subject: How To Make Your Business Successful Through Computer Based Training [print this page] As the economy is in a midst of a deep dark depression, it may seem unviable to spend money on training for your staff. However, not helping your staff to attune their skills will in the long term cause a major skills gap, which can lead to mismanagement and an inefficient workforce. Training even in a recession, is one of the ways you may be able to keep your business afloat in the long term, not just the short term.
To get the most out of training staff, you will need to identify first of all what their skills gap is or what desperately needs improving on. After identifying the skills they need, it is a matter of finding the computer based training that will enable them to be able to use the skill in practice. You dont want training that is too knowledge based, as this may mean your staff will know it in theory but may not be able to put it into practice. However, do access what knowledge they do need to know. Like a computer technician some posts require you to know the logistics behind it, not only just how to complete the task.
After identifying what they need to improve on, identify to what extent they need to improve, how accurate they need to be and time considerations. Setting a standard will not only you measure how successful the training has been, but will also indicate to the employee what level of skills they need to reach.
Be time conscious when it comes to training. You dont want to rush your staff or for them to learn at a too slow pace, so set a time limit that is reasonable accordingly to the average time it takes to train using the computer based training program.
After they have trained for the amount of time required, put their skills to the test through certifications or other tests, in order to test their competency of their new and acquired skills.
Computer based training is one of the most affordable ways of training your workforce. It is also not as time consuming as instructor led training, leaving your workforce with plenty of time to get on with the tasks at hand.
