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Ask your employer to pay for training or a course
You've found the perfect course but it costs money and time. Get a short business case that shows what your employer gets back.
The prompt · ChatGPT
Help me ask my employer to pay for training or a course. The course: [name, provider, link] Cost and time: [fees, days, study hours] How it helps my role: [skills, problems it solves] How it helps the team or business: [details] How my work would be covered: [details] Ask me up to 3 short questions first if anything important is missing. Wait for my answers. Then: 1. A request email under 150 words. 2. A one-paragraph business case: the problem, the course, the benefit, the cost and time. 3. Answers to "what if you leave after?" and "can you do it in your own time?". 4. A plan for sharing what I learn with the team. Only use what I've told you, leave blanks for anything I haven't given, and don't invent facts, dates or results. UK English. Stay in this ChatGPT chat. Do not turn on apps or connectors, and do not use memory from another chat.
A short example
Fill the blanks, then paste. name, provider, link: a short note you already have. fees, days, study hours: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.
The prompt · Copilot
Help me ask my employer to pay for training or a course. The course: [name, provider, link] Cost and time: [fees, days, study hours] How it helps my role: [skills, problems it solves] How it helps the team or business: [details] How my work would be covered: [details] Ask me up to 3 short questions first if anything important is missing. Wait for my answers. Then: 1. A request email under 150 words. 2. A one-paragraph business case: the problem, the course, the benefit, the cost and time. 3. Answers to "what if you leave after?" and "can you do it in your own time?". 4. A plan for sharing what I learn with the team. Only use what I've told you, leave blanks for anything I haven't given, and don't invent facts, dates or results. UK English. Stay in this Copilot chat. Leave plugins off, and do not open a file from OneDrive.
A short example
Fill the blanks, then paste. name, provider, link: a short note you already have. fees, days, study hours: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.
You type the course, the cost and time, and why it matters.
The assistant asks how it helps your role and the team, and how your work would be covered.
You get a request email, a one-paragraph business case and answers to likely questions.
What happens
Use Copilot to ask your employer to pay for training or a course
You've found the perfect course but it costs money and time. Get a short business case that shows what your employer gets back.
Tools
Paste the prompt, fill the blanks, copy the draft.
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