's a world-wide shortage of trained Oracle professionals (even in India and China!) so if you need to recruit more or just retain the ones you have, you're going to have provide training.

Training Is Good For Morale

The results of a survey by Robert Walters recruitment firm in March 2008 highlighted better access to training as one of the key reasons why people look for a new job. Not to mention that 60% of the people in the survey had already been approached by recruitment firms or other companies to see if they were looking to change jobs.

But that's only one part of the story: other than retaining existing staff or attracting new staff what does an employer get out of providing training?

Training Is Good For Profits

"The profitability of companies is directly related to the quantity and quality of training provided by employers" - one of the conclusions of a study in to the benefits of training for Australian enterprises in 2000.

Research by James Guthrie of 164 New Zealand organisations with more than 100 staff (The Academy of Management Journal, 2001) put some numbers on this, concluding companies providing training out perform other enterprises to the tune of up to $167,600 in sales per employee.

Training Is Good For Productivity

So what is it about training that provides this benefit? Maybe it's the resulting increase in productivity. Research by NCVER in Australia in 2005 concluded training can increase productivity by 30%.

For Oracle developers or DBAs on $90,000 or $100,000/year, getting another $30,000 worth of work out of them per year for an investment of just $4,000 or so would be a pretty big return, wouldn't you agree?

Training Is A Necessity

So now you can see providing training for your Oracle developers and DBAs is absolutely essential. The question is no longer can you afford it, but what training courses should you be looking at, how many of your team can you send and how soon can they go!

If you're interested in high quality Oracle training provided by consultants with real-world expertise and skills honed to a fine edge over many years, then talk to us now.

We provide training on and off site for developers and DBAs on the following subjects and more: SQL, PL/SQL, Oracle database administration , backup and recovery, Oracle Forms. Or ask us about customised training to cover exactly the subjects you need.

Contact us now to see what we can do for you for your company's productivity.

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