QuaySkills News Feed http://www.quayskills.co.nz QuaySkills New Training Schedule Releasedhttp://www.quayskills.co.nz/news/7/New-Training-Schedule-ReleasedOur latest listing of courses for May 2012 to July 2012 is now available.&nbsp; Download your copy <a href="/files/183/file/computer-training-schedule-may-jul-2012-pdf">here.</a>1334750400http://www.quayskills.co.nz/news/7/New-Training-Schedule-Releasedhttp://www.quayskills.co.nzNew Training Schedule Releasedhttp://www.quayskills.co.nz/news/7/New-Training-Schedule-Released New Training Schedulehttp://www.quayskills.co.nz/news/4/New-Training-ScheduleOur latest <a href="/files/147/file/Computer-Training-Schedule-May-July-2011.pdf">training schedule</a> for May to July 2011 is now available.<br /> <br /> Classroom training is one method of delivering training we use. &nbsp;If you would like to know about our personal tuition or customised training options please <a href="/pages/2/Contact">contact us.</a><br type="_moz" />1304856000http://www.quayskills.co.nz/news/4/New-Training-Schedulehttp://www.quayskills.co.nzNew Training Schedulehttp://www.quayskills.co.nz/news/4/New-Training-Schedule How do you measure the value of traininghttp://www.quayskills.co.nz/news/6/How-do-you-measure-the-value-of-trainingOur clients send their staff to our computer training courses because a gap in their knowledge has been identified. But how do you measure whether the training has been successful. <br /> <br /> One way is to measure the return on investment from the training. For example a person earning $32,000 pa attending one of our full day courses will provide an ROI of 350% if their productivity is increased by 5 %.<br /> <br /> <a href="/files/139/file/Return-on-Invesrtment.pdf">Click here</a> for other examples.<br /> <br /> Another is to witness the point when a course attendee suddenly &quot;gets it&quot;. &nbsp;Our trainers are witness to this during most sessions and gain a lot of satisfaction when they see trainees not only understand the software, but can also see how they will use it and how it will make their job easier.<br /> <br /> One of our Excel course attendees recently told us that it was..&nbsp;&ldquo;Extremely useful to be able to attach the content to real pertinent work being done rather than just exercises.&quot;<br /> <br /> <br type="_moz" />1282132800http://www.quayskills.co.nz/news/6/How-do-you-measure-the-value-of-traininghttp://www.quayskills.co.nz/images/141/medium/roi.JPGHow do you measure the value of traininghttp://www.quayskills.co.nz/news/6/How-do-you-measure-the-value-of-training Excel As Popular As Everhttp://www.quayskills.co.nz/news/5/Excel-As-Popular-As-Ever&nbsp;By far, our most sought after training is with Microsoft Excel. &nbsp;Not surprising when you consider what a versatile tool Excel is. &nbsp;From a simple means of calculating sums on a column to managing customer data in a simple database, Excel is a very valuable tool to turn data into information.<br /> <br /> Many of our clients have been surprised with the capabilities of this application. Some of the features of Excel that we have shown have helped them reduce the time it takes to produce information. &nbsp;Others have seen how Excel helps simplify complex calculations and reduce errors in reports.<br /> <br /> We have just released our latest <a href="/pages/13/Course-Schedules">computer training schedule</a>. &nbsp;Have a look for our next round of Excel training and you can also check out the other training we have on offer.<br type="_moz" />1279627200http://www.quayskills.co.nz/news/5/Excel-As-Popular-As-Everhttp://www.quayskills.co.nz/images/123/medium/excel.jpgExcel As Popular As Everhttp://www.quayskills.co.nz/news/5/Excel-As-Popular-As-Ever