Bluedrop Learning Networks Delivers Needed Skills for Workplace
Success; Announces Selection of Advisory Committee Co-Chair
ST. JOHN'S,
Newfoundland, March 31, 2014 /CNW/ - Bluedrop
Learning Networks today announced its Workplace Essential
Skills Program, a comprehensive skills development program designed
to support job seekers and current employees of small and medium
businesses. The program is built on Bluedrop's unique Learning
Network platform to deliver targeted on-demand training. It uses
sophisticated assessments to gauge individual skills and determine
customized learning paths for optimal results and productivity
gains. Bluedrop also announced the selection of its Advisory
Committee co-chair for the Program.
Key Facts:
- Today, many employees and job seekers are struggling to attain
the skills they need, when they need them, to be continuously
relevant and productive in an ever-changing workplace.
- Bluedrop Learning Networks designed the Workplace Essential
Skills Program to guide individuals and small businesses towards
the best, tailored learning paths based on individual and business
needs, as well as personal goals.
- The Program begins by assessing an individual's cognitive
skills, emotional and interpersonal skills, task completion skills,
leadership and technology skills – the areas that are continually
identified as most critical to workplace success. Based on the
results of the assessment, individuals are directed towards
appropriate training and coursework offerings on the Bluedrop
Learning Networks Platform.
- The Workplace Essentials Advisory Committee will ensure that
content is always fresh, relevant and effective in helping workers
reach their goals and the employers become more competitive. Based
on his expertise and experience, Bluedrop selected John K.
McDermott, Executive Assistant to the Chairman,
Consortium for Worker Education (CWE), to participate as co-chair
of the Workplace Essentials Advisory Committee. The CWE trains more
than 80,000 people in New York each year to improve their
employability and help their employers to succeed. As co-chair, Mr.
McDermott will advise on and endorse the program as it
evolves.
Supporting Quote:
- Emad
Rizkalla, founder and CEO of Bluedrop Learning
Networks, said: "The most critical skills in the workplace
today generally revolve around personal productivity, problem
solving, computer proficiency and soft skills. Employers are
struggling to improve these skills in their current employees and
actively looking for competency in these areas in the people that
they recruit. Based on our years of expertise in training and
workforce development, we developed the Workplace Essential Skills
Program to respond to skills gap at the speed of business.
Employees, as well as their employers, identify areas that are
lacking, and create a training path that will lead to life long
learning development. We are looking forward to building the
success of the program with the introduction of our new Advisory
Committee co-chair, and we are delighted to welcome Mr. McDermott
to the team."
For more information, visit:
http://www.bluedroplearningnetworks.com/, and follow
Bluedrop on Twitter @bluedrop_LN, LinkedIn and
Facebook.
About Bluedrop
Bluedrop Performance Learning (TSX-V:
BPL) is an innovator in workplace training for individuals,
corporations, military personnel and the public sector. Bluedrop
recently created Bluedrop Learning Networks to offer simple,
scalable training delivery. Launched in 2004, with six offices and
over 190 employees, Bluedrop is transforming the workplace by
designing, developing and delivering practical, actionable and
affordable training content that improves individual and overall
performance of organizations. For more information, visit
www.bluedrop.com.
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