Do you work in Business & Administration?

If you work in Business & Administration, we might be able to help you achieve your VQ at no cost!  

Feel free to get in touch with us.

Trainees falling asleep?

How to.... liven up training. If your training is a bit dull then you might be interested in our training top tips:

1. Throw away the presentation and make the training hands on
2. Have fun - tell of experiences
3. Have a conversation - make them feel more relaxed
4. Be happy to be there, smile and be enthusiastic about what it is your training them on
5. Treat people like responsible adults

Supporting your supervisors to get it right first time!

Not everyone is a natural supervisor.  Without support they might struggle, be demotivated or make costly mistakes.  Some training early on can make all the difference.

Keeping your competency management system simple: a top tip!

Support assessors during the early stages!

Work with assessors during the first few months of assessment and provide good quality feedback so they know what is working well and what they need to improve on to make the training effective.

Tackling your smart phone: who is in charge anyway?

Smart phones are great.  But so often we hear managers saying their phones take over. 

3 ways to take control of your Smartphone:

1.      Be more favourable but respectful with caller IDs.

2.      If you have other deadlines to meet ask yourself if the Smartphone is just a distraction.  Allow some calls to go through to voicemail and pick them up when you have time. 

3.      Try not to allow for office calls to be sent onto your smart phone when you are out and about. 

Skills Scotland 2012!

Want to find out about careers and skills you need for a job? Then look no further than Skills Scotland! 
This is sure to be an opportunity you don't want to miss!

Success in Thornton!

Alastair Dickie (right) presenting a certificate to a graduate at Thomson of Thornton who recently completed his VQ Level 2 in Food Manufacture.  Well Done!