Incentives
Recognizing,
rewarding and providing incentives encourages employee
participation and promotes success with the WEP. Incentives
can take two main forms:
Recognition
- certificates of achievement and competence, GED and other
public education diplomas, trades and technical credentials, and
professional licenses.
Financial
- pay, bonuses and other forms of financial incentive
Recognition
To emphasize how much you value their learning, consider
offering certification opportunities or other credentials as
learning milestones for your employees.
One way to
raise basic skills levels is to help your employees prepare for
the General Educational Development (GED) Tests
by accessing resources
from the organization that develops and administers the Tests -
the Center for Adult Learning and Education Credentials. More
than 95 percent of employers in the U.S. consider GED graduates
the same as traditional high school graduates in regard to
hiring, salary, and opportunity for advancement.
URL: http://www.gedtest.org/
The American Council on
Education's Center for Adult Learning and Educational
pioneered the evaluation of education and training attained
outside the classroom. The Center’s Corporate Programs
division recommends academic credit for college-level
examinations and training offered in the workplace.
URL: http://www.acenet.edu/calec/
Other forms of
credentialing may be appropriate for your employees. You
can find out more about your options by searching for school
accreditation agencies by subject area:
URL:
http://www.alx.org/accred_search.asp?usertype=
Find additional
information on school accreditation, occupational certification
and licensed occupations.
URL:
http://www.alx.org/credentialing.asp
Information on
specific, technical certifications is searchable from a Database
of more than 400 types of Certifications:
URL:
http://www.alx.org/cert_search.asp?usertype=
Learn about terms
used in training and education.
URL:
http://www.alx.org/glossary.asp?usertype=learner
The Accrediting Council
for Continuing Education and Training promotes continuing
education and training by accrediting primarily for-profit
institutions offering either a vocational/professional
development courses or vocational programs of continuing
education and training.
URL: http://www.accet.org/
Here are some tips
for increasing e-learning completion rates. Ideas for
employers included developing a culture that respects online
learning, role modeling, tracking performance and rewarding.
URL:
http://www.workforce.com/archive/feature/22/26/22/223517.php
As an employer, you can
create your own in-house certificate program by
partnering with an educational institution. It offers a flexible
but results-oriented system for directing employees toward the
long-term growth and development needed for a dynamic
workplace.
URL:
http://www.workforce.com/archive/feature/22/16/52/index.php
Financial
When
employees gain skills and you give them recognition for it, you
may also want to build in appropriate financial rewards and
incentives.
Choices
include pay raises for improved job performance due to skills
gains or achieving credentials and other types of technical,
trades and professional certification, bonuses for increased
productivity or suggestions for work process improvements.
You can even consider stock options and other novel forms of
financial incentive, depending on the nature of your business.
For
problems or questions regarding this web site contact campbell@conferenceboard.ca.
Last updated: Aug. 1, 2003. |