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Growth Engineering seeks superstars


Growth Engineering is offering ten would-be salespeople the opportunity to take a Level 3 Diploma from the Institute of Sales & Marketing Management (ISMM) for free. The company says it is looking for highly


motivated, enthusiastic individuals, ideally from a sales or customer service background to take part in its Sales Superstar Programme. The Diploma is crafted to help sales professionals boost their sales and career prospects, and involves undertaking eight Level 3 ISMM e-learning units and assignments and attending four workshops at Growth Engineering’s offices in Windsor. The programme would normally cost over £2,000. Juliette Denny, Growth Engineering’s managing


director, said: “Our Sales Superstar Programme is about equipping the future salespeople of Britain with the skills and techniques they need to really make an impact. “We hope that this Programme will catch on and


that other companies will follow our lead and offer aspiring salespeople the chance to get such a great qualification like this for free.” Applicants for the Sales Superstar Programme should write 200 words on why they think they should be selected and send it to: hello@growthengineering.co.uk The first intake of Superstars will start the Programme in March 2014.


Salaries flatline and contracting rates fall


An annual survey of work and pay in the e-learning sector shows most people’s pay remained static in 2013 – but many contractors saw their income shrink. While pay remained


static for 56%, around 30% of people did get a pay rise in line with inflation. Only 13% secured a rise above the rate of inflation. Nick Bate, director at Blue Eskimo, which carried out the survey, said: “For most, pay hasn’t seen any significant leaps for over half a decade.” Most contractors have seen their pay eroded. The majority (over 74%) earn £400 a day or less, with just over half (around 53%) earning £300 a day or less. Those earning between £201 and £300 a day rose from around 36% in 2012 to around 42.5% in 2013.


Bate said: “Top-end rates


have been eroded somewhat. In 2009, over 10% of people earned more than £800 per day. Last year that dropped to just 3.7% of people.” But Bate believes


Pay 2013 (2012 figures in brackets)


this isn’t a “rush to the bottom” since the number of contractors in the lowest band (under £200 a day) has fallen from 22.5% in 2009 to around 11% this year. “Contracting rates are


settling in the middle bands.” Around 63% of people are looking to change jobs


in 2014, with 25% citing money as the key reason. Bate said: “As the economy picks up, companies will need to up their game in terms of pay and benefits or risk losing top talent to those who are willing to pay more.”


Industry veteran joins Gomo as MD


Mike Alcock has been appointed managing director of Gomo, originally developed by Epic but now operating alongside it as part of the larger Learning Technologies Group (LTG).


At the same time version 2.0 of Gomo is being launched as a software as a service (SaaS) authoring tool for creating multi-device learning. According to LTG Gomo 2.0 offers users a flexible, cost-effective way to build, maintain and update their own learning content through its intuitive, user- friendly interface. Alcock, an e-learning industry veteran, said: “The authoring tool market has been waiting for a product


like Gomo. The world has changed in the last couple of years from desktop e-learning to multi-device delivery. New developments such as cloud-based solutions and SaaS delivery mean that users expect to be up and running in minutes, collaborate, build their content online and not have to install software. “Our product addresses all these needs to offer users an unparalleled multi-device authoring experience – simplified.” LTG says that with Gomo 2.0 it aims to capture 15% of the UK content creation tool market by mid- 2015 and sees it as a great opportunity to create a strong revenue stream.


GamblingCompliance bets on e-learning Courses on responsible gambling and anti-money laundering went live in December, but ultimately the


Business intelligence provider GamblingCompliance is delivering an e-learning compliance service to the global gambling industry via Kallidus LMS.


Denny: equipping future salespeople


organisation plans to deliver off-the-shelf, customised and bespoke courses across a variety of governance, risk and compliance topics to clients ranging from casino, lottery and sports betting operators to financial services and law firms, online and mobile providers and payment processors. David Morgan, CEO at GamblingCompliance, said: “Our new learning platform will help governance, risk and compliance professionals in the gambling industry reduce their regulatory risk exposure.”


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