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Corporate Training Exploding and Changing

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Interesting article on Bersin by Deloitte's site on corporate training. spending on corporate training has strongly rebounded.   The reasons given by Bersin for this shift towards investing in training are: The need for specialized skills is increasing.  This is good news. Hopefully this view is changing.

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Provide Training Without Losing Productivity

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Wouldn't it be great if everyone you hired could just sit down in front of a computer and start working immediately, with no training at all?  They'll need to be trained from the ground up. And longtime employees will also have a need for training eventually. Group Training. Individual Training.

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The Most Common Professions of Skilled Freelancers Working for Businesses

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Other popular professions include education and training (9 percent), sales and marketing (8 percent), and healthcare and sciences (8 percent).  Creative services, healthcare and sciences and project management have been fast growing fields for independent workers.   But a few patterns are clear. . 

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Pet Tech Booming

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This broadly includes e-commerce and subscription startups targeting niche pet retail; hardware startups providing food, training, toy, waste management, and tracking solutions; and mobile app and/or software-based platforms that connect pet owners with pet service providers (e.g.

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Udacity Blitz: Bridging the Gap Between Online Education and Work

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  Much like a project consulting firm, Udacity bids on the project, puts together projects teams and provides project management services. New educational programs are changing how job training is done. In other words, Udacity grads get paid tryouts that provide real world work experience with potential employers.

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California Small Business Crowdfunding Initiative

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CAMEO network members provide entrepreneurs with small and micro-business financing as well as technical and advisory assistance and business management training. CAMEO is already the largest microlending network in California.

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Forecasts: 2017 the Year Corporations Embrace the Gig Economy

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. Forward-looking HR leaders should take action now to plan for a blended workforce and address issues such as; how do you on-board and integrate gig workers or what types of training can gig workers have access to? The Society of Human Resource Management's (SHRM) Five Trend's in Talent : The gig economy is here to stay.

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