Stream: Virtual Room 6
Time: 10:30 - 11:30
It's widely acknowledged that finding a new generation of mainframers is an urgent and important task across the industry. The question remains though "Where best to find them?" Some organisations seek out mainframe friendly degree programmes while other focus on training applicants from a general pool. While there have been many positive initiatives run by major companies over the last few years, bringing new people on board, what can we learn from tales of both success and failure? Is there a distinctive set of skills of attitudes that distinguish mainframers from other IT specialists? and if so how can they be identified? What distinguishes between those who enjoy a long career on the platform and those who move on from it. Project WILMa, short for Will I Like Mainframe, began as a set of interview questions to help candidates and interviewers explore whether a mainframe career might suit them. The project has recently expanded to include work with Industrial Psychologists to try and align the observations of mainframe recruiter with some more formal understandings of workplace characteristics. This talk explains the work done so far as part of the WILMa project discusses its plans for the future.
There is currently no attachment for Will I Like Mainframe (WiLMA): A project to support recruitment on the mainframe
Dr Herb Daly is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Computer Science and Technology at the University of Bedfordshire. A passionate advocate for including System Z knowledge in the university curriculum, he was responsible forhis department joining the IBM Academic Initiative in February 2012. He is currently Chairman of the UKCMG, a user group for performance and capacity professionals. A recent convert to the mainframe cause, his previous roles in industry include Consultant, Software Designer,and Simulation Modelling specialist. He holds a Bachelors degree in Computer Science, a Masters degree in Software Engineering and Doctoral degree in Simulation Modelling. His most recently consulting work has been on succession planning and graduate retention.
Dr Herb Daly is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Computer Science and Technology at the University of Bedfordshire. A passionate advocate for including System Z knowledge in the university curriculum, he was responsible forhis department joining the IBM Academic Initiative in February 2012. He is currently Chairman of the UKCMG, a user group for performance and capacity professionals. A recent convert to the mainframe cause, his previous roles in industry include Consultant, Software Designer,and Simulation Modelling specialist. He holds a Bachelors degree in Computer Science, a Masters degree in Software Engineering and Doctoral degree in Simulation Modelling. His most recently consulting work has been on succession planning and graduate retention.
Dr Herb Daly is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Computer Science and Technology at the University of Bedfordshire. A passionate advocate for including System Z knowledge in the university curriculum, he was responsible forhis department joining the IBM Academic Initiative in February 2012. He is currently Chairman of the UKCMG, a user group for performance and capacity professionals. A recent convert to the mainframe cause, his previous roles in industry include Consultant, Software Designer,and Simulation Modelling specialist. He holds a Bachelors degree in Computer Science, a Masters degree in Software Engineering and Doctoral degree in Simulation Modelling. His most recently consulting work has been on succession planning and graduate retention.
Dr Herb Daly is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Computer Science and Technology at the University of Bedfordshire. A passionate advocate for including System Z knowledge in the university curriculum, he was responsible forhis department joining the IBM Academic Initiative in February 2012. He is currently Chairman of the UKCMG, a user group for performance and capacity professionals. A recent convert to the mainframe cause, his previous roles in industry include Consultant, Software Designer,and Simulation Modelling specialist. He holds a Bachelors degree in Computer Science, a Masters degree in Software Engineering and Doctoral degree in Simulation Modelling. His most recently consulting work has been on succession planning and graduate retention.
Dr Herb Daly is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Computer Science and Technology at the University of Bedfordshire. A passionate advocate for including System Z knowledge in the university curriculum, he was responsible forhis department joining the IBM Academic Initiative in February 2012. He is currently Chairman of the UKCMG, a user group for performance and capacity professionals. A recent convert to the mainframe cause, his previous roles in industry include Consultant, Software Designer,and Simulation Modelling specialist. He holds a Bachelors degree in Computer Science, a Masters degree in Software Engineering and Doctoral degree in Simulation Modelling. His most recently consulting work has been on succession planning and graduate retention.
Dr Herb Daly is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Computer Science and Technology at the University of Bedfordshire. A passionate advocate for including System Z knowledge in the university curriculum, he was responsible forhis department joining the IBM Academic Initiative in February 2012. He is currently Chairman of the UKCMG, a user group for performance and capacity professionals. A recent convert to the mainframe cause, his previous roles in industry include Consultant, Software Designer,and Simulation Modelling specialist. He holds a Bachelors degree in Computer Science, a Masters degree in Software Engineering and Doctoral degree in Simulation Modelling. His most recently consulting work has been on succession planning and graduate retention.
Dr Herb Daly is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Computer Science and Technology at the University of Bedfordshire. A passionate advocate for including System Z knowledge in the university curriculum, he was responsible forhis department joining the IBM Academic Initiative in February 2012. He is currently Chairman of the UKCMG, a user group for performance and capacity professionals. A recent convert to the mainframe cause, his previous roles in industry include Consultant, Software Designer,and Simulation Modelling specialist. He holds a Bachelors degree in Computer Science, a Masters degree in Software Engineering and Doctoral degree in Simulation Modelling. His most recently consulting work has been on succession planning and graduate retention.
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