Career development
Scrapping Union Learning Fund would be ‘tremendous loss’
Tesco, Arla Foods and Tata Steel are among employers backing a campaign to persuade the government to rethink plans to scrap the Union Learning Fund.
Lack of face-to-face learning and networking could damage careers
The loss of face-to-face interaction at work due to the pandemic could harm young professionals’ careers, according to CEMS, a...
Volunteer projects ‘better for skills development than another training course’
Half of employees want to use their professional skills on volunteer projects.
Is it time to rip up the learning and development rulebook?
Leaders have a unique opportunity to question how things have been done in the past and create new organisational norms....
Majority of female STEM recruits expect to see gender pay gap report
Almost two-thirds of female students in STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering and maths) would expect to read a prospective employer’s...
We must harness technology to tackle unemployment
With jobseekers facing uncertainty from a potential recession and increased automation, Ksenia Zheltoukhova argues that we must harness – rather...
Strategies for upskilling your workforce in a changing world (webinar)
ON-DEMAND | This Personnel Today webinar in association with Degreed ...
Lockdown pressures on mothers could stall gender pay gap progress
Childcare pressures and a reduction in paid working hours brought about by the lockdown could risk reversing some of the...
How the Co-op uses apprenticeships to shake up career progression
By focusing on career progression, The Co-op’s award-winning retail apprenticeship programme is helping improve retention and alter the outdated perception...
Government launches free learning for furloughed workers
Employers are being urged to encourage furloughed staff to improve their skills while at home by using a new e-learning...
Weekend learners make best of lockdown, survey finds
The numbers of people using their ‘lockdown’ weekends to improve their skills have soared, according to analysis by online learning...
Remote working: key considerations for junior employees’ development
Employers need to establish clear processes, monitor the quality of work and provide timely feedback if they are to effectively...
What will shape the managers of the future?
Whether it’s having to manage unprecedented levels of remote working or the fact that increasing numbers of tasks are being...
UK women least optimistic about impact of parenthood on career
Men are more likely than women to believe it possible to rise to the top of their careers while still...
New decade. New demands. New insights. 2020 Workplace Learning Report
PROMOTED | Linkedin asked 1,700 L&D professionals, 2,900 people managers and 2,000 learners about their priorities, challenges...
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