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Colleges Can Help Bridge the Soft Skills Gap

CLO Magazine

Further, an August 2016 LinkedIn study found that hiring managers indicated their company’s productivity was limited due to a lack of candidates’ soft skills. Self-evaluation, personal responsibility, positive attitude, good work habits and people skills fall under professionalism. Analysis and Problem Solving.

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‘Black Mirror’ or better? The role of AI in the future of learning and development

CLO Magazine

An example: During a live Georgia Tech lecture class in 2016, a professor told his students that his teaching assistant , Jill Watson, would be available online to answer their questions throughout the duration of the semester-long course. For example, Amazon built an experimental AI tool to streamline the résumé-analysis process.

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Bridging the Last Mile to Close the Skills Gap

CLO Magazine

A 2016 survey by PayScale noted that only 50 percent of the nation’s employers believe college graduates are ready for professional careers. After that came public speaking skills and data analysis. That, in turn, helps APUS evaluate thousands of students per term and prepare them to contribute the day they are hired by an employer.

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Save the Learners! Build an Open and Shut Serious Game Strategy

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(This article was published in the March, 2016 issue of Training Industry Magazine.). Start with a needs analysis to understand the primary business objective or key performance indicators, in other words, how will the training impact business. Needs analysis is where you start when you embark on any sort of project.

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Dive In

CLO Magazine

Harvard Business Review ’s October 2016 article, “As Work Changes, Leadership Development Has to Keep Up” said that companies “must deliver engaging, experiential learning opportunities that are rich with high-fidelity simulations and real-life applications.” Here, participants practice critical analysis, problem-solving and decision-making.

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Avoiding the Curse of the Consultant

CLO Magazine

Although 2016 data hasn’t yet been published, the growth trend was expected to continue with the U.S. accounting for nearly half (44 percent) of the global market, according to analysis from Greentarget, a public relations firm. ROI evaluation should be tackled in a proactive way. consulting market grew 7.7 billion, up from $50.8

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The Business Partnership Award

CLO Magazine

Financial service organization BNY Mellon regularly evaluates how its services and offerings align with its clients’ evolving needs, and in 2015 it discovered something new its clients wanted: strategic partnerships to improve complex problem-solving. BNY Mellon.