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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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.
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.
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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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
Topics: customer service training, microlearning
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.
Read MoreTopics: learning consultants, contract training, contract trainer success
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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For the seventh consecutive year, TrainingFolks has been chosen by Training Industry for their Training Outsourcing Companies Watch List.
As the most trusted source for information on the business of learning, Training Industry prepares this annual list to highlight the best providers of training services and technologies in the market.
Finding top talent can be a challenge for many companies, but retaining the best employees can also be a struggle.
There are many reasons employees leave – lack of opportunities for career advancement, not being supported by their manager, a negative company culture, or not feeling the company has a sense of purpose are just a few.
Topics: employee retention programs, employee onboarding process, employee recognition ideas, women in leadership
More and more people are beginning to join the contracting world due to the flexibility and scheduling that it offers. With so much competition, how can you stand out? Below are 5 traits that you should take into consideration for contract trainer success.
Read MoreTopics: contract training, contract elearning developer, contract training consultant, contract trainer success