Though many organizations are not yet comfortable with hiring fleeting employees, the trend has produced some very good results. For instance, the turnover rate has reduced for many organizations, the staff appears happier, the productivity level of the firm has also increased and the flexibility of timing is making the work culture very effective for all. These are some of the key reasons for which many organizations are supporting remote working facilities.

However, with the changing times, the means of providing training to the employees must also change. While it is easy to provide training to employees who are in office, some methods have to be developed for employees who sometimes, or may never come to the office.

Training still remains a very crucial factor which determines the growth of the company and employees. So, even if the team members are dispersed, they have to be trained right. 

According to a survey conducted recently, 87 percent of remote employees receive regular training while 70 percent receive training directly from the company itself.

But how do these companies provide training to remote employees? Thankfully, there are quite a few well developed LMS which can be used to deliver high-quality training to the various employees.

The following are the means which can be used to impart training to remote employees:

Make The Course Easy To Access and Understand:

Password is the most used feature in the era of digitization. Be it the bank account, email, various social media account, there are multiple combinations of letters and numbers which an average person must remember in a day.

SSO has become a well-accepted navigation management system these days, but it allows all the users to access the material on the cloud using only the sign-in option.

This is a great option for remote employees since they do have to go through any hassle to receive their training. They just have to sign in and carry on. SSO is also mobile integrated and thus can be accessed from anywhere.

Keep The Training Hosted In One Place:

As soon as the working arrangement becomes challenging, it becomes difficult to host on-premise training in the workshops. Of course, there is an option to get all the remote employees and instructor to one place for the training, but it would be a wise decision to spend money on the actual remote training than to gather the employees. Plus logistics also becomes an issue.

The main challenge is how to provide the same training to the different people who are located in different locations?

That is the reason why a cloud-based LMS is required so that all the documents are centralized and can be accessed from anywhere in the world.

Most employers are concerned about onboarding the remote employees because it is at this moment when the employees decide whether or not will be they engaging with the program. Thus premium quality training must be ensured consistently.

Make Sure That The Learning Is Always Convenient:

70 percent of the companies which are proud of their staff performance, also provide training quickly so that the business requirements are met. But an agile model like this must be fed with constant learning and skill development. For this purpose, the remote employee training program must be accessible to all remote employees at all times.

The program must also be mobile friendly since most of the people are using their mobile phones all throughout the day. Fortunately, LMS apps are available for iOS and Androids phones.

However, there is an important point to be kept in mind. The remote training process can only work and be effective when the content fits on to the different screens, sizes, and browser. In other words, the employees should be able to enjoy and learn in the same way for desktops, laptops, phones, and other mobile devices.

Make Training An Interactive Process:

Your remote employees will only take an interest in the program when they don’t get bored with it, and the only way to keep the training interesting is by providing interactive training. But how can the training program be made interactive?

This becomes an extreme challenge especially when the training has to be imparted to remote employees using cloud technology.

The following two means can be used to make the training program interactive:

Choosing The Ideal Topic and Make it Interesting:

No matter how interesting you make a topic, if the employees find the topic boring, they will not engage with it.  In that light, choose areas for training which appeal to your remote employee teams somehow.

Presentation of the topic also matters. Don’t interact with your employees having a boring presentation in hand and hope they will learn something. No matter how good a topic is, it is of no use if not presented well. Make the presentation very interesting by including some real life examples, some graphics, info-graphics, gifs or even videos. Your template for presentation must also be extraordinary.

Create Small Groups:

Efficiency is what guide big corporations. When it comes to the training programs, the most efficient way to go about it is by lumping people into small groups.  Not only do these small groups save time, but it also saves the resources of the firm. If one big group is trained at a time, then there can be employees who might fall through the cracks. Their inability to reflect on their performance and also impact the company.

Keep your work force always entertained and trained. Ultimately, they are the ones who make you a brand. So use these helpful tips and organize an interesting training program for your remote employees.

Author Bio: 

Prince Kapoor is a seasoned Marketing Analyst and Blogger. With his skills, he has been helping fellow marketers and brands worldwide.