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Pre-employment e-Learning

Apologies if this topic has been posted previously but....do any of you ask new employeess to complete e-Learning before starting work? I ask as we have 6 mandatory courses but 2, I feel are essential to a new starter. These being GDPR & Cyber Securi

Intro to Apprenticeship for Levy Non-Paying Employer

Hi all, 

I am currently looking into Apprenticeship for our company. We are SME and don't pay apprenticeship levy at this moment so we'd be looking at co-investment apprenticeship. This is a very new topic for me, and I woudl appreciate any advice and

Competency frameworks

Hi there,

I work in a small organisation of less than 15 people and I am in the process of conducting an HR 'audit' of all our processes. We don't have an HR department as such, just me, and I haven't been involved in building out an HR function from

What does an effective new starter induction and manager induction look like?

Happy Friday everyone:)

We are currently relooking at how we are running inductions for new starters in general and new managers.

At the moment we are running the overall induction once a month. It is a one day course and it consists of one day where w

Webinar platforms for delivering training remotely

Hi all,

I work in a global organisation and we currently use BlueJeans as our video conferencing platform for meetings. Most people in the organisation really find it a challenge (I'm not sure why we're still using it!). We are looking to run some rem

DER webinar

Hi,Does anyone have the link for a DER webinar?

Managers team facilitation session

Hi L&D folk

I have to design a session for a team of managers and the brief is to:

• Reflect on past and future activity - how will they galvanise their teams in the face of high volume activity
• What currently works well/ needs improvement. Any further su

How to make GDPR Training more engaging - Suggestions

Hi all,

We are looking at how we can conduct our GDPR introduction training to new employees and make it more engaging.

We have a lot of documentation for new starters to review and sign, so we would like to make the whole introduction easier to take i

Resources for Train the Trainer - looking for a provider

Back in the day, it used to be called the Craft Trainer Award, a programme providing the knowledge and skills concentrating on the training process rather than the content for those wanting to deliver “on-the-job” practical training skills. It tended

Could recommend a provider for Level 5 in coaching?

I am looking for a provider who is delivering a good L5 training in coaching, I would prefer blended learning

Apprenticeship Levy - How best to manage in the work place?

Hi all,

I'm hoping you can help!

My company has a large levy pot which thankfully we are having no issues spending, however we are struggling when it comes employees commitment. 

Although employees are motivated and committed at sign up, this tends to l