Employees are immediately able to apply newly mastered skills to their daily work because the curriculum is designed to integrate the basics with the specific work of the company. The company estimates an eight percent increase in productivity as a result of this training. Training costs for small businesses can be so prohibitive that they are sometimes forced to do without. But not so for the companies in rural northeastern Connecticut that typically range from 10 to 150 employees. In one year, Jill O'Hagan , the Network director at Quinebaug Valley Community College , in Danielson, negotiated 48 course contracts with 27 companies to train 714 employees.
Companies often send as few as one employee or as many as nine.
Training for production supervisors has been a common need, particularly in dealing with issues of quality, O'Hagan notes. All rights reserved.