Best Company Training Programme

Sponsored and judged by Pursuit Recruitment (visit website)

The Category

Employees are a primary asset of any organisation, whose activities and abilities can significantly enhance or impact upon business productivity and success. Investment in a financially viable, well structured, focused and results orientated training programme should realise benefits within individual employees' personal development as well as company wide success.

When you come to the final stage of completing your on-line entry you will be asked to enter the number of employees including contractors.

What the judges are looking for

Pursuit are seeking organizations that can demonstrate clearly identifiable, goal-orientated training objectives, and who can clearly explain how these have been implemented in an innovative way.

We will be seeking evidence of the ongoing evaluation of the success of the training programme. Entrants should demonstrate how training is targeted for individuals of different professional experience as well as across a variety of roles to achieve company wide goals and objectives.

Please write your overall description in no more than 500 words (fewer are perfectly acceptable) and then separately answer the questions below. If you want to attach supporting materials such as photos, leaflets, testimonials, etc. please do so.

Specific questions to answer

1. What key factors make your training process effective and successful?
2. Why is training so important to your company?
3. In what ways has your training scheme had a beneficial impact upon your company ?
4. What system is in place for evaluating the success of your training program?
5. How has your training improved your staff capabilities and retention rate?

About the judges

Lorraine Phair (MD) heads up Chelmsford's leading secretarial and office support recruitment consultancy Pursuit Recruitment Ltd. Pursuit specialise in bringing out the best in people by matching them with the right jobs. Pursuit find candidates new careers everyday, conducting one-to-one consultation and PC skills assessment with the latest evaluation technology.

Lorraine has successfully delivered an extensive training programme to all staff members including her temporary workforce of a hundred strong and moves into 2008 with an in-house trainer, showing that Pursuit has the commitment to invest in staff training.

The recent move to new, purpose built offices creates professional and ambient surroundings to welcome candidates, clients and staff alike to work and train in. Pursuit has implemented a new, electronic, IT registration process, enabling clients to benefit from the new bespoke testing system.

This in turn will assist with recruiting and training for Lorraine's next challenge when she opens her doors in Bishop Stortford ensuring that her own unique and innovative approach proves to be as successful for candidates and clients alike as has been demonstrated in Chelmsford.