Message #62686

[Cathy S]

In my current role I get to go to internally provided free courses (not complaining I am due to do 3 days next month on extending Excel with Visual Basic and 2 days on Further Access databases - both for my interest rather than particularly for the job) BUT although there is money specifically for me to attend conferences, seminars etc, the attitude is that I don't need to for my job.  Now I could make a fuss to the funding source but that could make my daily life uncomfortable with my boss.

My previous company set up a training programme specifically for the admins, aimed at improving time management, team working (and most importantly in my view) self esteem - offering these soft skills courses was extremely unusual in all but big corporations or with Education employers at the time.  Sadly it didn't have as much impact as it could have done because management didn't get buy-in first and so too many people attended on sufferance and didn't get the full benefit.