Government plans to transfer public sector responsibility to charitable groups could hit a snag unless more training is provided to boost the expertise of voluntary workers, it has been claimed.
Third Sector Management Solutions director Tina Thompson suggested that the management of charity workforces requires a different approach to those adopted in other areas and called [...]

Workplace training seems to be more prevalent among younger, female, staff with higher qualifications and who work in larger organisations according to research from the Department for Work and Pensions.
Undergoing training tends to have a small effect on the wages of staff and therefore increases the rate of employee retention. The proportion of workers [...]

A teachers’ group has called on the government to boost British youngsters’ job prospects by helping them to learn skills which would give them an advantage in the competitive employment market.
With exam results coming thick and fast, Association of Teachers and Lecturers general secretary Mary Bousted expressed concern about the outlook for the 40 per [...]

Volvo Cars is using digital video to improve the speed and effectiveness of its customer service, communications and management skills training for 5,500 dealership staff in the UK and Ireland.
Rather than sending people away from the workplace for face-to-face training, the company has invested in providing unlimited access to 25 digital training films from Video [...]

Companies should be provided with financial incentives to set up internships for young job-hunters from troubled backgrounds, according to a new report from centrist thinktank Demos.
A study carried out by the London-based organisation and the Foyer Federation recommended that the government should review jobseekers’ allowance to ensure it does not discourage youngsters from taking up [...]

Digital publishing, provider of online language learning solutions, and the leading provider of integrated learning and talent management software and services Cornerstone OnDemand formally announce their partnership agreement. Under the agreement, the dp e-Learning modules and language course bundles will be distributed to local and global Cornerstone clients.
Cornerstone OnDemand Inc., the leading provider of integrated [...]

ILX Group plc, the global software company delivering innovative Best Practice training solutions, has been awarded third prize for the “Best Professional Game with a budget under 40,000 Euros” category for its recently launched ILX PRINCE2® Snakes & Ladders App by the first European Best Learning Game Competition*. The winners of the EBLGC were announced [...]

In the build up to October’s Talent Management & Leadership Development Summit, Tim Balcon, Chief Executive of Energy & Utility Skills, the Sector Skills Council for gas, power, waste management and water industries offers his expert advise and analysis on how to tackle the skills gap.
The skills gap has been at the heart of the [...]

UK recruitment body, the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC), has launched the recommendations of its Youth Employment Taskforce. The taskforce was set up in 2009 to look at the urgent issue of youth employment. Chaired by Baroness Margaret Prosser, the taskforce includes representation from various employers, recruiters, education providers and trade unions.
The report looks at [...]

Most employees would give up their free time for work-related training, and more than half would folk out for it themselves, according to new research by the learning and development provider, Cegos.
The results, from its European survey of over 2,000 employees in the UK, France, Spain and Germany, suggests a increasing acceptance among workers to [...]