Continuous professional development. Skills diversity. Lifelong learning. Whatever the term used to
describe the point of it, there has never been a greater stress on training than there is in today's market.
Understanding and assisting the process is, increasingly, an essential aspect of providing effective
recruitment services.

In this as in every other area of our business, we believe that a job worth doing must be done well.Profiles'
commitment to training shows through a dedicated specialist division with long established partners.
The division offers employers a range of on-site, online or centre-based training services; while candidates
benefit from professional career advice as well as access to individual, flexible - and affordable courses.

Through partnership with Pitman Training we provide office, IT and professional courses from beginners
to advanced levels. The range is virtually limitless, but examples are:

• Microsoft - including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project
• Shorthand and Secretarial
• Specialist legal or medical secretarial courses
• Web Design
• Personnel
• Marketing
• Keyboard Skills and Text Processing
• Bookkeeping and Accounts
• Internet and E-Mail
• Technical Design, Development and Maintenance

High quality training is never going to be wasted, but choosing the right course will do even more to boost
team performance or individual careers. In-depth knowledge of our own business community means that
Profiles is ideally placed to identify the critical skills gaps - and to work proactively to satisfy local needs.