Corporate Trainer Mock Interview
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What do you feel are good ways to motivate employees to take optional training courses?
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Ryan Brunner has over ten years of experience recruiting, interviewing, and hiring candidates in the healthcare, public service, and private manufacturing/distribution industries.
As you are well aware as a professional Corporate Trainer, not all training programs are mandatory. Many that you help develop are optional. When optional training is considered for staff, you will be tasked with convincing staff that the training is well worth their time and effort. In proposing this question to you, your interviewer is looking to hear that you are familiar with effective ways to convince staff to participate in voluntary training. Before your interview, be sure to think of the most popular ways for incentivizing employees in this situation, and if you have examples of ways you've done this in the past, don't hesitate to talk about them.
Ryan Brunner has over ten years of experience recruiting, interviewing, and hiring candidates in the healthcare, public service, and private manufacturing/distribution industries.
"Voluntary staff training has a purpose, and I think that there are many ways to promote staff participation in these. Since the lack of time is often a common reason that staff don't participate, I think it is important to set aside time during the normal workday and compensate staff for the voluntary training. Providing snacks, food, and beverages also helps to attract more people. I also think that in some instances, making the voluntary training mobile-friendly for workers on the go is a great way to promote participation in optional training. Another incentive could be providing gift cards or monetary payment for participation."
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