Obamas State of the Union Speech Calls for Job Training

ASTD Staff

(From the Huffington Post) -- In last night's State of the Union speech focused tightly on jobs and the economy, President Barack Obama outlined his ideas for getting long-term unemployed workers back to work and closing the "skills gap" separating jobless Americans... More »

Spending on L&D in 2011 Decreased in the U.K., but Increased in the U.S.

ASTD Staff

While U.S. investment in learning and development increased during the past year, as revealed by ASTD’s 2011 State of the Industry Report (SOIR), the United Kingdom saw training budgets decrease. This according to the Chartered Institute for Personnel an... More »

ASTD Archive Image of the Day: Artificial Intelligence Quotient, Circa 1984

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This article appeared in the January 1984 Training and Development Journal under the headline "Increasing Your Artificial Intelligence Quotient." This article highlighted the future of HR with a quote from Karl Albrecht: "In the next five years, I expect to see t... More »

ASTD Archive Image of the Day: Call Quality, Circa 1974

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This image, which appeared in the November 1974 Training and Development Journal, illustrates the three factors that affect sales calls. While so many training programs spend most of the time on the content of the call, this image illustrates the need to also&nbs... More »

Examining Cruise Ship Safety Training

ASTD Staff

Following last week’s cruise ship accident, CBS News decided to look into the training that crews receive. According to the resulting article, each year, a simulator near Fort Lauderdale, Florida, trains 2,000 junior and senior officers from cruise ships... More »