Instructor-led Training Survey

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2014

The Learner’s Perspective

With new technologies constantly evolving, keeping your staff up-to-date on latest developments has never been more important. As software and hardware solutions change and develop, so should the training courses for these areas.

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We conducted a survey to find out what the current trends, challenges and success factors for training courses are.

1000+ employees

7% 13%

Q1: How many staff does your organisation employ? With 54%, the majority of respondents worked in organisations with 1000+ employees. Small organisations were slightly underrepresented with 7% (1 – 50 employees).

54% 13% 1 – 49 employees 50 - 249 employees 250 - 999 employees

13% Self-employed

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Q2: In which sector do you currently work?

Manufacturing & Production

Private Services

Public Services

Voluntary, Community, Non-Profit

13%

13%

34%

40%

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14% 43% 43%

OWNER/ EXECUTIVE/

C-LEVEL

MANAGEMENT OPERATIONAL

Q3: Which of the following best describes your current job seniority?

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Q4: How often do you attend training courses?

Less than once a year

57% 1 -3 times a year

36%

4 -5 times a year

0%

More than 6 times a year

7%

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86% 57%

50%

43%

QUALITY OF INSTRUCTION REAL WORLD EXAMPLES TEMPLATES I CAN USE AT WORK CHANCE TO ASK QUESTIONS

Q5: What three things do you value most in a training course? Two thirds of respondents named real world examples, post-course materials and quality of instruction as the three aspects they valued most in a training course.

29%

29%

14%

14%

7%

7%

GUIDES AVAILABILITY TO NETWORK POST-COURSE INSTRUCTOR SUPPORT REPUTATION OF TRAINER POST-COURSE MATERIALS PRE-COURSE MATERIALS

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50% of respondents think training courses are very or extremely important for progressing their career

Not  at  all  important  

Slightly  important  

Moderately  important  

Very  important   Extremely  important  

Q6: How important do you think training courses are to helping you progress your career ?

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14%  

7%  

29%  

36%  

14%  

Q7: Which of these areas have you attended ILT for?

Core software

skills e.g. Microsoft Office

Project

Management Prince2, Agile,

PM4SD, MSP…

Business Sales, Customer

service, Presentation

skills…

Marketing Digital Marketing,

Social Media

Desktop

Publishing Adobe CS, MS

Publisher

Business

skills Report and

Proposal Writing

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Q8: How would you rank the following in order of importance when booking a course?

1. Subject specialist

2. Tailored courses

3 Reputation of provider

4. Cost

5. Reputation of provider

6. Cost

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THANKS Thank you for taking part and sharing your expertise with us.

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