2014 eForcePEI Training Initiative Overview & Opportunities Lunch & Learn
Date and Time
Wednesday Feb 26, 2014
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM AST
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Location
The Chamber Boardroom
134 Kent Street, Suite 230
2nd Floor, National Bank Tower attached to the Confederation Court Mall Complex
Fees/Admission
Complimentary, Please bring your own lunch!
Website
Description
eForcePEI is a government funded initiative that aims to enhance the training capabilities of small-medium sized enterprises across PEI. It provides free online training and personal development courses that will help businesses. Small companies sometimes struggle to train their staff because of time and cost limitations. These courses are taken at your own pace and are completely free. There is a wide range of courses available now and more to be added in the future.
Andrew Hickey, eForcePEI's project sales coordinator, will provide an overview of this new skills training program. Will explain how the program works and will give an overview of the types of courses that are available.
Train
The features of eForcePEI include:
- A wide range of FREE courses
- A lifelong learning profile to share with your colleagues and employers
- Custom built PEI specific courses
- Taylor courses to your business needs
- Assign, track, and manage employee training
Learn
Every 3 years, 50% of workplace skills change. To remain relevant, workers need to embrace continual learning and development.
Available bundles include:
- Finance and Accounting Essentials
- MS Word 2010 Basics
- Marketing Essentials
- Essential Skills for Administrative Support Professionals
- Fundamentals of Working With Difficult People
- Workplace Conflict
- Operations Management
- Professional Networking Essentials
Grow
eForcePEI is a workforce development initiative aimed to increase productivity of PEI workers. It provides FREE online training and professional development courses that will help grow your business. Small companies and non-profits struggle to train their staff because of time and cost limitations, now the only thing it will cost is the few minutes it takes to sign up and register your staff.
eForcePEI is designed to give PEI businesses the ability to provide a variety skills training to their employees at no cost.
