Monday, April 13

Questionmark CEO discusses globalization and learning trends

Will at Work Learning: Assessment Guru Hints at Trends Relevant to Learning Professionals:

Will Talheimer of Work-Learning Research recently talked with Eric Shepherd, CEO of Questionmark, to get a sense of the learning industry and how it has been affected by the downturn in the world economy.

Check the link above for the videos of the interview.

Main takeaways?

  • People are moving to where the jobs are, and jobs are moving to where the people are.
  • Content and assessments must be culturally aware as well as multilingual to target the global workforce.
  • Training budgets are being slashed.
  • Measure it to Manage it.
  • Increase in assessment tools being used in pre-employment screening.
  • Certification and tested credentials become more important to job seekers.