Elearning! Magazine: Building Smarter Companies via Learning & Workplace Technologies.
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News To Certify or Not to Certify? Ninety-two percent of hiring managers said they would hire the certified candidate if the top candidates had equivalent experience. And 93 percent would expect to pay the certified candidate more than one without certification. On June 14th, 130 hiring managers and executives attended "Advancing Your Career Through Certification." They shared the following feedback on certification: >> 89 percent said that credentials were important during the hiring process >> 86 percent said it was important the credential be 'cross industry' >> 73 percent would hire the certified candidate if top candidates has equivalent education Ninety-three percent said it was important that the credential be 'portable.' When training and skills development occurs outside the workplace, certifying may be the only means to "validate" those skills and experience. The certificate validates the learning and expertise of the professional. Elearning! Institute is now issuing the Learning! Professional Certificate (LPC) for executives advancing their education in learning and workplace technologies. Executives can enroll for the Institute for $249/year and earn multiple certificates during the enrollment period at no additional investment. "The LPC is a very affordable certificate and fills an important gap given the new workplace dynamics," reports Catherine Upton, Elearning! Media Group. Elearning! Institute topics range from Virtual Learning, Learning & Talent System Selection, HR and Talent Trends and Practices, E-learning Technologies, Best Practices in E-learning. Sessions are presented by industry leading analysts, top learning leaders, and experts in learning and workplace technologies. Certificate candidates can set their own curriculum, invest five hours and earn their first certificate as a Learning! Professional. Elearning! Institute will host the next LPC graduation ceremony at the Enterprise Learning! Conference in Irvine, CA on September 26th. Learn more about the Elearning! Institute at: www. lpc.2elearning.com. Excellence Reaches Around the Globe During its 2012 International Conference & Exposition held in Denver, the American Society for Training & Development (ASTD) presented the Excellence in Practice Awards and Citations to 61 organizations from 11 countries. The Excellence in Practice awards recognize organizations for results achieved through learning and development solutions. Organizations selected to receive Excellence in Practice Awards are: Abbot, Abbot Park, Ill. Asurion, Nashville, Tenn. Ball Metal Beverage Packaging Division, Williamsburg, Va. Booz Allen Hamilton, McLean, Va. China Post Group, Beijing, China *VSSLNL VM (TLYPJHU 7H[OVSVNPZ[Z 5VY[OÄLSK 0SS Farmers Insurance, Grand Rapids, Mich. Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, Calif. MetLife, Irvine, Calif. Naval Education Training Command's Center for Information Dominance, Pensacola, Fla. 5H]HS ,K\JH[PVU ;YHPUPUN *VTTHUK»Z :\YMHJL >HYMHYL 6ffiJLYZ School Command, Newport, R.I. Pelephone Communications LTD, Givatayim, Israel PepsiCo, Purchase, N.Y. Shape Corp, Grand Haven, Mich. Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S., Istanbul, Turkey Turkiye Is Bankasi A.S., Istanbul, Turkey Verizon Wireless, Basking Ridge, N.J. A complete list of Award and Citation winners can be found on the ASTD Website, www.astd.org. 8 July / August 2012 Elearning!