BCTalent Stories: Navitrans
Navitrans customer story: CEO Bart and reskilled hires describe using a reskilling program to hire and train Business Central consultants and developers. Navitrans hired 10 people in under 3 months (7 consultants, 3 developers) across four countries through a single point of contact, and the hires became billable after 12 weeks.
- Navitrans and the talent challenge
- The Reskilling Program introduction
- Career transition to Business Central
- Training approach and soft skills
- Hiring results and international recruitment
- Productivity and certification benefits
- Future outlook for Business Central
Overview
In this 3-minute BCTalent story, Navitrans describes how hard it is to find employees with the right background, training and certification for Business Central work. The company turned to the Microsoft Reskilling Program as a way to recruit and train new people.
Speakers cover the career transition into Business Central, the training approach including soft skills, and the hiring results, including international recruitment. They also describe the benefits of productivity and certification, and give an outlook for Business Central.
Key points
- Navitrans, a software company serving the logistics and transport sector, found it hard to hire employees with the right background, training and certification.
- The reskilling program teaches functional skills and soft skills (consultant mindset, client communication, presentation skills) in a safe environment.
- Navitrans hired 10 people in less than 3 months, seven consultants and three developers, recruited in four different countries.
- Each hire has a contact person, coach and trainer, and Navitrans deals with one point of contact for Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark and Lithuania.
- Participants are trained on the latest Business Central versions and can pass tips and tricks on to colleagues.
- The reskilled hires became billable after 12 weeks, which Navitrans calls a big advantage.
- A participant says the structured plan and frequent communication removed their fear of changing careers.
Features
| Feature | Status | At |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Reskilling Program | status not stated | 0:20 |
Quotes
- 0:00 “hard to find the right uh employee with the right background with the right training and with the right certification”
- 0:20 “the power of the reskilling program is actually to boost your confidence and to make sure that you just achieve your professional goals”
- 1:21 “the res program took away my fear for change because this was well structured plan there is a lot of communication and a lot”
- 1:32 “we have hired uh 10 people in less than 3 months seven consultants and three developers”
- 1:32 “the benefit of uh the res skill program is that we have only one single point of contact for all the countries”
- 1:52 “after 12 weeks they started being billable which is a very big Advantage for us as a company”
- 2:12 “the hiring process with the res skill program is a very fast process which give us also the certified and experienced people”
Presenters (as heard): Bart.