On The Ladder To Success

Last year Over 7,000 businesses joined the ‘Train to Gain’ programme. This was something designed to provide an impartial brokerage service to business’, which, help them identify the skills training required to help improve their staff’s abilities, and in turn, their company’s standards.

The hotel and restaurant sector expressed the highest interest with around 1,500 employers taking on the training. This was closely followed by the health and social work sector, with 1,100 employers signing up to the programme. Seeing the diversity of people on board this scheme highlights how Far E-learning has come and how it seems to have established itself as the most popular form of training within all types of companies.

There has been some outstanding feedback from companies involved and over 2,600 people have already completed a full Level two qualification which is the equivalent to five good G.C.S.Es. It has also exceeded its first year target by ten per cent with an eighty six per cent satisfaction rating. With results like this it’s impossible to ignore the fact that this type of training is here to stay and that it’s in everybody’s interest to take advantage of it to maximise their business’ potential.

One of the key benefits that has been noted by the Train to Gain program is the fact that employees feel at ease when communicating with the customers. Therefore, the courses are not simply academic qualifications, but training in personal skills. These work alongside each other to help workers feel more confident in their jobs. On the whole I can see a bright future for E-learning as it’s keeping people on the ladder to success.

Take Control of Your Future

With five million adults in the UK without any qualifications (Leitch Review – Skills in the UK 2006) the government are starting to take action to ensure that there are more opportunities for education. They have launched a campaign to provide the necessary information for both companies and individuals to start looking towards skills development.

There is more emphasis being put onto specific skills training as opposed to sheer academic studying to try and reach more people. It has been noted that 143, 000 jobs are left unfilled due to lack of correct skills (LCS’s National Employer Skills Survey 2005). Alongside this is the fact that two out of three jobs in the near future will require better qualifications. This highlights the problem and the ‘Learning and Skills Council’ is trying to address this before it spirals out of control.

With the Olympics around the corner and a further mass of jobs being created, there is an even greater incentive for people to be thinking about personal development. There are many possibilities online with E-learning now and there is an opportunity for everyone. Hopefully more people will be inspired by the new jobs that will be available and will start using their computers to their full potential; gaining themselves more qualifications and making them more employable all at once.

If you would like to learn more about Learning and Skills Council visit : http://inourhands.lsc.gov.uk/index.html