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By Nick Sokolich, SVP of Sales, UneeQ
Technology advancements have sped up the need for professionals across industries to learn new skills. According to an article from theHarvard Business Review, the average half-life of skills is now less than five years, and in some tech fields, it’s two and a half. The pace at which this technological change is occurring is faster than businesses can train their employees.
A survey from Gartner found that 64% of managers surveyed don’t think their employees could keep up with the future skill needs. In the same study, 70% of employees said they have not mastered the skills they need for their jobs today.
Organizations must invest in reskilling initiatives to prepare their workforce for the future. Regrettably, most businesses today are not satisfied with the results of employee training programs, whether they are onboarding new personnel or retraining current ones. With the technological revolution pressing onward, it’s important to examine why traditional training methods are so ineffective.
Traditional Learning Can’t Prepare People for the Future of Work
Legacy training methods like webinars, pre-recorded videos, and online courses have a fundamental flaw. They don’t allow employees to apply the material in a practical scenario in real time. As a
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