Gig workers are often “trapped” in insecure work because long hours, financial insecurity and piecemeal work mean they are often...
Training needs analysis
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Every role in the financial services sector will be affected by automation and...
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Overseas projects often fail when employees and their families are not prepared for life abroad. Janette Hiscock looks at why...
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One-fifth of graduates are unprepared for the workplace when they leave university, HR managers feel, and many lack crucial skills...
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Employers in the UK risk losing talent to organisations in emerging economies if they do not increase investment in learning...
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The idea that employees value work that offers them a sense of “purpose”, and the importance of offering work that...
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Labour will provide free lifelong retraining for all if it gets into power in next month’s general election.
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It’s time to rethink learning and development, to wean professionals off their addiction to courses and to start aligning learning...
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The government has expanded access to its Get Help to Retrain service, which is designed to support the reskilling of...
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More than two-thirds of UK workers think technological changes will increase demand for human work over the next three years...
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Missing out on training means low-skilled workers lose out on thousands
by Jo Faragherby Jo FaragherEmployees that can’t access training get trapped under a ‘skills ceiling’ that means they lose out on almost £12,000 a...
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A framework for “essential” skills – such as teamwork, presenting and problem-solving – will be developed by a new task...
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Think tank urges retraining pledge as automation transforms communities
by Jo Faragherby Jo FaragherA report from right-leaning think tank Onward has urged the next prime minister to introduce a retraining tax credit to...
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Learning will need to be better integrated into employees' daily tasks, especially in busy environments: a key message from the Festival of Work
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Forty-three per cent of employers are upskilling existing staff to plug hard-to-fill vacancies and a similar proportion (41%) say it has become more difficult to recruit in the past year.