Category: <span>Blog</span>
Disrupting the training market with MOOC
At Sector Four Consulting we talk about the ‘disruption of the training market’. People increasingly bypass the traditional post school learning sectors, and select fast, lean skills acquisition from industry certification programs and the online MOOC community. As an example, MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) skills development is available from […]
MOOC drives a new career
Massive Online Open Course (MOOC) turns out to be the pivot point for Swede Charlie Jeppson becoming a full stack web developer without technology degree or work experience. Read on with this except from Medium. “Six months ago, I got my first developer job as full stack web developer for […]
Skills certification drives project management success
A recent article entitled “Top 5 Project Management Certifications To Become A Great Project Manager!” from Peter Taylor of Simplilearn shows us the Sector Four skill credentials project managers utilise in the US. In the past few years, project management jobs have increased by 425%. Read more here… In Australia […]
Employers facing critical skills shortage
Can Sector Four be harnessed to take up this challenge? David Myton from Campus Morning Mail reports that Australia’s employers are facing critical skills shortages and almost all are reporting low levels of literacy and numeracy among employees. They are also encountering difficulties in recruiting employees with STEM skills and in […]
S4 boost needed for more women in IT
Simon O’Dea reports at Statistica that a recent report produced by Deloitte Access Economics for the Australian Computer Society has revealed that women are working in less than one-third of Australian ICT positions. Women represent 28 percent of the ICT workforce, compared with 45 percent across all professional industries. With so much […]
Importance of skill focus
It’s what you know, and how to use it that counts! A light hearted and timely reminder!
Left Brain Vs Right Brain
Training people to attain Sector Four credentials? Does it matter if they are left brain or right brain dominant? Is all that just an urban myth? Andy Habermacher’s article ‘Left Brain – Right Brain: Correcting the Myth‘ helps unravel the mystery. Highly recommended reading if you are developing Sector Four […]
Talent Development & Workplace Training 2018
“[A]s the rate of skills change accelerates across both old and new roles in all industries, proactive and innovative skill-building and talent management is an urgent issue. What this requires is a [talent development] function that is rapidly becoming more strategic and has a seat at the table.” — World […]