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Preparing graduates for the world of work Employers will train their employees to do their jobs but they expect graduates to have the broad range of abilities to make a smooth transition to the workplace. Graduates should be willing to learn and develop, bring new ideas and contribute to the business' development and future growth. The majority of businesses say employability skills are an important factor they consider when recruiting graduates and ensuring universities provide their students with the opportunity to develop in this area should be a priority. Tags: Target group: University students; Employability; United Kingdom; Case study; Skills - development; School-to-work transition; Article; Source: ASET - The Work-Based and Placement Learning Association; |
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Leveraging Government and Industry Partnerships for Essential Skills Training Canada's 21st century workplace needs a workforce that's efficient, effective and adaptable, and Canadians need the skills required to be successful at work. All of which depends on workers having the appropriate combination of the nine essential skills. But Canadian employers continue to report skilled labour shortages, and workers with essential skills gaps struggle to find and maintain meaningful employment. Meanwhile, advancing workplace technology and changing workplace requirements are raising the bar for essential skills-based knowledge required to support workplace success. Clearly, innovative solutions are needed. Tags: Skills - development; Article; Manitoba; Canada; Government program; Skills - shortage; Source: ABC Life Literacy Canada; |
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Training Ideas to Inculcate Skills for Successful Selling Sales training is important for the sales team so that they get to fine tune their skills and techniques. The training program broadly helps sales personnel to understand the selling process, determine the needs of the prospects and speak to them in their language (i.e. from the customer's point of view). Training also is a useful platform to let the sales team know the common avoidable sales mistakes and maximize meetings with prospects. Over the years, organizations have become more creative in planning the training programs for their sales teams. Tags: Skills - needs; Article; Target group: Sales personnel; Skills - development; Source: CommLab India; |
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Why Traditional Training Solutions don't work Anymore Companies are spending millions to deploy training solutions. Once that is done, all trainings are migrated to it and new trainings added. One would imagine that having this huge library of trainings is enough to take care of any employee's training needs in order to improve their performance on the job. But wait. Despite the best of intentions, the results are almost invariably a bit disappointing. Part 1 - http://blog.commlabindia.com/elearning/why-traditional-training-inadequate Part 2 - http://blog.commlabindia.com/elearning/what-traditional-training-lacks Tags: Article; Analysis; Training - return on investment; Work-based learning; Source: CommLab India; |
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Is career coaching worth the cost? A full career coaching course can set you back £4,500. We find out what you get for that – and whether it can make a difference. Tags: Training - costs; Field: Coaching; News; Source: The Guardian; |
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How Nurses Experience Their Work as a Learning Environment This article explores and illuminates the meaning of nurses' experiences with their work as a learning environment. Three core themes emerged from these informants' descriptions of their work as a learning environment: 'participation in the work community', 'to engage in interpersonal relations' and 'accessing important knowledge resources'. Tags: Learning - environment; Workplace - learning; Analysis - functional and occupational; Target group: Nurses; Article; Source: Vocations and Learning; |
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Higher Education Is Overrated; Skills Aren't There is a mythical belief that higher education invariably leads to higher employment and better jobs. It doesn't. What really matters are skills. The grievously undervalued human capital issue here isn't quality education in school but quality of skills in markets. Tags: Competences; Education - higher; Field: Business; Source: Harvard Business Review; |
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A feasibility study for a distance education program for Canadian academic credential assessors The report examines the feasibility of offering an on-line distance learning university program for academic credential assessors in the provinces and territories. It determined the numbers, characteristics, and attitudes of potential users of the educational program; it also sought input on course information from key stakeholders, including academic assessment agencies. Tags: Field: Credential assessment; Curriculum - development; Target group: Academic assessors; Education - eLearning; Canada; Study - feasibility; Source: CICIC - Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials; |
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Apprenticeship and Industry Training Board Mandate and Roles Document that articulates the roles and responsibilities of the Board and is confirmed annually or as otherwise required. Tags: Apprenticeship; Target group: Training Committee; Target group: Board members; Board - mandate and roles; Reference document; Source: Government of Alberta/Trade Secrets; |
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Mentoring Internationally Trained Psychologists: Manual and Discussion Guide This pioneering bridging program is designed specifically for internationally trained mental health professionals. Combining classroom instruction, supervised work experience, and job search support, this comprehensive program helps internationally trained professionals build the confidence and skills necessary for successful integration into the Canadian mental health workforce. Tags: Skills - development; Target group: Mental health professionals; Field: Mentoring; Target group: Foreign workers; Guide; Ontario; Canada; Source: Mennonite New Life Centre of Toronto; |
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Quality Standards in Career Development Services: A Canadian "Snapshot" and an International Perspective The snapshot covers a cross-section of the major providers of career development services:
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The Case for Community Colleges: Aligning Higher Education and Workforce Needs in Massachusetts This report offers a comprehensive set of recommendations for strategically revamping the Massachusetts community college system to better align it with the needs of a 21st-century workforce. Tags: Workforce - development; Education - higher; School-to-work transition; Training - institutions/Community colleges; Case study; United States of America/Massachusetts; Document; Source: The Boston Foundation; |
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Using ECVET to support lifelong learning This note is intended to inspire further experimentation of the ECVET (European Credit System for Vocational Education and Training) for lifelong learning and to support the application of ECVET in the recognition of learning outcomes in different situations. It was written to illustrate the added value of ECVET technical specifications in creating flexible learning pathways in a lifelong learning perspective. Tags: European Union; Lifelong learning; VET - vocational education and training; Source: Cedefop - European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training; |
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Erasmus for all: Investing in Europe's education, training and youth The objective of Erasmus for All is to improve people's skills, personal development and employability. Investing in high quality education and training for all is essential to achieve our Europe 2020 goals for growth, jobs and innovation. Up to 5million people will receive EU grants to study, train or volunteer abroad in 2014-2020, which is nearly twice as many as today. Tags: European Union; Strategy 2014-2020; Education - higher; Educational policy; Project - Erasmus for all; Brochure; Source: European Commission/Directorate-General for Education and Culture; |
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The State of Apprenticeship 2010 - International Comparisons International Comparisons for Australia, Austria, England, France, Germany, Ireland, Sweden, Switzerland. Tags: Switzerland; Sweden; Ireland; Germany; France; England; Austria; Australia; Analysis - comparative; Apprenticeship; Annual report 2010; Source: CEP - Centre for Economic Performance; |
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Designing a Generic Career Studies Module: a Practical Example This module has been designed to model the process of course construction in career studies. It is not intended to be treated prescriptively. The process of curriculum construction is a creative and imaginative activity that involves carefully selecting certain topics and not others. It is this process of creative judgement that the material below is designed to model and support. Tags: Target group: University students; Education - higher; Field: Generic Career Studies; Curriculum - model; Curriculum - development; Document; Source: CCMS - Centre for Career Management Skills; |
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A strategy for green skills? A study on skill needs and training has wider lessons for successful transition to a green economy. Tags: Briefing note; Field: Green skills; VET - vocational education and training; Educational policy; Source: Cedefop - European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training; |
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Teacher Education and Development Study – Mathematics An international comparative study on teacher education with a focus on the preparation of teachers of mathematics at the primary and lower-secondary levels. Tags: Education - teachers; Target group: Teachers; Target group: Teaching students; Field: Mathematics; Analysis - comparative; Source: Government of Canada/Council of Ministers of Education; |
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The Effect of Early Entrepreneurship Education: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment This study analyzes the effectiveness of early entrepreneurship education. To this end, we conduct a randomized field experiment to evaluate a leading entrepreneurship education program that is taught worldwide in the final grade of primary school. We focus on pupils' development of relevant skill sets for entrepreneurial activity, both cognitive and non-cognitive. The results indicate that cognitive entrepreneurial skills are unaffected by the program. However, the program has a robust positive effect on non-cognitive entrepreneurial skills. This is surprising since previous evaluations found zero or negative effects. Because these earlier studies all pertain to education for adolescents, our result tentatively suggests that non-cognitive entrepreneurial skills are best developed at an early age. Tags: Analysis; Field: Entrepreneurship; Education; Source: IZA - Institute for the Study of Labor; |
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Workplace Training Workplace training is necessary to help employees develop and use the skills they need to adapt to changing workplace needs, to promote innovation and to help employers remain competitive in the global marketplace. This site includes:
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Instructional Design theories Instructional Design is defined as a systematic process that is employed to develop education and training programs in a consistent and reliable fashion. In addition, Instructional Design models or theories may be thought of as frameworks for developing modules or lessons that 1) increase and/or enhance the possibility of learning and 2) encourage the engagement of learners so that they learn faster and gain deeper levels of understanding. This site discusses seven theories for designing learning environments, known as Learning Design or Instructional Design. Tags: Web site; Curriculum - model; Curriculum - development; Field: Instructional Design; Source: Big Dog and Little Dog's Bowl of Biscuits; |
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