“Follow the money,” goes the famous line in All the President’s Men. Many companies in the United States have received federal/state funding for training programs they needed to accomplish their business goals. How can your company learn more? Follow the money. This is also, then, good advice for Training Managers looking to find some recession-days [...]
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Some Found Articles Here’s what training departments are doing to face up to the challenge of the recession. Please keep in mind that the trends noted are for all kinds of training departments, but I assume primarily HR groups that focus on soft skills. Nevertheless, there are lessons here. There are several conventions geared for training professionals coming up in the near future. The good news: conventions can be a way to pick up new ideas, to discover new resources, and to take advantage of networking. The downside: conference and travel budgets tend to be lean right now. Still, whether employed, or looking for [...] 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 [...] 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] 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 [...] 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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