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TrainingZONE Newswire - Issue 340
10 January 2005
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1. Survey: Training Trends 2005
2. Feature: Evaluation - What's It All About?
3. 1000 Great Quotations: Time
4. Case Study: HMV's Hiring is Top of the Pops
5. Skills Shortages Cited as Top Business Challenge
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Editor's note
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The start of the year is traditionally a time for reflection and
a few predictions, which is what we're asking you to do this
week with the launch of our Training Trends 2005 survey. This is
TrainingZONE's fifth annual Training Trends survey. You'll find
the questions are similar to those of previous years to help us
build up a picture of movements in the profession. Please take a
few minutes to fill in the survey and you'll receive a free copy
of the results when they are available. Simply click on the link
below to take part:
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/survey
Kind regards
Claire Savage
Editor, TrainingZONE
mailto:editor@trainingzone.co.uk
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Feature: Evaluation Part 1 - What's It All About?
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The start of a fantastic new series by Martin Schmalenbach that
aims to demystify the science, and art, of evaluation. Part 1
looks at Kirkpatrick and beyond.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/135396/680/608/626
1000 Great Quotes for Business, Management and Training: Time
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"You will never find time for anything. If you want time you
must make it." - Timely quotes for the New Year.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/135336/680/608/626
Case Study: HMV's Hiring is Top of the Pops
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How HMV is using a retail-specific psychometric assessment to
help select candidates for its graduate training programme.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/134693/680/608/626
Mid-Size Companies Cite Skills as Key Challenge for 2005
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Research reports show that small and mid-sized companies face
skills shortages as a business challenge for 2005.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/135400/680/608/626
Case Study: Technology and the Trainer
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Godfrey Parkin looks at the movements in technology over the
past year and asks what this will mean for trainers?
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/135363/680/608/626
TUC Launches Salary Checker
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Find out if your being under-paid with this new online salary
checker from the TUC and Incomes Data Services.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/135204/680/608/626
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Community
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Catch-up with the latest questions being asked by the
community:
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/anyanswers/index.html
Evan Perkins would like to hear your experiences of implementing
online appraisal systems.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/135297/728/608/626
Orla Vernon needs some advice on how to make a Learning Resource
Centre more attractive to employees.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/135399/728/608/626
Carol Walton needs some pointers on training an HR manager to
become more strategic.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/135397/728/608/626
Paul Bedwell wonders if other members have experience of using
the Transformational Leadership Questionnaire?
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/135331/728/608/626
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