Whether I am working with young adult students or workers employed in any sector and at any level, the costs related to additional education for skill development are always a concern.  Tuition, housing and book fees at a university, customized training for your leadership group and/or video-conferenced CNC instruction all carry significant cost factors that impact individuals or a specific company…who are just trying to promote the value of continuous learning.

However, today I believe the assumed value of historic education options has shifted due to cost and skill need prioritization.  And as a quiet but effective and efficient compromise…Express Trainings & Learnings opportunities have been steadily introduced in multiple unique online formats.

Check out the following examples:

• Grow with Google: Google Analytics Academy
• HubSpot Academy: Design Foundations:  Building brand guidelines and consistency
• FEMA – Emergency Management Institute
• Alison: Empower Yourself
• edX – Harvard University Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies
• Coursera – University of Michigan: Successful Negotiation:  Essential Strategies and Skills

And now you are asking:  “What are the points I am trying to make in this week’s TRIPLE III TIME message entitled:  Express Trainings & Learnings?”

Well first in general I would like everyone to consider the examples given and challenge yourselves, co-workers and those you supervise to seek out quality, no-cost, no-travel online Express Trainings & Learnings courses as a means of creating a customized continuous professional improvement/development plan.

If you are selective in your choices…you will challenge the “you only get what you pay for” belief with credible no-cost options.  You may also come to realize that many in the HR profession do not know what they don’t know with regard to the wide range of available new age Express Trainings & Learnings.

Change has happened and continues in this area.  Employers are giving more consideration to the quality personal traits of job candidates FIRST and understand that direct job training and learning maybe just a click away.

A concluding final fun thought or two:  Modern is…as Modern does.  Or better yet:  Future is…as Future does.  Are YOU Modern and Future doing.