CA SEEKS TOP SOFTWARE PROFESSIONALS FROM AMONG THOUSANDS OF APPLICANTS; Software Giant Sifts Through Mountains of Resumes To Meet Growth in Client/Server Computing; Career Opportunities Displayed on CA's World Wide Web Home Page.ISLANDIA, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 3, 1995--Computer Associates is looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. hundreds of software professionals, but the world's second-largest software company is having trouble finding them. And not for want of applicants. "We're growing so fast in client/server computing computing - computer that we need a lot more people in development, sales and marketing, " said Lisa Mars, CA senior vice president for human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. . "But finding them quickly from among piles piles: see hemorrhoids. and piles of resumes is something else." Spurred by a major advertising campaign and a $2,000-per-head bounty bounty, payment made by a government bounty, amount paid by a government for the achievement of certain economic or other goals. It often takes the form of a premium paid for the increased production or export of certain goods. system to encourage CA's 8,000 employees to bring in prospective colleagues, resumes are pouring in practically around the clock --but CA is still having trouble finding the right applicants. "CA needs new people to help drive our success," said Mars. "We moved so quickly into a leadership role in client/server that we need a lot more of the right kind of people --great at what they do and able to do it in our kind of collaborative atmosphere." CA is receiving applications by mail at 1 Computer Associates Plaza, Islandia, NY, 11788-7000 or on the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the at resumes@cai.com. CA career opportunities are displayed on CA's World Wide Web home page at www.cai.com. How many resumes does $2.4 billion CA go through to find the applicants who are just right? "Depending on the job, we're looking at dozens of resumes for every person hired," said Mars. "It's a major process." While the search for top professionals continues, others at CA are planning longer-term. "For the past few months we've begun bringing people into what we call the CA Farm System," said Ron Nunn, senior vice president for research and development. "These are new computer science grads with no experience who we've been training. We expose them both to CA technology and to the values that have made CA so successful." When the students complete the program in June, they'll join CA offices across the country and around the world. In an attempt to expose college students to CA software even before graduation Graduation is the action of receiving or conferring an academic degree or the associated ceremony. The date of event is often called degree day. The event itself is also called commencement, convocation or invocation. , the company has pioneered an $8 million program that offers free software for classroom instruction at universities that already use CA software administratively. "What we see repeatedly is higher education higher education Study beyond the level of secondary education. Institutions of higher education include not only colleges and universities but also professional schools in such fields as law, theology, medicine, business, music, and art. acquiring CA technology to run its business side, but there's usually no funding to bring the same cutting-edge software into the classroom," said Richard Chiarello, CA senior vice president. "Top computing graduates often aren't qualified for a job at their own university data center because they're not trained on up-to-date technology. We hope to help change that." From desktop to mainframe, Computer Associates International, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : CA) leads the world in client/server software. Guided by CA90s open architecture, 8,000 dedicated employees in 30 countries develop, license and support more than 300 integrated products that include systems and database management, application development, financial and manufacturing applications and consumer solutions. The world's major industrial, government and research organizations depend on CA, whose calendar year 1994 revenues exceeded $2.4 billion. -0- All referenced product names are trademarks of their respective companies. CONTACT: Computer Associates Bob Gordon Bob Gordon may refer to:
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