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The short answer is “Yes.” Over $3.5 billion is aimed at training the adult workforce, not including educational programs. How long will it take? That’s anybody’s guess, but I will be watching and reporting on whatever I hear. At what industries will the money be directed? An overview: $2.1 billion of grant funding to states for assorted [...] What do you use to guide your decision-making when designing your courses? Are you swept away by the latest fads? The New Oxford American Dictionary defines fad as an intense and widely shared enthusiasm for something, esp. one that is short-lived and without basis in the object’s qualities; a craze. When I started my life [...] I just heard from a friend that Spansion laid off more employees in Austin, California, and at other locations. This one was devastating for those involved. The small training organizations that there once were, now no longer exist. She says there are more bad announcements still to come this week. This is on top of the [...] If you have not heard it already, give it a listen. It is not quite what I expected from Jobs except for the fact that he tells it like it is. But that’s to the good. There is good advice in his message. Share and Enjoy: I remember the experience of being laid off and it wasn’t pleasant. Part of that had to do with relationships with others, and how it all felt. Some friends seem to have all the answers. Some friends were concerned about “whose fault” it was. Some avoided me. Ironically, there was one guy who I had known [...] If you want some insight on how some companies survived the last downturn (2000-2002 — not quite the recession this is) read this article in T&D published by ASTD. [Training and Development by the American Society of Training and Development] Share and Enjoy: I was shoveling snow lately. It was then that the idea for this website began to form. Snow job: This is when we begin to fill time with a lot of theory, some degree of which is irrelevant and useless. This can be prompted by many things, like lack of access to a machine [...] Not every task that your target audience must perform requires training. Most training professionals know this, but may have forgotten to apply it. However, during this time of intense scrutiny of costs, it is time to adjust priorities, and that includes the types of tasks that are included in an equipment course. Typically, during the “analysis” [...] Since 1995, some 1600+ individuals in the semiconductor industry have improved their performance-based equipment training (PBET) skills through participation in the PBET Workshop. Since then, many have left the industry, voluntarily or otherwise, while others continue to champion the benefit of PBET within the semiconductor industry. But those who work in the semiconductor industry know that it is [...] |
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