50% of financial sector employees not getting training, says new survey
A survey carried out by recruiters Joslin Rowe, has revealed that one in two people working in the professional and financial services sector have received no training at work in the last 12 months. This backs up other recent reports which have shown that a significant number of people are still not being offered adequate […]
Review of ICT labour market available online
e-skills UK (formerly the e-skills NTO) has published the first in a series of quarterly reviews of the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) labour market. The aim of these reviews will be to provide an up-to-date and definitive understanding of the trends and issues that impact any group with an interest in the current or […]
Blended learning in practice – Training Solutions preview
Ian MacDonald, Assistant Chief Constable, National Police Training, will be talking at the Training Solutions conference (19-20th June) on how the force’s Strategic Command Training programme found blended learning to be a very practical solution in a complex situation. In advance, he gave TraiingZONE some reasons. TrainingZONE How did you come to use blended learning?Ian […]
Training improves performance!
Well, you would have hoped so, but it’s good to have evidence. According to a major new survey by the Federation of Small Businesses, there is a direct relationship between training and business performance.The FSB study “Lifting the Barriers to Growth in UK Small Businesses” received over 18,000 responses, and provides unequivocal evidence that businesses […]
Employers care about skills before youth
A survey carried out by the EEF (Engineering Employers’ Federation) found that found that manufacturers take skills and ability to do the job, rather than age, into account when making decisions on recruitment, promotion and retention. Where age by itself was taken into account, this was usually in relation to heavy physical tasks. Key Factors– […]
Careers failing to live up to childhood dreams
As part of the promotion of adult learners week, Learndirect have released the results of a survey revealing that ninety-seven per cent of adults feel that they have not achieved their childhood dreams, and over half (51%) of workers are actively seeking a change in direction. Research that looked into the career dreams and ambitions […]
Adult Learners’ Week
This week is Adult Learners’ Week. This promotion aims to provide a focus for hundreds of practitioners from all sectors – public, private and voluntary – who run thousands of events throughout the country, sharing their enthusiasm, knowledge and skills with over a million people. If you want to know more about this week’s national […]
Graduates lack skills for work
Following on similar research in September 2000, the Chartered Management Institute, supported by the London College of Printing and the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising, has undertaken new research into graduate key skills and employability.Results– 75 per cent of managers questioned think that the IT skills of graduate recruits are good in this year’s survey. […]
Ditch corporate values – Training Solutions preview
Octavius Black, managing director of the Mind Gym, will be speaking about the future of learning at work on Day 2 of the Training Solutions conference (19-20th June). Here he explains why giving employees learning opportunities is a good alternative to imposing a corporate culture. Ditch the valuesAnyone who thinks that rolling out a corporate […]
E-Skills NTO evolves
The e-skills National Training Organisation (NTO) has become e-skills UK. e-skills UK builds on the extensive experience and expertise of the former NTO, with increased focus on employers’ needs and targeted action. As the industry representative body for IT skills, e-skills UK works with employers, educators, government and many other valued partners to understand, articulate […]
£10bn – the cost of poor basic skills
TUC General Secretary John Monks has stated that workers’ lack of basic skills are costing the UK £10bn a year in lost productivity and that government should help employers provide training. “One in three British workers do not have basic qualifications and one in five have problems with basic literacy and numeracy. This lack of […]
Sector Skills Council launched for textiles and footwear
Douglas Alexander, Minister for Competitiveness, has launched a new #1m Sector Skills Council (SSC), Skillfast-UK, for the textiles and footwear sector.The council, made up of leading industry figures, will provide a new collective voice for the sector to address skills and training issues. The council aims to boost business efficiency through strategic development of skills […]
Blended learning – a learning revolution or an over-hyped buzzword? – feature
This feature article was provided by Karina Ward, Marketing Communications Manager at NETg. Buzzwords are funny things. For organisations involved at the cutting edge, they can be as infuriating as they are mouth-watering. Because just as every buzzword – referring as they do to something fresh and new – energises and excites us, so their […]
Budget 2002 – responses
CBI Director-General Digby Jones said: “The Chancellor has given with one hand but taken with the other. Companies will be delighted by measures to boost innovation and entrepreneurship. But there will be deep dismay at the net increase of some £2.5 billion in the cost of doing business in Britain. “We are worried that he […]
The Elephant and the Flea – Review
Title: The Elephant and the Flea: Looking backwards to the futureAuthor: Charles HandyPublisher: Hutchinson, 2001ISBN: 0091793637Price: £17.99Buy this book from the TrainingZONE – Blackwells bookshop.My study contain several of Charles Handy’s books collected and read over the years, each adding new ideas and fresh perspectives to my understanding of work, motivation, and the way we […]
Fewer young people in work-based learning
The latest release from the Office of National Statistics shows that the numbers taking part in Work-Based Learning for Young People (WBLYP) have fallen. WBLYP comprises Advanced Modern Apprenticeships (AMA), Foundation Modern Apprenticeships (FMA) and Other Training (OT). Key findings– Starts for the whole programme in the financial year to 23 December 2001 are 7% […]
Tips for overseas presentations
Has anyone got any tips or training material on things to do/not do when making presentations to overseas audiences i.e cultural differences. This is for an advanced presentations skills course Judi Geisler Has anyone got any tips or training material on things to do/not do when making presentations to overseas audiences i.e cultural differences. This […]
Customer Service based Team Building Exercise or Game…
With such a short time to present this I’m struggling a little to come up with something that will have a “High Impact”.I’d greatly appreciate any suggestions or direction to an appropriate website.Got to have it ready by 4pm tomorrow.Any assistance would be welcomed. Sandy McLachlan With such a short time to present this I’m […]
Compendium of Questionnaires and Inventories, Vol 2 – Review
Author: Sarah CookPublisher: GowerFormat: A4 looseleaf manual, photocopiablePrice: £125ISBN: 0566083507Buy this manualSarah Cook’s first volume of 50-odd questionnaire tools has sold well for Gower, and the publication of a second volume is perhaps inevitable. There are a further 50 instruments here which will be of much use to management development trainers and those involved with […]
IT materials wanted!
TrainingZONE is looking to expand its library of IT materials, both for trainers to use and to help TrainingZONE members to develop their own skills. If you have materials you think others would benefit from using and are interested in gaining revenue from them, e-mail us at editor@trainingzone.co.uk. Stephanie Phillips TrainingZONE is looking to expand […]
