thinking laterally about training packages

Here’s a pearl of an idea for encouraging the uptake of training packages in the workplace. Modify some FOSS HRM software so that it includes qualifications and skills from the training packages (linked to pay increases, training plans and performance review) and give it away to small and medium enterprises in your area. They get an instant training and HR tool (you could even add job descriptions and auto-job-advertising modules) and you get a workforce more focussed on  nationally recongnised training…

• OrangeHRM – Human Resource Management

  an Open Source HR Information Systems(HRIS) that assists in managing a company’s human resources – covers the main areas of Personnel Management/HRM such as PIM, ESS, Leave for the Small and Medium-sized Enterprise (SME). It is available on a GNU General

  (tags: opensource orangehrm hr hrm hris pim ess tpu)

And once you’ve built your HR training machine, here’s a couple of thought starters for spreading the good word…

• The New Rules of PR

  a free ebook on how public relations has been affected by the growing trends towards social media such as blogs, podcasts, wikis and message boards (pdf)

  (tags: business ebook free howto pr toread)

• PRWeb::The Online Visibility Company

  an online news and press release distribution service for small and medium-sized businesses

  (tags: pr marketing press business seo free prweb advertising)