"It's worth the money that we are paying and... it's a valuable tool... I've had a lot of people call me about Alchemy."
"Good consistent teaching each time we watched the video for the individuals... it's a good program and it's done a good job putting together very applicable training."
"It is a return on investment... a centralized system where we track all of our training."
"We use SISTEM to track all of our employee training. It has proven to be a significant return on our investment."
"Our employees like it. It's a program that hits the highlights and basics of each program and they're getting the training they need."
"It's worth the money that we are paying and... it's a valuable tool... I've had a lot of people call me about Alchemy."
"We've got consistency in training and we have excellent documentation on who has been trained."
"It's been as smooth as it can be... I don't have any complaints."
"I think for inspection purposes when companies come in here to take a look at us and they take a look at our training program, they feel satisfied that our employees are being properly trained in food safety and HAZMAT safety."
"We're realizing that they absorbed more of the training that they were exposed to because of the interactive training program."
“We are most pleased with the program and its results. SISTEM™ is interactive, comprehensive and a marked improvement over our former training program.”
"We think it's a great marketing perspective as well, a good sales tool at drawing new clients to the company."
“It’s interactive, it’s entertaining, and most importantly, it’s documented. Ultimately, the consumer benefits from a safer, more wholesome product.”
“Many companies out there say that they listen to their customers and are responsive to their needs, but Alchemy puts actions behind those words. The recent seminar was a real eye opener as to the kind of people that make up Alchemy.”
"Alchemy was first to market with their innovative tool, SISTEM, that not only is cost effective, but simple to use and blend into existing services... SISTEM offered us a solution that was better than anything else that we had seen; it was quick, to the point and cut through the clutter."
"Youth and schools are very interested in SISTEM. Scalable training with employer-approved content and better retention is very unique."
"The SISTEM platform enables our Center's staff to accomplish more for our clients and business partners by increasing the customer's skill and value to an employer."
"We think the training is excellent; it's not the training it's just a matter of identifying a real target population and we're now looking at how do we get the employer focused."
"It's a real different way of doing training that will... keep your people engaged versus the traditional text book or lecture. With it being interactive, I think it really holds some weight..."
"It basically allowed us... to present another unique feature to employers to help them overcome their objections to hire some of our candidates.... We're getting a lot more conversation when we go into employers... a lot more eyebrows being raised by some of our different partners when we do presentations. They're intrigued."
"We were able to actually get some funding from one of the foundations who had the opportunity to look at the SISTEM product with us doing, how we integrated with our clients and our employers, and the potential that it presented there…”
"Uniformity and consistency: offers workshops in Spanish. All workshops are the same at all 12 workforce centers."
"Our bottom line is to obtain jobs for people and have them stay...Right now we are concentrating on job seekers but we want to expand this to offer to employers."
"Youth and schools are very interested: more training and retention."
"In the community high schools, the students are responding very well and learning English as a second language."
"We are experiencing a high amount of publicity in the community and in local newspapers. We are reaching job seekers."
"I would say that we've had great success with Alchemy Systems and that it's a good purchase."
"It helped us to maximize staff resources. We were able to use limited staff to conduct orientations that systems currently includes in its services. We were really able to maximize what we already have in that area."
"We just wanted to make sure that we were going to be able to put it to good use after we have invested in it and so far it's been a good investment."
"We looked at a lot of different programs but this one just looked like it had a lot more features to it that we could put to use verses others."
"We are using it with 7th and 8th grade kids to develop a work ethic, career awareness to start developing a work ethic."
"It has reduced the cost of training... We are training a lot more people than we thought we would... [SISTEM is] certainly worth the money."
“Alchemy is an industry leader and the IMA is proud to partner with this outstanding company. Their expertise and insight are critical in making sure that manufacturing employees have the skills to compete in the global economy.”
"Employees of RRISD are greatly appreciative that we have such a good product to use. RRISD employees can go to the catalog at anytime to look up courses they are interested in attending and register for a class."
"I just wanted to express my appreciation for Avatar PDMS, as well as the customer service provided by the professionals within the organization. The system is simple to use and requires relatively minimal training for facilitators and instructor-led course developers."
"Alchemy's willingness to change to meet our needs is refreshing, particularly in a time when even the minimum level of customer service is scarce."
“The Alchemy support staff is very knowledgeable and wonderful to work with. Every time I called, I got top-notch customer service and learned something new about the system that I did not know before."
"Avatar truly allows our district to "Streamline Success" using the registration, attendance and evaluation components."
“In my experience Alchemy safety films provide a clear understanding of the basics of many accident prevention techniques and safety procedures. These films provide workers with a short, interactive method to test their safety and accident prevention knowledge. The workers passing the tests contained within these films leave with a greater understanding of how to avoid injury to themselves and others.”
“The Alchemy Systems Production Team is a top-notch group of professionals, highly skilled at producing world-class training content. Working with my team to design custom training courses for our plant associates, the Alchemy team was quick to understand our needs, translate these needs into learning objectives, and craft compelling, interactive course content. We could not be more pleased with the result and continue to move forward with Alchemy on additional content in 2010.”