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Let Go of Letting People Go: A Business Case for Labour Hoarding

Degreed

But in 2008 and 2009, I kept reiterating that point: There will be a recovery, and we need to be prepared for it.”. This doesn’t factor in economies of scale, which would have an effect, of course. Staffing considerations are a huge part of that preparation. Let’s break this down further.

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The Impact of COVID-19 on Job Training

Astron Solutions

One of those necessary work issues is job training. What modern solutions are some organizations taking to provide effective job training in the current untraditional work environment? What is Job Training? Most often, job training occurs “ on-the-job ” or can include offsite training with a third party vendor.

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#LT13UK: Learning in the UK - and my own support

Strategic HCM

But after lunch we had Bersin, describing some of the findings from their UK Training Factbook, and they''ve also since ran a webinar describing some of these findings in a bit more detail. Heavier reliance on instructor led training than in the US, supported by higher trainer staffing levels (10.1

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A Trip to the Big Top | Carnival of HR

Robin Schooling

By that era, of course, they had long stopped setting up their own Big Top on the outskirts of town and, instead, circus patrons headed to the local arena. Growing up in Milwaukee, I was lucky to live through the era of the Great Circus Parade (held 30 times between 1963 and 2009). Those days, of course, are long gone.

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Dallas Police Department "De-Escalation Training" Looks a Lot Like Great Training for Managers of People.

The HR Capitalist

I have to say, I'm digging what they are doing in Dallas with this training. The root of the change, according to the Dallas Morning News, was aggressive and consistent re-training. More training. Not always, of course. Sounds like a best practice in manager of people training, right? More role play.

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Filling a Skills Gap in Manufacturing

ExactHire

This is in drastic comparison to a decade ago, when during the Great Recession the unemployment rate began its steep rise (it would ultimately top out at 10% in October 2009 ). Of course, the unemployment rate is not the only indicator of a healthy economy. Invest in training for new and emerging roles (require it when necessary).

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ChatGPT Wrote This Headline: Using AI to Revolutionize Skills Data

Degreed

The online ecommerce giant Alibaba has used natural language processing to generate product descriptions for years while Alphabet, the parent company of Google, started developing self-driving cars using artificial intelligence (AI) as far back as 2009. Love it or hate it, AI isn’t going away — it’s spreading. All signs point to yes.