Goodwill Industries of Southeastern Wisconsin to Provide Online Training to Retail Employees

Learn.com®, the leader in on-demand workforce development and productivity announced today that Goodwill Industries of Southeastern Wisconsin, Inc, a nonprofit organization has selected the company’s Learning Management System to provide automated training to employees at 34 retail stores across Southeastern Wisconsin and Metropolitan Chicago, IL.

Sunrise, FL, October 17, 2009 --(PR.com)-- Using Learn.com, Goodwill Industries of Southeastern Wisconsin, will provide blended training to their retail employees in a number of areas including leadership, donated goods & retail operations, customer service, in-house tools, and soft skills. In the future, they will also use the system to automate their new career path development plan for all employees in the retail division.

“At Goodwill Industries of Southeastern Wisconsin, Inc, we provide annual training to our employees about understanding and communicating what Goodwill is all about, and Learn.com will help us achieve this. We provide new hire, as well as ongoing training. We will use Learn.com to standardize, streamline and automate our training,” said Terry Doherty, Training & Development Manager of Retail at Goodwill Industries of Southeastern Wisconsin. “Learn.com offers us the ability to address multiple learning styles to all of our employees as well as accurately and easily track their training progress.”

“We are rapidly growing and have already opened 8 new stores in the last 12 months, with more to come next year. Learn.com will help us rapidly and efficiently train the increasing number of new employees in all levels of our retail division,” concluded Doherty.

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About Goodwill Industries of Southeastern Wisconsin
Goodwill Industries of Southeastern Wisconsin, Inc., has been providing services since 1919. Since 1972, selected Goodwill programs and services have been accredited by CARF, the Rehabilitation Accreditation Commission. Goodwill Industries of Southeastern Wisconsin is the largest of 183 autonomous Goodwills and affiliates worldwide. More than 4,000 Goodwill employees work in over 49 locations throughout 23 counties in southeastern Wisconsin and metropolitan Chicago. Goodwill provides training, employment and supportive services for people with disabilities or disadvantages who seek greater independence.

As a non-profit organization, Goodwill appreciates the continued support of government funding sources, local and national foundations, and corporate and individual donors. Equally important, however, are Goodwill's own initiatives, which help us remain a self-sustaining organization. A vital evaluation of any non-profit is how revenue is used: at Goodwill Industries of Southeastern Wisconsin, 92 cents of every dollar we receive is reinvested in mission-related programs and services.

To learn more about good will visit www.goodwillsew.com

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