With new technologies constantly evolving, keeping your staff up-to-date on latest developments has never been more important. We wanted to know: what were the biggest trends, challenges and success factors for training courses in 2014? You are viewing Report B: Responses from individuals who book training courses for themselves.

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2014
Instructor-led
Training Survey
The Learner’s Perspective

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With new technologies constantly evolving,
keeping your staff up-to-date on latest
developments has never been more
important.
As software and hardware solutions change
and develop, so should the training courses
for these areas.
We conducted a survey to find out what the current trends, challenges and success
factors for training courses are.

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1000+ employees
Q1: How many staff does your organisation employ?
With 54%, the majority of respondents worked in organisations with 1000+ employees.
Small organisations were slightly underrepresented with 7% (1 – 50 employees).
7% 13%
13% 54%
1 – 49 employees 50 - 249 employees 250 - 999 employees
13%
Self-employed

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Q2: In which sector do you currently work?
Manufacturing & Production
Voluntary, Community, Non-Profit
Public Services
Private Services
13%
13%
34%
40%

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Q3: Which of the following best describes your current job seniority?
14% 43% 43%
OWNER/
EXECUTIVE/
C-LEVEL
MANAGEMENT OPERATIONAL

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Q4: How often do you attend training courses?
Less than once a year
57%
1 -3 times a year
36%
4 -5 times a year
0%
More than 6 times a year
7%

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Q5: What three things do you value most in a training course?
Two thirds of respondents named real world examples,
post-course materials and quality of instruction as the
three aspects they valued most in a training course.
86%
57%
50%
43%
QUALITY OF INSTRUCTION
REAL WORLD EXAMPLES
TEMPLATES I CAN USE AT WORK
CHANCE TO ASK QUESTIONS
29%
29%
14%
14%
7%
7%
GUIDES
AVAILABILITY TO NETWORK
POST-COURSE INSTRUCTOR SUPPORT
REPUTATION OF TRAINER
POST-COURSE MATERIALS
PRE-COURSE MATERIALS

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Q6: How important do you think training courses are to helping you
50%
of respondents think
training courses are
very or extremely
important for
progressing their
career
Not
at
all
important
Slightly
important
Moderately
important
Very
important
Extremely
important
progress your career ?
14%
7%
29%
36%
14%

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Q7: Which of these areas have you attended ILT for?
Core software
skills
e.g. Microsoft Office
Project
Management
Prince2, Agile,
PM4SD, MSP…
Business
Sales, Customer
service, Presentation
skills…
Marketing
Digital Marketing,
Social Media
Desktop
Publishing
Adobe CS, MS
Publisher
Business
skills
Report and
Proposal Writing

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Q8: How would you rank the following in order of importance when
booking a course?
1. Subject specialist
2. Tailored courses
3 Reputation of provider
4. Cost
5. Reputation of provider
6. Cost

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