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Outsourced brand academies: a strategic training and development tool for long-term success

Outsourced brand academies: a strategic training and development tool for long-term success

Each year, South African companies spend huge amounts on staff training and development – but are they seeing results? When it comes to branded academies, the answer is yes!

This is because branded academies offer the highest quality staff learning experience through courses that are directly aligned with company goals and expectations. Unlike generic training courses, your staff won’t be undertaking training that is general to your industry or requirements. Instead, they will be placed on a course that has been designed by a partnership between your company and our training experts. This results in a complete packaged course that is designed to optimally deliver on your long-term strategic goals and includes:

  • Writing A Customised Training Course
  • The Writing, Designing And Delivery Of Induction Programmes
  • Sourcing Of Credible Skills Training Companies Based On Your Requirements
  • Delivery Of The Course By Certified Training Instructors
  • Marking Of Exams
  • Certification
  • Quality Control For Every Aspect Of The Training Experience

In addition, by outsourcing this company function, your business is aligned for significant reductions in training costs as well as guaranteed results. In this way, outsourced branded academies offer a far more targeted and in-depth training experience. As a result, companies report higher productivity from their staff, a lower staff turnover and employees that are more confident, competent, efficient and creative than before completing the training. All this points to the enhancement of your company as a whole, preparing it efficiently and cost-effectively to take on new, more challenging business opportunities and to compete more effectively for market share.

Contact us at Effectiveness Company today for unique staff training and development opportunities through our recognised branded academies!

Training and development insights: Why companies choose corporate universities for staff upliftment and empowerment

Training and development insights: Why companies choose corporate universities for staff upliftment and empowerment

Modern companies have found significant value in empowering their employees – especially through skills training and development. Unfortunately, there are few regulations governing the quality of different training programmes and often companies don’t get to have much input into the direction that course modules take. This is where corporate universities, often known as branded academies, come into play.

These training and coaching programmes are designed with more than a profit in mind. They are specialised spheres in which targeted courses are designed with one-on-one input from the company requesting the course. This allows them to create courses that are as targeted, specific or comprehensive as the client would like – dealing with challenges specific to their staff, department industry and company. These academies also provide a total training package in order to have complete quality control over the coursework, training delivery and certification process. In addition, this also allows you to have complete control of the training budget, lowering your training costs while getting you the results you’re looking for.

Because employees are trained more effectively at corporate universities, the results – in terms of empowerment, upliftment and general positivity – are more pronounced and long lasting. Staff who have experienced this level of training have increased confidence in their skills and in their ability to learn, making them more flexible about taking on new technology and processes. They will be more efficient at their jobs, able to take on more projects and responsibility – all with a positive attitude. As a result, this highly effective staff training is a worthwhile investment, bringing an increase in productivity, teamwork and your company’s ability to expand its market share.

Contact us today and find out more about our branded academies – and join the ranks of other companies experiencing the benefits of exceptional employee training and development!

Outsourced brand academies: a strategic training and development tool for long-term success

How outsourcing recruitment can take your SMME from good to great

When you are running an SMME, you’re part of one of the fastest growing sectors in South Africa – making recruitment outsourcing a valuable tool for finding the right people that fit your company exactly when you need them.

SMMEs face unique challenges in this economy – from surviving economic turmoil to expanding your company operations with limited resources. For these reasons, it’s vital that your SMME has only the best employees that contribute to your business goals rather than drain your resources. These employees won’t just do their job – they’ll be the pillars you rely on to contribute towards your company’s success.

WHY SMMES SHOULD INVEST IN RECRUITMENT OUTSOURCING

SMMEs often have limited resources, so why should you invest in recruitment outsourcing? Human capital management specialists answer:

  1. Reduced Recruiting Costs: Recruitment Is An Expensive Process, From Advertising For Positions To The Opportunity Costs Of Waiting For The Right Hire, Spending Time Sifting Through CVs And Conducting Interviews When You Could Be Focusing On Core Business Functions. A Professional Outsourcing Service Will Handle All This On Your Behalf Without Putting Strain On Your Resources.
  2. High Quality Candidates: Resourcing Service Providers Have Access To The Largest Pools Of Recruits And Know Exactly How To Apply Your Criteria In Order To Find The Right Person For The Job.
  3. Rapid Response Times: With Vast Resources And Expertise On Hand To Dedicate To Your Search, Recruitment Specialists Have The Staff And Resources To Deliver Rapid Results. If Your Candidate Is Out There, They’ll Have The Ability To Find Him/Her Before They Get Recruited By Your Competitor.
  4. Increased Business Agility: SMMEs Need To React Rapidly To Evolving Opportunities In Order To Stay Competitive And Prosper. By Getting The Right Candidates For Your Open Position As Rapidly As Possible, Your Company Is Able To Access Expertise And Develop Strategies In The Fastest Possible Time.

With these services, your SMME is enhanced – given the ability to grow quickly without sacrificing the quality of your service or straining your resources. Contact us at Effectiveness Company for expert recruitment outsourcing for your SMME.

Outsourced brand academies: a strategic training and development tool for long-term success

An in-depth look at how outsourcing helps performance improvement and SMME growth in South Africa

SMMEs face many challenges in the South African market that restrict performance improvement. Initiatives from a leading outsourcing company, however, provide significant relief for this vital industry, allowing them to move from strength to strength.

HERE’S WHAT EFFECTIVENESS COMPANY IS DOING TO ASSIST SMMES WITH PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT:

  1. HR Administration: Human Resources Tasks Are An Essential Aspect Of Your Business But They Take Up A Lot Of Time And Focus In Order To Complete Them Properly. HR Outsourcing Lifts This Burden Off Owners And Their Staff, Allowing Them To Focus On Growing And Developing The Business Itself. Having HR Tasks Competed By Specialists Also Ensures That All Your Processes Are Compliant With Relevant Laws – Giving You Additional Peace Of Mind.
  2. Recruitment: A Time-Consuming Task At The Best Of Times, Recruitment Means Pulling Your Resources Away From Urgent Tasks And Applying Them To Expensive Advertising, Interview Processes And Training. Outsourced Recruiting Is Faster, Cheaper And Gets You The Best Candidates From The Largest Recruitment Pools Without Placing A Burden On You And Your Staff.
  3. Payroll Administration: This Monthly Task Can Quickly Become A Nightmare For SMMEs. Taking On Your Own Payroll Means That SMMEs Are Diverting Vital Resources Into A Routine Administrative Task Rather Than Into Core Business Functions, While Outsourced Solutions Free You Of This Burden, Are More Affordable Than Hiring Staff To Handle This Function And Are Quality And Compliance Guaranteed.
  4. Industrial Relations: SMMEs Face A Lot Of Red Tape With Regards To Labour Management That Can Place Their Business Under Severe Strain. Ensure That Everything Is Above Board, Compliant With Laws And Within The Best Interests Of Your Company Without Placing Strain On Your Resources Through This Outsourcing Solution.
  5. Performance Management: Our Outsourcing Solutions Include A Range Of Tools That Can Be Completely Customised To Your Industry And Goals, Assisting You In Reaching Your Business Potential In Every Facet Of Your Company.

For more information on how Effectiveness Company is assisting performance improvement for SMMEs, please contact us today and ask about our affordable outsourcing solutions.

Dr Suzanne Ravenall speaks about Labour Managed Services in an interview with CEO Magazine

Dr Suzanne Ravenall speaks about Labour Managed Services in an interview with CEO Magazine

Our Chief Executive Officer, Dr Suzanne Ravenall, was recently featured in CEO Magazine. The focus of the article was the latest trend in business: Labour Managed Services, which offers a definitive difference to existing provision of labour services across the entire labour spectrum.

In the article, Ravenall explains, it offers clients who need the right quality of staff the solution of employing and integrating people who can be fully active in their business in the shortest possible time. This can be done on a contract or a permanent basis.

“Finding the right staff remains one of the biggest challenges for any business today. As an established outsourcing business, we are good at finding the right behaviour and then equipping these incumbents with the skills they need to be successful employees in the shortest time possible – in all the business sectors we deal in,” Ravenall explained in the article.

QUICK, EFFECTIVE LABOUR SOLUTIONS THAT ARE TAILORED TO CLIENT NEEDS

Here at Effectiveness Company, we can source up to 600 competent matches within a week. The difference is that we up-train all the people we find to the level where they can walk into their positions, without the lag usually caused by a new employee coming in and having to find his/her feet, learn the ropes as it were and settle into a productive job situation.

What makes labour managed services particularly useful for businesses is that it’s not just about providing bodies, it’s about providing tailor-made staffing solutions. Effectiveness Company provides skilled people ready to perform their duties upon entering the client’s business.

“We have identified a need across the board for competent staff with the ability to deliver from the moment they arrive in the business. Apart from training staff prior to placement at the client’s behest and according to individual needs, we also manage the staff internally. Therefore the staff members remain in our employ and are working under contract to us, and paid by us,” explained Ravenall.

One of the aspects that further sets Effectiveness Company’s solutions apart from the rest is the fact they also provide interim management staffing solutions by bringing trained managers into client operations where there is a need or a temporary shortfall.

“We can either supply trained staff to be incorporated into a client’s business as fulltime staff paid by the client, or we can offer a staffing solution with a managed services aspect,” said Ravenall.

Ravenall concluded by advising South African companies to tackle the skills shortage head-on. “In today’s economic climate, partnering with organisations such as The Effectiveness Company can alleviate some of the stresses involved with this hot topic. Job creation – sustainable jobs, that is – we are all in this together and everyone can make a difference,” said Ravenall.

If you are interested in learning more about our Labour Managed Servicescontact us today.