Re: A Comment re: "Senior" HP Personnel

[Christopher J Stalpes <stalp001@maroon.tc.umn.edu> (Chris Stalpes)]

I wish I had that much time on my hands!

>I analyzed the 1995 PEP evaluations which included demographic 
>information.  Some of the breakdown of attendees (who returned 
>evaluations) is as follows:
>
>       CHP's  47%          non CHP's  53%
>
>       20+ years experience          32%
>       10 - 20 years exp.            42%
>       5 - 9 years exp.              15%
>       1 - 4 years exp.               8%
>       Students, non HPs              3%
>
>One might assume that the PEPs are skewed with more CHPs gaining CEUs for 
>recertification than the general annual meeting population.  
>
>Further, assuming that one starts their HP career at age 25, then 10 - 20 
>years experience is attained at an average age of 40.  Having just 
>reached this milestone myself, I hope that I am not characterized as 
>having one foot in the grave and the other on a banana peel.
>
>
>-- 
>Kent Lambert, CHP
>lambert@allegheny.edu
>
>All opinions are well reasoned and insightful.
>Needless to say, they are not [necessarily] the
>opinions of my employer. - paraphrased from Michael Feldman
>
>
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