Looking for resources to offer training to your employees? Whether you need to train one staff member or your entire workforce, you can find lots of great options right in your community.
Check out the ideas below, and explore the ones that best fit your situation.
Local community colleges often partner with businesses to offer customized training tailored to individual business or industry needs.
You can also work through your local Workforce Development Board. WDBs facilitate partnerships between businesses with similar training needs and their local training providers, and they also offer access to training grants.
There are several low-cost options for training employees using your internal resources.
Find local resources for low-cost Adult Basic Education and English as a Second Language training for your workforce.
Small Business Development Centers
Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs) provide technical assistance to support success for small businesses and entrepreneurs.
A registered apprenticeship provides training resources for workers in many occupations while they develop their skills. Find your local Apprenticeship office to explore developing an apprenticeship opportunity at tour business.
Most larger employers outsource training these days although this trend could be starting to change with the growth in new technologies. Micro learning is an interesting case in point where employees can effectively create their own mini learning videos that can be accessed by anyone else in the organisation.