WeLearn workshop series targets L&D improvement, data management

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WeLearn, a studying and improvement options supplier, introduced June 20 a sequence of three workshops in partnership with educator Charles Chaffin aimed toward enhancing company L&D applications and serving to staff handle info move at work.

The three workshops sort out topics together with info overload and serving to staff handle knowledge; refining schooling and coaching methods; and addressing “staff’ relationship with the data age,” WeLearn mentioned.

Regular flows of data within the fashionable work atmosphere can overwhelm staff, Chaffin mentioned in a press release; “That’s the place these workshops come into play, to supply organizations and their staff with the instruments wanted to strategically handle info and to coach higher alongside the best way.”

Employers are investing in knowledge and analytics with out the employees to reap the benefits of these investments. A 2021 EY survey discovered that almost 1 in 5 executives mentioned their organizations have been brief on analytics and data know-how expertise whilst 53% positioned knowledge and analytics tech on the prime of their near-term funding priorities.

Inside coaching could also be a pure various to recruitment, however a latest Forrester and Tableau survey of decision-makers discovered that solely 39% provided knowledge coaching to all staff. All of the whereas, a scarcity of knowledge literacy has led to actual prices for employers, based on a 2020 report printed by Accenture and analytics software program agency Qlik.

These findings come regardless of different analysis that reveals staff actively hunt down employers that may present coaching alternatives; a 2021 survey by Monster discovered that 45% of staff mentioned they’d be extra prone to keep with their present employer in the event that they have been provided expertise coaching.

Recruiting practices additionally could also be an element. In June, a report by ManpowerGroup subsidiary Experis discovered that employers searching for IT expertise could also be overlooking certified candidates, failing to contemplate these with expertise within the startup house or those that have expertise by in-house coaching, apprenticeships or different coaching fashions.