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Five Ways To Make Training Programs More Employee-Focused

 Learning & development professionals in every company strive to provide employees impactful training content. While their aim is to ensure employee growth, that hardly turns out to be effective in bringing about any major change. Granted you want to ensure employees learn new skills, but shouldn’t it be important to consider what exactly do employees want to learn? Think of how interested employees would be if the training content was focused completely based on their needs.  This brings to light the need to create training programs that are more employee-centric. So how do you curate such a program? Here are five ways to achieve that:

  • Collect employee feedback

The easiest and quickest solution is asking the employees about their experience after they have undergone training. You can record this data through a feedback form and make changes to your training content accordingly. Failing to pay attention to their needs can lead to employees feeling disengaged and not making the most of their training. That’s why it is crucial to understand how impactful a training session has been for them.

  • Provide flexibility

With eLearning becoming the new norm, it's now easier than ever to make training more flexible and manage it with the help of Learning Management Systems. Most LMSs come with mobile learning capabilities that allow employees to learn on the go. Being able to access training content on their mobile phones allows employees to start learning at any time from anywhere. And the best part is, you don’t have to spend a fortune for an LMS. There are various LMS available in the market with all kinds of pricing models. For instance, the Docebo pricing structure is based on the number of active users accessing the learning content. This becomes a highly beneficial feature for large enterprises since they do not have a constant number of employees working at one time.

  • Verify LMS data

With the assessment tools in modern LMSs, you can get your hands on a lot of statistics that highlight learning patterns. This shows employees are engaging majorly with which content, thus allowing you to make informed decisions.  For instance, if you notice employees passing a certain assessment with very low scores, it can mean two things - either the topic is too complex and needs to be explained in more detail, or the employees find it irrelevant so they don’t want to spend a lot of time on it.

  • Provide customized learning solutions

When employees are made to go through generic content for hours and hours, it leads to a wastage of time and causes resentment in them towards the training. This happens because the learning content is not in line with their role nor helps them get any better at fulfilling their responsibilities. To make the training more employee-centered, personalize the training content based on an employee’s role. This way, they will be able to relate to the content better and save time on learning too since there is no irrelevant data to go through.

  • Foster healthy competition

If ever given a choice between learning the basic way and learning with fun elements, everyone will undoubtedly pick the latter. To make training programs employee-centric, make them interesting by bringing it the social element of fun. An activity that leads to healthy competition can engage employees and help them learn at the same time. You can motivate employees by providing rewards or badges to top performers. 

Conclusion:

An organization that is invested in its employees must ensure that their learning needs are understood and duly met. This is possible by implementing the above-mentioned strategies. Is your training approach employee-focused or the traditional learning-focused? Share with us in the comment section below.

5 ways LinkedIn Connections can help you to get hired

 LinkedIn is a social media platform where employment opportunities and professional networking is facilitated. With 200+ million users, LinkedIn has become immensely popular where jobs are being sought. While people have learned how to set up their profile and the importance of building connections, being hired is still a nightmare. With a rise in the number of hiring managers and recruiters who keep checking the profile to find a suitable job candidate; the pressure on potential individuals is immense. How to stand out from the crowd? How to get hired? These are some of the questions that haunt individuals. Fret not, for the list below is a small guide on how to get hired on LinkedIn. 

Customize your URL Addresses

The address on the website of your LinkedIn page is your URL. When you customize it, it will help you top the Google search result which will make you visible. The chances of connecting also increase manifold times. To customize the URL, just visit your profile page where you will find the ‘edit’ option, just right to your name. Then click on the drop-down menu after which click the “Public profile settings.” Scroll down, you will find a grey bar that says “Your public profile URL.” Underneath you shall find a blue bar saying “Customize your public profile URL.”  Click on it and customize it based on your name or whatever you want which will be seen after the following: “linkedin.com/in/.”

Add Skills & Experiences to your Profile

A new feature that LinkedIn added was the option of “Skills & Expertise” that you shall find below the experience and education option. It will take 10 minutes but is very effective and improves your chances of getting hired because it shows to the employers what you are good at. It also allows your co-workers or friends and connections to praise and endorse you and your certain skills. The more connections you get, the more endorsements you can enjoy which are like a badge of honor on LinkedIn. Fill and edit under the Skills & Expertise heading wherein you can add your related skills. In fact, the page will show you a group of people who possess the same skill. Apart from filling the skills, also fill out the experience section which gives you an opportunity to showcase your online resume. Fill in the significant details of your career that has helped you build the career you have. You don’t necessarily have to fill in all the jobs you have done up to date. This will help you develop an image that will enable you to get hired. 

Get Recommendations

Recommendations help you get hired in various ways as it will allow you to put in a good name with the employers. It might seem very repetitive and gratuitous but it is very helpful as it will show up on the LinkedIn page of yours. Moreover, it also can be seen on the recommendation page of the writer from where all your connections can read. The recruiters will also be able to read those recommendations. It must incorporate specifics about all your skills and previous experiences and the details of the one who has recommended you. It will improve your chances of getting a job as it will improve your visibility. You can even opt for some part time jobs available in both online and offline mods. 

Showcase your work on the Profile

LinkedIn has various features that can help you in getting hired. You are not just selected on the basis of your skills, previous experience but also work samples. Add the samples of your work in the form of links if you have some article or paper published or the author's website, if you have one. If you are a designer or a photographer, add links to your social media or personal website where you have your work samples ready. Adding work samples improves your chance of getting hired because those who are your connections would get an idea of what work you do, how you do it. Essentially, it gives you an edge that always has a competitive advantage.

Build Connections

LinkedIn is all about connections that form the backbone of the social media website. You accrue immense benefits when you have a large connection base. It establishes a strong network through which you can approach people and companies that you like. Moreover, the major parameter to assess your credibility and goodwill is the number of LinkedIn connections you have. The larger the connectivity base, the higher credibility attached to your name. Likewise, if you have a great many connections, your goodwill automatically increases as people spread the good word. Also, when you have a large number of LinkedIn connections, automatically there will be an increased engagement on your posts which in turn would increase the traffic on your website which eventually improves your chance of getting hired because more people check out your website. You can even buy LinkedIn connections for your profile to get the best engagement rate. The chances of users checking out your profile also increase. You must build connectivity because that helps you get recognition and visibility on your published posts as LinkedIn sends notifications to its users whenever any of their connections post their published content. The last, but not least benefit of building connections is that it improves your chances of topping the search results which will not just improve your visibility but also the chance of getting hired as more people will visit your profile. The responsibility is yours if you strive for victory. Want to stand out from the crowd or stay ahead in the competition race, ensure that you set up a remarkable profile and have a large connection base. The list mentioned above is not the rule of thumb, it’s just a guide for you to get started. 
Syed Zain Nasir

I am Syed Zain Nasir, the founder of <a href=https://www.TheEngineeringProjects.com/>The Engineering Projects</a> (TEP). I am a programmer since 2009 before that I just search things, make small projects and now I am sharing my knowledge through this platform.I also work as a freelancer and did many projects related to programming and electrical circuitry. <a href=https://plus.google.com/+SyedZainNasir/>My Google Profile+</a>

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