From curbside pickups to online therapy and virtual assistants, we’re turning to tech to help us through the unprecedented challenge of a global pandemic that requires physical distancing. While we’ve seen the benefits – and been proponents of online learning for a long time – we’re excited to see more businesses and organizations embrace self-directed […]
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COVID-19 changed our world suddenly and drastically, leaving us with an uncertain future about what the workplace will look like in the weeks, months and years ahead. One thing we know for sure is that the pain points of today are different than those we’ll encounter in the coming months as we navigate through this […]
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Imagine being told 10 years ago that nearly everything of any significance would exist in some nebulous ‘cloud’ somewhere far, far away. It doesn’t sound crazy now but do you remember the first time you heard it – the first time someone tried, likely in vain, to explain the concept of storing all of your […]
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Today’s workforce is increasingly concerned with greater flexibility and work-life balance. Additionally, the use of smartphones continues to grow with an expected 2.5 billion users this year alone. How are these two trends related, you ask?
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In honor of International Women’s Day, we sat down with a few of the women trailblazers at Vector Solutions to get their thoughts on the strides women have made in the workplace and community as well as the issues that still remain; the things they do every day to stay successful; and, the women that […]
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Since their inception, Learning Management Systems have provided organizations with a platform to keep their workforce trained, educated and compliant. But with rapid advancements in technology, the need to enable, equip and empower employees to work more effectively and efficiently in the workplace has become paramount. Previously, what an employee learned had a years-long shelf […]
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TargetSolutions Offers Complimentary NFPA 1500 PTSD Training Course to First Responders TargetSolutions, a Vector Solutions brand offering the leading operations and training management applications for public safety agencies, is offering firefighters complimentary access to its all-new course, NFPA 1500: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in the Fire Industry. PTSD is a largely overlooked issue within the fire […]
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Career Path Planning: Leveraging Your Online Learning to Reach Short- And Long-Term Goals This is a guest post by Victoria Zambito, SVP of Content & Communications, Vector Solutions For most of us – all of us, arguably – adulthood sneaks up on us and ensnares us in its inherent ‘busyness.’ We fall quickly and unknowingly […]
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September 21, 2018 Victoria Zambito – 3 min read Technology has become a fundamental development tool. From online learning to mobile apps, educational technology has never been as important to supporting performance as it is now, both on the job, where it has immediate, real-time applications, and over time, with online certification programs, for example. Technology […]
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The dangers of firefighting make it unfriendly to the concept of the learning curve. Before they put their lives on the line, firefighters should have knowledge and experience. But gaining knowledge and experience in the firefighting environment presents its own dangers. Virtual reality (VR) is an emerging tool for training in the fire service. Recreating […]
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