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Work Skills

This section is not about formal courses or education but skills you need at any level of work.You need to develop hard and soft skills to be better at your work, to be confident and secure, valued by your colleagues and equipped for the promotion and career ladder. Contact our Learning Centre 0121 303 4306 about a range of courses or see www.learninginsight.co.uk for Birmingham services. Worktrain provide details on a UK wide basis.

Basic Skills I IT Skills I Lifelong Learning I Links I Soft Skills

Basic Skills

Reading, writing, maths and information skills are essential for any job.

Skillwise
BBC service to help adults improve their reading, writing and maths skills.

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IT Skills

Straightforward IT courses for beginners.

Webwise
BBC course on using the web.

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LifeLong Learning

Learning is part of anyone’s lifestyle in a constantly changing world.

Learn Direct
Wide range of business and work skills courses.
If in Birmingham phone 0121 303 4306 for details, information and support.

Returning to Learning
BBC web site providing advice and help for those returning to learning.

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Links

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Soft Skills

These are people skills covering topics such as Relationships, Creativity, Emotional resilience and communication with people. Are you an agreeable person? Do you communicate effectively? Are you organised and reliable? Are you motivated? These skills are for life and not just the workplace.

Soft Skills Portal
Excellent range of articles from the Impact Factory with every type of people skill for work discussed.
Register for free to download articles on mentoring, meetings, conflict and much more.

Emotional Intelligence
Communicate well, solve problems, make the right decisions and be the sort of person that others respect with this short free course in emotional intelligence.

Influencing Skills

Information Literacy
BestforBusiness links to information overload, memory skills, presentations, reading, speaking and writing.

On the Job Skills
Advice articles from Monster web site.

Personal Skills
BestforBusiness links to time management, self management, creative and leadership skills.

Self Confidence

Succeeding at Work
Why settle for being an average employee when you could be a real star in the workplace? A comprehensive free course on developing workplace skills.

Time Management Skills

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