Products and Services (Sept/Oct 2016)

The latest products and services launching in the training industry.

  • Adventure Games released “SpyGame,” a teambuilding exercise in which the players’ boss is “kidnapped,” and the team has to work together to effect a twisty, espionage-filled rescue.
  • Quality Training Systems unveiled enhancements to its flagship product, Quality Training Database (QTD), which tracks, organizes, and maintains training records for compliance purposes in performance-based industries. The enhanced product, QTD NEXT, further streamlines managing the compliance process for PER-005 and PER-005-2.
  • Digi-Me, a Gold-level member of Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN), transforms traditional text job postings into short, trackable, engaging digital job videos with a call to action.
  • Pluralsight unveiled its new technology learning platform, an ondemand, cloud-based solution that allows technology professionals to assess their current skill level, follow directed learning paths, learn through expert-authored courses, test drive new technologies via an interactive lab environment, and access one-on-one mentoring when needed.
  • CareerBuilder, along with subsidiaries Broadbean and Economic Modeling Specialists International (Emsi), developed three software solutions that expedite the process of finding and attracting qualified graduates. Emsi Analytics for College Recruiting compiles enrollment and graduation data from 10,000-plus trade schools, community colleges, and universities in the U.S. Broadbean has developed partnerships with colleges and universities to cut down on the time companies spend posting open positions on school-run job boards. The Talent Gather app allows recruiters at job fairs and hiring events to collect and track candidate information.
Lorri Freifeld
Lorri Freifeld is the editor/publisher of Training magazine. She writes on a number of topics, including talent management, training technology, and leadership development. She spearheads two awards programs: the Training APEX Awards and Emerging Training Leaders. A writer/editor for the last 30 years, she has held editing positions at a variety of publications and holds a Master’s degree in journalism from New York University.