Phase 1: Marketing and Placement

This is the stage in the process where students first learn about the CareerBooster tool. This can be done by visiting the Benchmark Learning website and then working independently within CareerBooster or with one of our qualified training advisors in developing an effective career driven profile. Access may also be granted through a confirmation letter you may have received relative to a class attendance, or on the first day of the class you are attending.

Phase 2: Profiling and Assessing

However you may have heard and found about CareerBooster, you will find benefit in profiling and assessing your skills to determine where gaps may exist and then understand the best education solution to close those gaps. CareerBooster offers several assessment options:

• When a student registers for a class they are asked to complete the assessment for their class. The results are first used by the training advisor to validate the right training for the right needs. The results are also used by Benchmark Learning instructors, who will gain insight into the skill levels of their students prior to the first day of the class.
• Students further have the option to view other areas of interest through the electronic profiler feature within CareerBooster. Here they may drill down within different vendors, products, predefined roles or even certification paths in building onto their profile and assessing their skills in producing a prescriptive learning solution for their needs.
• Individuals may be pursuing classes by their employers or for their own personal growth to gain a better handle on the technology and they are unsure of what class or level to take. CareerBooster makes training recommendations based off of their results.
• Certifications play a role in most technology careers. A lot of organizations are requiring their staff to have certifications in order to move up in their career. End users are faced with the dilemma of what courses to take in order to help them with their certifications. CareerBooster has a section that breaks the assessments down by certification and makes training recommendations based off of those results.

Phase 3: Prescriptive Learning Solutions

Once the assessment is completed, there are three reports available to an end user (Note: you must be mapped to an active training advisor at  Benchmark Learning).

• Achievements Report: This report will show you all of the assessments you have completed as well as the rating you gave yourself within each skill.
• Gaps Report: This report shows you all of the assessments you have completed, the rating you gave yourself within each skill as well as the target proficiency rating for that skill. Anything less than the target rating is established as a “gap” and may be filled by completing an education solution in whole or in part that has been identified through your gap analysis and individual learning plan.
• Summary report: This report shows you an overall percentage toward completing your goal within each education solution presented as part of your solution.

Phase 4: Further Value Adds

There are several reports that are generated for Benchmark Learning within CareerBooster.

• Training advisors receive a report that an assessment has been completed by an individual. They can then use the information in the report to validate their training recommendation.
• Instructors use the reports for classes to gain valuable information about their students prior to the first day of class. This information will allow the instructor to see their classes’ skill level on a modular basis. This information can be used to view overall strengths and weaknesses in their classes to adjust their attention relative to students’ specific needs.
• Companies who participate in this offering receive an in-house, professionally administered skills assessment. Once the assessment is complete, you will get a gap analysis and a customized training plan for your organization and employees, based on the findings of the assessment.
• Training options available to you include instructor-led private or public classroom training courses, self-paced online training courses, and books from Microsoft Press®.