From a recent survey of 500 Financial Advisors on Continuous Professional Development (CPD) when presented with a scale of 1-10 where 1 is extremely painful and 10 is the peak of enjoyment, a staggering 84% of respondents were 3 or below on the ‘CPD completion’ satisfaction scale. Bottom line, CPD is seen as a chore rather than an important requirement.
Further to this, 69% of those respondents reported that they would find themselves rushing to complete their CPD last minute and usually just before their statement of professional standing (SPS) renewal date.
But why is this the case?
CPD is something we all have to do, 35 hours of it to be exact with 21 of those having to be structured learning unless you are lucky enough to be a Pension Transfer Specialist (PTS) and you get to add another 15 hours to that total taking your annual requirement to 50 hours.
Each year we need to find CPD that works for us from multiple sources, we need to watch it, attend it, record it, reflect on it, and evidence it to the regulator.
Imagine a world where you could go to one place, access all the CPD content you ever needed and that CPD automatically recorded to a reporting tool to seamlessly report on your activities in real time.
If only this were possible I hear you say…
Let me introduce you to AdvanceCPD, a one stop shop of CPD across multiple categories that records in real time into an intuitive, easy to use reporting tool for you.
Some of the key features of AdvanceCPD include:
- A comprehensive catalogue of content to meet your CPD needs
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) content to enhance learning experience
- Filter CPD content by category or search by keyword
- Upload and store all previous CPD records in a few clicks
- Track your SPS year, Core, IDD, PTS and Mortgage CPD needs in real time
- Evidence your CPD in a few clicks
- Deep reporting of your CPD activities
- And so much more
At Redmill Advance we think it’s time to supercharge your CPD. AdvanceCPD has been designed to make it easier to access the CPD you need in just a few clicks, all in one space, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and from anywhere in the world. Not only that, our reporting software pushes your CPD records into our CPD recording and reporting tool in real time so you know exactly where you are against your required hours at any time. Best of all it’s a constantly evolving proposition with content growing over time to cover a range of learning needs such as technical skills, behaviours and so much more.
Want to know more? Of course you do! Visit www.advancecpd.co.uk and access your free 7 day trial.
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About Redmill Advance
Redmill Advance is a financial services education provider, CPD and e-learning specialist offering CII and CISI exam, behavioural, and soft-skills support. In addition, Redmill Advance offers other learning including compliance, HR, management, leadership, and many more. In total, Redmill Advance have more than 400 learning programmes, and provide structured learning via a learning management system (LMS) blended with virtual and classroom training. Learning can be accessed 24/7 on any device and from anywhere in the world.
