Introducing the “Google” for training
Have you ever walked out of a meeting and wished that you had been better at negotiation? I am sure that you have spent a lot longer than you should have done wrestling with a spreadsheet at some point. Maybe you wish you knew the basics of coding as it would help with your internal marketing?
We all have a wish list of stuff where we know that little bit better.
We walk out of a certain situation and we want to improve. We talk to our boss and they are keen to help us improve. We know that we would benefit from training, but we don’t know where to start. Who offers it? What do they do? Are they any good?
We have been sourcing training for a good few years now, but we realise that sometimes all a manager or employee needs is a resource that will point them in the right direction for their needs.
You might put a search query into google and it will come up with a few results based on SEO. Our online “course search” will help people to search and make provisional bookings for training that both fits their needs and that is recommended by others.
When it has our guarantee on it, you can sleep easy that it will be a good investment.
We have started to roll out this service to existing clients with great reviews and we are opening it up to new clients.
L&D departments can run reports to see who is searching for what training (even if they don’t book it), thus enabling an instant L&D health check of the organization. Further reports on activity, evaluation and savings are available.
Another advantage is that our suggested training solutions come with a pre-negotiated price. We know what this training costs and this ensures that the wool isn’t pulled over a manager’s eyes when they book something directly (not having a clue about the true cost). This is possibly one of the most underestimated parts of outsourcing the search for training and it can bring significant double-digit savings to the bottom line.
It is also worth noting that people sometimes do not want to “bother” L&D with discussions about training and development. Our experience shows that a certain subset of employees know that they need help, but do not want to let L&D know (for various reasons). If they are given a personal budget for training and can access the training sourcing tool directly with their managers, we notice that the training spend is utlilised far more effectively on things that will genuinely move the needle for them.
People trust Google to come up with something relevant, and it is our hope that as we develop our “course search” tool, more and more employees will realise that training is far more accessible than they think.
Giving people power over their development is what we are all about.
To learn more about this system and arrange a demo contact Blake via blake.henegan@optimuslearningservices.com or call 0845 519 7408
