CVTC President Bill Ihlenfeldt annouces a partnership with CodeBlue

President Bill Ihlenfeldt annouces a partnership with CodeBlue (Read article below)

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Dr. Ihlenfeldt in an all-out effort to retain jobs & receive more facial glamor in the local media for the Eau Claire area, will partner with CodeBlue Insurance. Obviously the money to train these future employees will have to come from somewhere. In a brainstorming session by Leadership today, it was announced that the new program for training these future Code Blue employees will be merged with the Turf Management program. Students will be rewarded with cross-training of two programs and these additional skillsets, as do CVTC staff:

Learn to swim as well as ride a large lawn mower
Drive a beer cart when times are slow (the Millrun golf course is only a short distance away anyhow)
Learn computer related classes, have waterproof Notebook Computers and have two degrees.
Sunguard/Collegis will take credit and control of the coursework for future endeavors.

Tween Sourcing: (Providing new local jobs, while eliminating local jobs to Florida based companies on a percentage basis) [It's not outsourcing and not insourcing, what will they think of next]
Isn't Florida where Dr. Ihlenfeldt has his $325,000 condo Near Sunguard/Collegis, interesting coincidence.
The downside, about 30 more support staff positions will have to be eliminated to pay for the costs of this new program and the perks for CodeBlue. In an awe-inspiring revelation, Dr. Ihlenfeldt decided that CVTC can live with the 10% rule. For every 10 new jobs he takes credit for creating, he can eliminate one overpaid, overworked, overstressed, over health care insured employee at CVTC, and save the public tax money. Of course the work done by outsourcing firms such as Collegis/Sunguard of Florida will handle these job losses. Layed off CVTC employees will realize the reward; they will receive no preference in hiring or training at CodeBlue. What else could be needed.

That new $150,000 house being donated, will obviously have to be located by water, so it can be submerged for training purposes. Thus a large pond will need to be built, to enable this. When the building is in use for training purposes, it will be remodeled at CVTC expense and used as retreat for Executive Leadership, sort of a "Condo In the Pond." Wow that has a catchy ring to it.

This sure sounds like a bed and breakfast operation. All sorts of brainstorming could occur at this quiet solitude. Future "Condo In the Pond" expansions include a 48' covered pontoon, complete with full refreshment bar, running water (sic), bathrooms, wireless internet access on the pond, notebook computers built in, fishing equipment and leather couches. Leadership can go "poontanging" I mean pontooning around this man-made pond, enjoy the sun and relax from their exhausting jobs of finding new ways to oursource more jobs to Collegis/Sunguard of Florida. Of course, all Collegis/Sunguard of Florida staff will be allowed to join in the fun at the "Condo In the Pond."

Company Plans to Add 300 Jobs - Leader Telegram

A local insurance company that focuses on water damage has received dozens of calls about flooding in southwestern Wisconsin. While that company helps homeowners with claims, it's also helping the Eau Claire economy. It wants to add 300 jobs over the next two years in Eau Claire. CodeBlue's president says adding 100 new jobs within the next year and 200 jobs the year after that will more than double the size of the company. But first, workers must be trained. "There isn't the skill set readily available, somebody who understands insurance adjusting, water mitigation, etc., so we had to come up with a creative solution that would allow for this skill set to be trained here," says Paul Gross.

That's where CVTC comes in. CodeBlue is teaming up with the school to train future workers. A 1,400 to 1,500 square-foot house is being built at CVTC. The house will be completely furnished and then flooded. That's where workers will train to help them better understand a flood claim. "We find that that's the best way for people to receive training in terms of acquiring the needed skills to perform well in the field... for law enforcement, emergency readiness, or in this case, technicians and customer service representatives," says CVTC Educational Administrator Jim Gross.

The new jobs could pay anywhere from $12 an hour to $60,000 a year. CVTC hopes to start training the first group of people in late September and then have them ready sometime in December. The jobs will be posted sometime early next week. To learn more about CodeBlue, click on "Links" on this page and then "Insurance Claims Jobs