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RECRUIT, INSPIRE & RETAIN January, 2001
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COOL INFO CONTAINED IN THIS ISSUE: Computer Assisted Interview Saves
Nike Tons of Time * Who’s Wearing Fun Meters? * The Real Meaning of
Phrases in Want Ads * Inspire Employees to Excellence Day is February 1 *
Your Company’s Good - Want to Make it Better? * Cool Calls * How
Training Systems Works With Organizations to Help Them Achieve Performance
* Train So They’ll Learn * Keep Your Training Investment from Walking
Out The Door * Places to Go, Things to Do
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COOL RECRUITING TIPS
Computer Assisted Interview Saves Nike Tons of Time
Not only does it save time, but their target market for applicants is
attracted to the fast paced computer interview! 1st Applicant
participates in a phone screening. 2nd The computer assisted
interview includes an energetic two minute video about Nike and a role
play with co-workers, customers, and bosses. 3rd In person
interview with their manager to discuss what they learned in the two steps
above.
The computer also handles all correspondence with the applicant!
If you’re seeking people who’d be attracted to the above assessment
method AND you’re in need of saving significant time in the process -
computer-assisted interviewing’s for you!
Thanks to www.workindex.com for this info.
Get more tips on recruiting great employees at
http://www.trainingsys.com and then click on RECRUIT TIPS.
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WHO’S WEARING FUN METERS?
*VERITAS software engineer saw his boss wearing one and called to get
one for himself!
*Allstate TechCor training designer said he sees them on flight
attendants - especially United Airlines.
You, your employees, and your customers could be having FUN wearing Fun
Meters - send e-mail to TSI@trainingsys.com and we’ll send you ordering
information. Also see a photo of a Fun Meter on our Web site
http://www.trainingsys.com. **********************************
Have a recruitment, inspiration, training, or retention idea or
question? Send e-mail to rir@trainingsys.com and we’ll post your idea or
question (and the answer) in Answers & Ideas on Recruiting, Inspiring,
Training, & Retaining Great Employees at http://www.trainingsys.com
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! QUOTES FROM OUR POSTERS!
The Real Meaning of Phrases In Want Ads:
"JOIN OUR FAST-PACED COMPANY" = "We have no time to help
you learn your job"
"MUST BE DEADLINE ORIENTED" = "You’ll be six months
behind schedule on your first day"
"SOME OVERTIME REQUIRED" = "Some time each night and
some time each weekend"
"SEEKING CANDIDATES WITH A WIDE VARIETY OF EXPERIENCE" =
"You’ll need it to replace three people who just left"
"PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS A MUST" = "You’re walking into
a company in perpetual chaos"
BUY PACKS of inspirational posters at
http://www2.mailordercentral.com/trainerswarehouse/, do a Product Search
for POSTERS, then look for Training Room Posters (30/pack).
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IDEAS TO INSPIRE
What Will You Be Doing on February 1, 2001? It’s Inspire Employees to
Excellence Day!
Plan something SPECIFIC for one or all below so your staff are SO
inspired they’ll do great work!
Keeping Quality Employees is Like Keeping Customers - treat your
employees as well as you treat your customers.
Bond Your Employees to Your Organization - make new employees feel
welcome and comfortable, by implementing new employee orientation and
training so they know what’s expected and can do the job successfully.
Let Your Employees Know that the Organization’s Success is THEIR
Success - start an award program for, "Best Money-Saving Idea of
the Month", "Most Creative Use of Time", etc. Use
whatever types of award, serious or silly, that work in your
organization.
Know Your Employees By Name - greet your employees by first name;
learn something about them, remember it and use it in a later
conversation; these techniques work in sales - SELL your employees on
your company!
Make Sure Your Staff are Properly Trained for Their Job - Even on a
"tight" budget, ongoing staff development and training will
make you money!
Tell us what you do on February 1, 2001, and we’ll print it in an
upcoming issue of Recruit, Inspire & Retain.
Get more tips on inspiring your employees at http://www.trainingsys.com
and click on INSPIRE tips. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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IS THE BIBLE FOR MANAGING PEOPLE? If you missed responding in a
previous issue and want to be part of the upcoming book on managing staff
using the Bible as your guide give us your ideas at
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YOUR COMPANY’S GOOD - WANT TO MAKE IT BETTER? Resources to Help You
Recruit, Inspire & Retain Employees
Crisp Online Learning Easy, flexible access to training anytime,
anywhere on the Web. Competency-based, interactive sessions that take 1-2
hours to learn, each with printable job aids. Training management and
tracking system assesses learner progress. Email to: TSI@trainingsys.com
for a list of topics and a FREE Time Management demo.
Instaframe for Smoother Overhead Presentations Just drop unmounted
transparencies into the thermal formed plastic frame with a clear tempered
glass window. 800-383-9210.
Creative Training Techniques Interactive Planning & Goal Setting
Game Helps individuals see how their plans fit with those of your
organization. This allows them to help achieve your organization’s goals
and theirs! Perfect for association Boards, not-for-profit Boards &
staff, church governing councils, etc. Here’s what one company says,
"Our meetings are always fun, and this year it was something even
more!" Call TRAINING SYSTEMS, INC. at 800-469-3560 to have an
experienced facilitator "play games" with you to set goals and
make plans for success!
Creating Highly Interactive Training Quickly & Effectively, by
Carolyn B. Thompson A great new book that gives you the step-by-step
process for putting together group and self-study training with all the
methods you need! Full of examples illustrating how each piece should
look, and photos of actual training. Call 800-469-3560 or visit
http://www.trainingsys.com to order.
Go to http://www.trainingsys.com, TRAINING SYSTEMS LINKS for links to
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COOL CALLS
Two users of "Creating Highly Interactive Training Quickly &
Effectively" called and told us how impressed they were with the
innovativeness, thoroughness, and ease of use of the book to help them
create learning! They both even used the word, "cool"!
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HOW TRAINING Systems Works with Organizations to Help Them Achieve
Performance.
Win a free book! Find the screen on our Website,
http://www.trainingsys.com that lists the 4 steps of "How We Work
With You". Paste the steps into an e-mail and email to:
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TRAIN SO THEY’LL LEARN
Get copyright permission for EVERYTHING you copy directly or use the
ideas from for handouts, workbooks, overheads, screen shows, self-study
manuals, Web-based training screens, etc. It’s easy - go to
http://www.copyright.com (Thanks Jane Galloway Seiling!)
A good set of job aids, and the learners’ ability to use them, can
shorten learning time so they’re up to speed and productive faster!
(Thanks, Fred Nickols!) TRAINING SYSTEMS, INC. uses "A Handbook of
Job Aids". It’s a great tool available at
http://www.pfeiffer.com.
"Investing in Workforce Training Improves Financial
Success" (ASTD) states that firms investing an average of
$1,595/employee showed: +24% higher gross profit margins +218% higher
income per employee +36.9% total shareholder return
Those investing an average of $128/employee showed: +19.8% total
shareholder return (the S&P 500 had an average 25.5% total shareholder
return during the same time period)
Get more tips on helping great employees learn at
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RETAIN THE BEST
Keep Your Training Investment from Walking Out the Door
After enduring an elaborate selection process, Rick was hired as a
territory manager for Ecolab, Inc., a $3 billion-a-year sanitation
products company. He was led to believe that it was a sales position, and
was unpleasantly surprised to discover that he was expected to maintain
and repair equipment for Ecolab customers. Ecolab gave him some training
on equipment maintenance and repair, but he wasn’t comfortable being a
mechanic. Rick soon left and found a sales only position at Sofco, Inc. a
paper goods company.
Ecolab uses Softco’s salespeople to represent its products in some of
their territories. Enter a flexible approach. So, Rick’s Ecolab manager
talked with him and he’s now a valuable outsourced salesperson,
especially because Ecolab is having difficulty filling Rick’s old
position.
Managers need an approach to employing people that is flexible enough
to mix and match staffing options and fill their needs with the best
talent available at any given moment.
Reprint appears courtesy of Bruce Tulgan, founder of RainmakerThinking,
Inc. and author of Winning the Talent Wars (forthcoming from W. W.
Norton).
Get more tips on retaining great employees by clicking
http://www.trainingsys.com and clicking the RETAIN tips button.
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PLACES TO GO, THINGS TO DO
January 17, 2001 e-learning Conference & Expo, Chicago Marriott
O’Hare, Chicago IL. A one-day seminar featuring Brandon Hall, Ph.D.,
Editor of brandon-hall.com and Author of the "Web-Based Training
Cookbook". Http://www.elearningexpos.com
February 1, 2001 Get your New Year going right with Inspire Your
Employees to Excellence Day! See "Inspiring" article in this
newsletter for tips. Call TRAINING SYSTEMS, INC. at 800-469-3560 for more
information on how to celebrate Inspire Employees to Excellence Day.
February 7, 2001 e-learning Conference & Expo, Westin Copley Place,
Boston MA. A one-day seminar featuring Brandon Hall, Ph.D., Editor of
brandon-hall.com and Author of the "Web-Based Training
Cookbook". Http://www.elearningexpos.com
February 12-15, 2001 Christian Management Association’s CMA Orlando
2001 at The Rosen Centre Hotel, Orlando, FL. Carolyn B. Thompson,
President of TRAINING SYSTEMS, INC. & Gary Shoup, Director of Training
& Development, Hines Horticulture, Inc., will be facilitating a
session on Employee Motivation: Inspiring Others Jesus’ Way.
800-727-4CMA or http://www.CMAonline.org
February 27, 2001 National Fun Day! Celebrate by giving each department
a Fun First Aid Kit filled with Silly Putty, funny faces, "No
Whining" buttons, confetti, etc. Email to: TSI@trainingsys.com for
more ideas.
March 15-16, 2001 ASAE Professional Development Forum, Hyatt Regency
Bethesda, Maryland. Great opportunity to examine the latest trends and
concepts in the online learning environment.
http://www.asaenet.org/courses/0,,50243,00.html
March 19-21, 2001 AQP 234rd Annual Spring Conference and Resource Mart:
MAX 2001, Chicago IL. Mike Singletary is one of the many wonderful keynote
speakers! 800-733-3310
April 1-4, 2001 Human Resource Planning Society Conference, Caesars
Palace, Las Vegas NV. 212-49-6387 or http://www.hrps.org
April 16-20, 2001 WBT Producer Conference & Expo, Anaheim CA. Join
THE event for professionals involved in the management, design,
implementation, development and production of Web-based training and
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this cool publication!" Thanks RainMaker for the compliment. E-mail
your article to mail to rir@trainingsys.com.
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