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Changes In Job-Related Training Since Covid-19

The Horizons Tracker

Few aspects of modern society have remained unaffected in some way by the Covid-19 pandemic, and so it’s perhaps no surprise that a new report from the London School of Economics shows that job-based training is no different. “The total number of days trained per trainee in the UK has fallen by 18% from 7.8 in 2011 to 6.4

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The Best Leadership Books of 2017

Leading Blog

Those skills, while uniquely human, are not what we are typically trained to do and require a deal of messy personal development. It’s typically not the player with the highest market value. New skills will be needed. Uniquely human skills. Blog Post ). So that’s what we continue to get. Blog Post ).

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Marketing After the Purchase: 4 Emails to Educate Your Customer (Jill Schiefelbein)

Let's Grow Leaders

Yet many digital marketers stop communicating once their marketing is successful and a purchase is made. If you’re not taking this opportunity to extend your marketing, you’re missing a potential gold mine. Maybe you offer a free training. Remember, once your marketing is successful you still have a lot of work to do.

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Four Business Books To Read In 2017

Eric Jacobson

To find the best business, communications and leadership books to add to my "to read" list for 2017, I reached out to some of the best experts in the field. There are so many how-to lead books on the market that it’s almost impossible to siphon out quality from the imposters, but Willett’s book stands apart as a must-read.

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Mexican Migrants In The US Help Both Countries

The Horizons Tracker

“Between 1990 and 2017, the growth rate of skilled (with an undergraduate degree) and high-skilled (with a graduate degree) migration to the U.S. This gap in the labor market has multiple reasons, including low birth rates, an aging workforce, and a lack of investment in training and development.

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Four Business, Communications And Leadership Books To Read In 2017

Eric Jacobson

To find the best business, communications and leadership books to add to my "to read" list for 2017, I reached out to some of the best experts in the field. There are so many how-to lead books on the market that it’s almost impossible to siphon out quality from the imposters, but Willett’s book stands apart as a must-read.

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How High-Speed Trains Affect The Mobility Of Talent

The Horizons Tracker

The 350km High Speed 2 project from London to the north-west of England has been beset with problems and cost over-runs since it was officially kicked off in 2017 to the extent that various public figures suggest that losses should be cut and the project kicked into the long grass. of standard deviation. The fast track.