HR Learning: 8 Mar, 2021

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Google to create 250,000 new training opportunities for American workers over the next five years

 

The CEO of Google has signed ‘The Pledge to America’s Workers’. Google has pledged to train 250,000 Americans to take on technology jobs in the future. It has committed to a White House programme aimed at getting private organisations to offer training to American workers. Sundar Pichai, CEO, Google, recently signed ‘The Pledge to America’s Workers,’ which has already been signed by 350 American businesses. Google will also be launching a programme it developed to train people who are inexperienced or have a college degree, for entry-level jobs in the IT support space, in less than six months. The objective is to ensure that everyone is able to avail the job opportunities available in the technology space.

 

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How MG Motor India is building its next gen of employees

MG Motor India’s Bridge Internship programme gives its employees an exposure to global markets, and also invites international students to witness its Indian operations. The automobile industry is going through a major slump. Sales are down, business has dipped and the worst part is that the auto ancillary industry has also started laying off people, with around 10 lakh jobs at stake. Amidst this crisis, MG Motor has come up with its own ways to brush off pressure and focus on building the next generation of employees. The automotive company has introduced a two-way learning internship programme, known as ‘Bridge’, wherein it invites students from overseas to experience the Indian market of MG Motor. The Company will also send some of its Indian employees to its overseas establishments for cross-pollination of knowledge and experience.

 

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Measuring the effectiveness of corporate leadership training programmes can be challenging

 

To squeeze the full potential out of corporate training programmes, it is necessary to customise them according to the needs of the trainees. Companies invest in leadership training for their employees because they see the value in it. While a lot of money is spent on generalised packages, it is hard to measure how effective these are for the employees. Let us first clarify that we are talking about training programmes that focus on behavioural change, such as leadership-development programmes and not skill-development programmes, which have become relatively cheaper with e-learning and can be measured quite accurately. A significant chunk of corporate training money is spent on leadership- and professional-development programmes. In 2018, according to media reports, the US spent around $87 billion on corporate training and development alone. Moreover, media reports claim that India is on its way to becoming a $100 billion domestic market for corporate training services!