Onboarding is an essential part of new hire success, and yet many companies overlook it. The hiring process can be costly, and most businesses want new employees to be up and running as soon as possible. Onboarding doesn’t directly generate profits, which puts it on the backburner in the eyes of some business owners. New…
Bringing on new hires is expensive. You must go through the vetting and onboarding process to maximize the chances of long-term retention. Many companies search for ways to lower hiring costs without sacrificing quality when it comes to choosing job candidates and training them. The Association for Talent Development released a State of the Industry…
A successful training program must be well-rounded. Video is one of the most versatile and effective tools you have at your disposal. You can demonstrate processes, share visual aids, and make instructors more visible and personable. From live-action scenarios and clips of lectures to animation, there’s little video can’t convey to your audience. The key…
eLearning continues to expand as a powerful teaching tool. Just four years ago, Hardeep Gulati took the helm of PowerSchool. The company labels itself as the “first web-based student information system.” PowerSchool employed a staff of around 400 when Gulati took over. As of November 2019, the organization operates with a team of over 1,950…
The fourth quarter marks the end of the year. It is also a time when retailers hire temporary employees. As the holidays approach, stores get busy, and life gets hectic in customer service. This isn’t an all-year-round problem, so some companies address it by hiring seasonal workers. Bringing on more people can take some of…
Benjamin Franklin penned The Way to Wealth in 1758. In the essay, he wrote that “An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.” That rings true even now, over 260 years after the words were originally put on paper. There weren’t computers or learning management systems back in Ben Franklin’s time, but the principle…
Continuous learning is essential to a positive work environment. It’s not only beneficial to employees, but it also can help businesses increase revenue and build a strong team. In the past, training often started and stopped with onboarding. Once someone knew the basics of their job, there was no need for further education. At least,…
Knowledge gaps happen more often now than ever before. In the past, employees were hired because they had the education and work experience to do the job. Things have changed today. Not all new hires are going to possess the skills needed from day one. In fact, the average shelf-life of a college degree in…
The popularity of the learning management system (LMS) in business is growing. There’s a good reason for the interest in eLearning. Technology enhances the learner experience by providing more ways to train. It can record data for us, make calculations, and handle much of the back-end work that used to consume hours of supervisor, administrator,…
The employee training landscape looks a lot different than it did 20 years ago. More companies are adopting technology to improve the experience. As with anything you use in your operation, this comes with a cost. Even hiring one new person to join your team requires a financial investment. According to a 2016 State of…
