Released on: 8, December 2006
, Author: Vishwenath Kizhapandal
, Audience: Software related
iLink Systems Inc. launched a unique Saturday Universityprogram for all it employees in their offices spread across Bellevue (WA), Fairfax(VA) and Chennai(India). A University calendar was published for the first trimesterand it included an unprecedented 76 training hours in that period. Annualized, thisworks out to 28.5 training days per employee every year; well above the annualtraining provided to software employees in most organizations.
Subject matter for the training was spread over a wide variety of areas,predominantly based on the latest Microsoft Technologies, but also on buildingdomain competence like business intelligence and soft-skills including communicationand presentation skills. Training methodologies were also varied including formaltraining, in-house presentations, e-learning and self-study. Evaluation wasprimarily done through industry standard examinations, but also through acombination of seminars, demonstrations and presentations that helped employees honetheir soft-skills as well.
A significant portion of iLink Systems projectsÂ' involves technologies that arestill a couple of years away from hitting the market. Surveys among iLinkersparticipating in Microsoft TechEds revealed that several participants in theseforums had not even heard of technologies that iLink had been working on for severalmonths. iLinkers typically derive technical solutions from first principles aspublished materials are lacking in these technology areas. The Saturday Universityis the place where iLinkers collaborate to find these first time solutions to brandnew problems in brand new technologies.
Sridhar Mahadevan, CTO of iLink Systems  We work a lot on Alpha and Beta ware toprovide our tech-savvy customers the first mover advantage. Traditional trainingmethods do not help in these areas; hence the concept of Saturday University wasborn. Of course, we do have special access to Microsoft product teams who helps ussolve some really obscure issues. It is definitely lonely working in the areas weare in right now, but the thrill of being the first keeps us going!Â
Sam one of the employees at the India office, but currently in the US, felt theopportunities this provided were nonpareil  In none of the other companies I havebeen at, was employee self-development such a big agenda with the management .
About iLink Systems
iLink Systems is an end to end software solutions provider with core capabilities inenterprise application development and integration, eMarketing and creativeservices. iLink focuses on providing software development solutions to thenon-profit, healthcare, real estate, insurance, government and online retailverticals. iLink has served clients like Cingular, HP, Hitachi, National Guard, AARPand Arthritis Foundation. As a Microsoft Gold Partner and Vendor, iLink ispositioned among the top Microsoft based solution providers. iLink operates from itsoffices in Seattle WA, Fairfax VA and Chennai, India. For more information on thework culture at iLink Systems, check out www.ilink-systems.com/careers/
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