HR learning: 06 June, 2017

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Skillsoft’s Percipio: Redefining e-learning

Percipio is a cloud-based, content delivery and learning platform. 

Learning cannot be imposed, it can only be acquired when one has the will and feels engaged in the learning process. Unlike the traditional learning models that worked on a push factor, the new-age learning is about the pull it can create and let people choose what, when and how they want to learn.

In line with this need, and taking e-learning a step ahead, Skillsoft has launched Percipio, a cloud-based, state-of-the-art content delivery and learning platform. Built by leveraging almost 20 years of e-learning experience, Percipio is designed to provide a beautiful, consumer-led experience that makes the learner feel engaged and inspired.
The name, ‘Percipio’, Latin for ‘acquiring knowledge,’ reflects Skillsoft’s commitment to transforming the e-learning industry. The platform is designed with the user experience in mind to inspire personal learning and career development. 
Potoula Chresomales, ‎senior vice president of product management, Skillsoft, tells HRKatha that “Percipio is a next-generation e-learning platform and what’s unique about it, is that it is entirely learner focussed and covers a broad spectrum of critical skills that most organisations require in their employees.”

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Magicbricks Leadership Academy: Empowering future leaders

MBLA works towards igniting personal transformation among employees and inspires them to become better future leaders.

It is said that the best way to predict the future is to create it.  In today’s fast-changing marketplace, the future is not only complex but also highly unpredictable. It has thus become important for every organisation to invest in its future, both to pre-empt the future and ride the change.
Talent development and strong leadership pipelines are the foundations for a robust and sustainable organisation. In order to do this in a structured manner, Times Internet Group company Magicbricks has launched Magicbricks Leadership Academy (MBLA), a programme aimed at empowering leaders for tomorrow.
The company strongly believes in the power of its human capital and the benefits of developing it through constant learning interventions to create a better tomorrow. Uncovering the power of talent, MBLA works towards igniting personal transformation among employees and inspires them to become better future leaders, who would have a greater impact on business.

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Labor Minister admits to jobless growth

Union Minister, Bandaru Dattatreya admits that the current growth being witnessed in the country might not be generating enough employment.

With the advancement in technology and the fact that fewer people are required to do the same job as compared to how it was a few years from now, it is not very surprising that India currently is in a state of jobless growth.

We still don’t have the data to confirm the exact status of job creation by the government, but now we have the statement by the Labour Minister hinting that there is definitely an urgent need to relook the data that the government has and to finally determine how dire the situation is.

The government's promise

During the General Elections 2015, NDA had promised that it would create 10 million jobs a year, but by far the promise has not been met. And this is despite the government’s focus on ‘Make in India’ initiative and ‘Skill India’ program.

While some of this is being attributed to the lack of complete data with the government, the other reason for the same is the ongoing and widespread automation of processes.