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Training New Hires For Long Term Success
Making a new hire is an investment of time, money, and resources. Here’s a new hire checklist to ensure your new hires find success!
Why Should Every Trade Worker be Familiar with Process Safety Management?
At Nocti Business Solutions (NBS), we always place a heavy emphasis on safety. As a provider of pre-employment tests and skill assessments, we feel it is our responsibility to help workers and companies maintain or improve their safety. We also believe that through the provision of information, we lessen the likelihood of accidents and injuries. […]
Training to Become a Plumber
At Nocti Business Solutions (NBS), we’re proud to offer multiple pre-employment and skill assessment tests for plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters. Whether hiring or training plumbing professionals, our tests help determine the skill and knowledge levels of potential hires or trainees. With the increasing demand and opportunity for plumbers in the US, we are dedicating this […]
Construction Industry Forecasts A Big Year—Opportunity Is Knocking For Young Americans!
Learn how to find success in the construction industry, and how employers and employees can make the most of the opportunities available in 2019.
What are the Different Types of Performance Reviews?
It’s that wonderful time of year when companies and organizations are strategically planning for the upcoming year. Essential to the planning process is analyzing the individuals within a workforce through annual performance reviews. At NBS, we focus on the provision of pre-employment and technical skill assessments, which are a complementary tool to performance reviews. With […]
Training Construction Workers
At Nocti Business Solutions (NBS), we provide a variety of skill assessments for construction workers. As a provider of skill assessments, we understand the significance training has to any industry—especially construction. No matter the type of construction, each worker is a crucial contributor to helping the entire team finish the job. And, proper training is […]
Construction Safety Tips from Nocti Business Solutions
Learn the fundamentals of of construction safety and build a safer, more productive workforce with Nocti Business Solutions today!
Average Cost of College Tuition Continues to Rise—Skills Gap Continues to Grow
It’s no secret that college tuition has steadily risen in the United States over the past few decades. In fact, the cost of attending college has increased by 213% since 1988. Yet, surprisingly, the number of high school graduates going directly to college is rising as well. However, this is creating a growing issue in […]
Welding Test—Choosing the Best Apprentice with Assessment
Apprenticeships have been an ideal way for employers to train new employees for centuries, teaching students the skills they need to thrive in a specific trade. In fact, apprenticeships date back to the 14th century and are now experiencing a resurgence in popularity due to the growing skills gap and increasing demand for skilled-trades workers. […]
Welding Safety Tips from NBS
Learn about the importance for welders and a few basic welding safety tips. Nocti Business Solutions is proud provider of Welding employee assessment tests.
Building an All-star Maintenance Team with Current Employees
Learn how managers can use mainenance skill assessments to turn current employees into highly productive maintenance teams.
Strategic Solutions – January 2018
The 2017 Winter issue of Strategic Solutions takes a look at the skills gap created by a retiring workforce, provides information about the NBS CSC Upgrades, and of course highlights from our annual NBS Holiday giving and celebrating!
A Beautiful Relationship: Evaluation Tests & Performance Appraisals
What is an employee performance appraisal? Every manager, team leader, or business owner must validate the value of an employee to their company at one point or another. An employee performance appraisal does just that; it identifies the value of an employee to the company. Appraisals are generally written, oral, or a combination of the […]
Basic Rules of Machinery Maintenance Safety
At Nocti Business Solution (NBS), safety is always a key concern. No matter the industry, we aim to ensure that every worker is qualified to be on the work floor. Workers who do not have the proper knowledge or skills create hazards for themselves and workers who surround them. In any industry, especially manufacturing or […]
Shaping your Training Programs with Assessments
At Nocti Business Solutions (NBS) we understand just how difficult it is to design a fully effective training program. In light of that, we develop and share tools that help in the planning and design of training material. In hope of helping you make the most of your training efforts. The Benefits of Assessment and […]
Offering Electrician Training—A win-win for Companies and Employees
As the demand for electrical maintenance, installation, and construction rise and the skilled-trade workforce dwindles—the demand for electrical workers surges throughout the U.S. It’s an undeniable equation that is happening right before our eyes. More and more skilled trade professionals are reaching the age of retirement, while the nation’s youth are uniformly being steered away […]