With technology rapidly advancing, companies now face the challenge of keeping up with every new tool and process related to their businesses. As much as it provides several advantages, technology presents a skills gap that, if not immediately addressed, may lead to negative impacts such as low employee morale and lost revenues.
To fight the skills gap, companies need to invest in upskilling their workforce. Upskilling simply means leading your people to gain new and relevant skills and competencies. Every company needs to provide training and development programs that focused on various skills including organizational skills, digital skills, and analytical skills.
Aside from keeping up with ever-changing business processes and tools, upskilling can do so much more for your employees and your company. Below are other advantages of upskilling the workforce:
Promotes employee morale
When an employee gains new knowledge and skills related to his job, he builds confidence and finds fulfillment in his daily responsibilities at work. An upskilling program initiated by the company helps improve employees’ overall attitude, satisfaction, and outlook.
Leads to quality work and higher productivity
High employee morale can do so much for your company. When employees are happy and they believe in the purpose of your company, they go the extra mile when doing their tasks. A team of motivated employees can achieve higher productivity and quality work for the company and your customers or clients.
Improves customer satisfaction
If your employees are doing well at work, it is not surprising if your client or customer satisfaction will increase. When happy employees deliver quality products or services, making your customers happy will just come naturally.
Helps improve employee retention
Letting go of an employee is surely expensive. When a staff resigns, a list of expenses automatically knocks on your door. Employee turnover comes with a high cost. Add to that the expenses related to the recruitment and hiring of a replacement.
One of the reasons why employees leave is that they feel that their skills are not good enough for their role in the organization. Another reason is they are looking for professional growth. Upskilling plays an important part in addressing these employee issues. To address these issues, you need to implement a training program that will enhance your employees’ skillsets. This will also show the people that the company has a definite plan for their careers.
Attracts new talents
The word of mouth strategy also works for attracting the best talents in the industry. Your employees who are satisfied with professional development in your organization are your best ambassadors. Their testimonials about your company’s upskilling efforts and training programs for employees can motivate remarkable professionals to join your team.
Informatics’ Online Corporate Training
To help companies implement effective online corporate training programs, Informatics Philippines offers subscription-based online training courses that are accessible whenever and wherever convenient. Informatics uses Percipio, the latest version of the eLearning platform developed by Skillsoft, the preferred eLearning content provider of 65% of Fortune 500 companies. With more than 20 years of experience in the global eLearning industry, Skillsoft has also trained more than 400 million users globally, including world-class educational institutions such as Yale University, Cornell University, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Informatics-Percipio courses cover various areas of business, digital transformation, leadership development, productivity, collaboration, and technology development. Organizations can upskill their workforce through various Percipio courses that are relevant to their field of work.
Here are some benefits of using Informatics’ Online Training Courses:
- Convenient and flexible learning – Through Informatics’ online courses, employees have the freedom to learn at their own convenience and at a pace that is right for them. Using an on-demand mobile education platform, employees can access their courses and educational materials like e-books/audiobooks at the comfort of their homes or wherever convenient. They can study after work hours or during weekends.
- Multimodal learning approach – Percipio features a watch-read-listen-practice approach. Employees can learn by watching expert-driven video courses, reading online books from leading publishers, and listening to a large collection of audiobooks.
- Certification – Certificates are issued upon completion of the training program.
With over 25 years of Information and Communications Technology training experience with global partners, Informatics is well poised to provide the necessary training that will help Filipinos learn new skills or update their skill set. For more information about Informatics’ short courses, visit www.informatics.edu.ph.
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