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Page 6, Portland Observer. December 1,1988
Computers & You!
by T. W est, Com puter Consultant
Are you an African Am erican
Male between the ages of 18 and
27? Chances are you're looking for
a skilled
a r e a
w h ic h
w o u ld
keep you
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em ployed and earning good wages.
There are white collar skills in
demand paying reasonable wages.
These jobs require good typing skills
(45 wpm, 60 wpm preferred).
Personal com puters have become a
revolution in large and sm all
businesses. I’m sure you’ve heard
of IBM PCs, Apple M acintosh,
Apple II Es, Compaq, Commodore,
and other personal computers. IBM
and compatibles, and M acintosh
are on the desktops of millions of
businesses in America. Obviously
someone must understand how to
operate this equipm ent and the
software which is used to perform
business tasks. Facts are there’s a
shortage of persons with the skills
and knowledge to operate personal
computers, to be referred to as PCs.
Often businesses purchase these
systems and cannot find qualified
persons to operate them. To make
things even more com plicated, new
software is being developed every
day and business users must be
trained in how to use the newer
software.
So, you are that male earlier
referred to and you need a good
promising job or the skills to acqu ire
such a job, what do you do? First
acquire a typing skill. Now all of the
“Macho’’ fellahs are probably saying
“ Typing is for the ladies’’, however,
you would be limiting yourself. More
than a decade ago I recall sitting in
a typing class with 20 females and
one other male. You know the story
of the tortoise and the hare.
Needless to say me and the other
guy were the tortoises. W e stayed
in there and at the end of the quarter
we were the hares. Now typing at
90+ wpm it is safe in saying the task
was accomplished.
How will this typing skill help
you ? Most input on com puters is yet
done through the keyboard (typing).
People who have traditionally
performed input were known as
s e c re ta rie s , w ord p ro ce ssin g
operators, data entry persons, and
keypunch operators. Times have
changed and will continue to
change.
People who input now
along with some of those traditional
people are:
lawyers, doctors,
police, CEOs (Corporate Executive
Officers), construction workers.
"^engineers, and many more.
In
S u p e rv is o rs a n d
M a n a g e rs ,
Com puter Network Administrators,
T e le x
a nd
F ax
O p e ra to rs ,
Com puter Software Trainers, and
others. These positions pay rather
well.
Good word processing
operators can start out earning $8
an hour, certainly beats minimum
wage.
Many of your fathers adjusted by
moving to the cities in the 1950s to
pursue industrial blue collar jobs in
the factories and other industries.
You should adjust to acquire white
collar jobs. Your female counter
parts adjusted m any drive heavy
rigs, log timber, build highways and
b rid g e s, and b u ild in g o ffic e
buildings.
As young A frican
American males you must adjust by
acquiring white collar skills and
knowledge. You should enroll in
business courses which will assist
you in getting jobs as tellers, word
p ro c e s s in g
o p e ra to rs ,
p ro g ra m m e rs,
and c o m p u te r
specialists.
Be looking forward to other high
tech information in your community
newspaper.
effect, typing skills add to whatever
career you’re in, but that’s only part
of it.
Com puter skills are required in
many adm inistrative white collar
jobs as well as non-adm inistrative
jobs.
Blue collar jobs (digging
d itc h e s ,
b u ild in g
fa c to rie s ,
producing steel, harvesting crops,
building ships, making automobiles
and other items) are disappearing in
America. However, the business
aspects of blue collar work must be
processed in America, even the
though much of the blue collar work
is performed in other countries.
Computers are the machines by
which large and small firms are
p ro c e s s in g th e ir p a p e rw o rk .
Therefore, some of the following
personnel must be hired: Word
Processing Operators (person who
types letters, reports, and other
correspondence),
Typesetters,
Programmers, Com puter Service
Technician, Com puter Department
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(NOTE: In this issue POIC is
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course which can start you
down the road toward better
jobs, better pay, and moving
in step with the job market in
America)
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