CUSTOMIZE CORPORATE TRAINING WITH ADAPTIVE LEARNING
A challenge with traditional one-size-fits-all training is that it doesn’t address the difference in skills and knowledge of learners, or the generational and geographical diversity that can impact the ability of learners to master a topic.
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Topics:
learning retention,
adaptive learning,
learning engagement
The Value-Add of a Contract Instructional Designer
Tips From Your Corporate Training Company
As a Learning Leader, you’ve likely faced the situation of having a large or high-profile learning and development program land on your desk when all your instructional design resources are at capacity, and you need to find top talent to take on the project.
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Topics:
instructional design consultants,
contract Instructional designer
REMOTE WORK TIPS FROM YOUR TRAINING COMPANY
Summer is just around the corner, bringing changes to most employees’ regular schedules.
School is out, and some folks will have to deal with daycare and arrange to get their kids to camp, sports and other activities. Some organizations implement summer hours in which employees work extra hours Monday to Thursday with a shortened lunch and get a half-day or full day off on Friday. Summer is also “construction season” which means much longer commute times for many.
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Topics:
Remote Workforce,
working remotely,
remote work
Thinking About Becoming a Contract Trainer?
If you’ve been working in a permanent, full-time learning and development job, going contract can be a huge change. Before you make the leap to a contract training professional role, here are five key things you should know.
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Topics:
contract trainer,
contract training,
contract training consultant,
contract trainer success
TOP TRAINING COMPANY LMS TIPS
Your Learning Management System (LMS) allows you to manage all aspects of your organization’s learning and development program. This includes the creation, delivery, tracking and reporting for all training courses.
A LMS can streamline your training program by automating many of the manual tasks your department has to manage -- as long as you're taking advantage of all the features. This allows your L&D team to focus on planning, developing and implementing your training activities instead of maintaining and administering them.
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Topics:
LMS,
learning management system
There are many common practices to follow when preparing for a job interview – dressing professionally, researching the company, and sending follow-up thank you notes to your interviewer. However, as a contractor, your job interview conversations may go a little differently than someone who is interviewing for a full-time role.
Here are 5 valuable interview tips all consultants should follow.
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Topics:
training consultant company,
interview questions
TOP TRAINING COMPANY RIDES FOR HEART
The countdown is on! The 2018 Manulife Heart & Stroke Ride for Heart, Sunday, June 3, 2018, is now less than a month away, and team TrainingFolks shifted their fundraising into high gear with a kick-off lunch on May 3.
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Topics:
Heart&Stroke,
RideforHeart
CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE STRATEGY TIPS FROM YOUR TRAINING COMPANY
As a customer, have you had this experience? You have an issue with a company and call customer service. You are bounced around through the automated phone system and sit on hold for an eternity. Once you finally reach a live person, they don’t know the answer to your question, so you are put on hold again, your blood pressure rising by the minute.
Most people have war stories of customer service fails. A 2016 Gallup study of more than 13,000 customers found that 59% (about six in 10) had problems with at least one company in the past six months.1
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Topics:
customer service training,
microlearning
TIPS FROM YOUR TRAINING COMPANY
It’s not possible to build a relationship with every recruiter you come across but picking and choosing a handful of recruiters to stay in touch with will prove beneficial to you in the long run. As a Learning and Development consultant, TrainingFolks’ recruiters cater to your niche, which makes it very important that you stay in touch with them and maintain that relationship, even if it is just through a couple of emails throughout the year.
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Topics:
learning consultants,
contract training,
contract trainer success
TOP TRAINING COMPANY IS A+
TrainingFolks is proud to receive an A+ rating from the Better Business Bureau (BBB) for the seventh consecutive year. This rating recognizes that TrainingFolks has met the Standards of BBB Accreditation which includes a commitment to honesty, transparency, and responsiveness to resolve any customer issues.
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BBB,
top training company