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Mercer and Oxford Academics launch global HR online training service


UK
London, 10 March 2010

 

      

Mercer has launched a new online training and certification programme with worldwide peer networking for human resource professionals and companies worldwide. Every training module is delivered both by a team of renowned Oxford Academics led by Professor Gordon Clark, University of Oxford, and Mercer faculty from 16 countries.

 

Mercer's new Global Online Training program consists of 33 online training sessions organized into six topic modules, with five training sessions per module. Three modules cover hot global topics such as global policy making and governance, global growth and performance drivers and global mobility. The remaining three modules cover specific regional and country HR, employee benefit and compensation trends and best practices in Asia Pacific, Europe and the Middle East and the Americas.

 

"The year-round, 24/7 online access to this Global Online Training programme allows flexibility in the learning process. There are no time constraints," said Professor Gordon Clark, Academic Director, University of Oxford. "The flexible modular programme design provides an opportunity for HR professionals in specialized roles to access only the training modules and sessions appropriate for the scope of their responsibilities."

 

"This online training will help advance the knowledge and expertise of the HR industry which is increasingly given a regional or global remit," commented Giles Archibald, Chair of Mercer's Retirement, Risk and Finance Global Client Services Group. "We encourage HR professionals to test our three complimentary sample Global Online Training sessions to experience them."

 

HR professionals worldwide access the Global Online Training programme through a secure, restricted website. The Global Online Training curriculum is updated on an annual basis.

There is an optional certification if users pass an online test for each training module In addition, participants can gain access to worldwide peer networking and interact with other global professionals in order to share experiences and continue the development process.

 

"Global Online Training builds on one year of market research we conducted in 2009 in which more than 350 companies from 33 countries participated and helped us understand expectations and training needs worldwide," said Heli Olkkonen, Program Manager of Global Online Training, Mercer. "Online training was the most popular learning program feature reported in our market research. Global Online Training enables global companies to deliver consistent training to employees in geographically disparate locations worldwide in a cost-effective way."


Notes for Editors

 

Access contact details of program representatives in 10 countries.

 

The following Oxford Academics will be leading selected sessions within the Global Online Training programme:

 

 

Mercer is a leading global provider of consulting, outsourcing and investment services. Mercer works with clients to solve their most complex benefit and human capital issues, designing and helping manage health, retirement and other benefits. It is a leader in benefit outsourcing. Mercer’s investment services include investment consulting and multi-manager investment management. Mercer’s 18,000 employees are based in more than 40 countries. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., which lists its stock (ticker symbol: MMC) on the New York, Chicago and London stock exchanges.

 

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