- The top challenge employees face when participating in training programmes is the lack of time where they are “too busy with work” (49%) and being “unwilling to attend courses outside of work hours” (34%). Employers also cite “attending courses as disruptive to day-to-day operations” (58%) as the main obstacle when implementing training programmes for their employees.
- In order to increase participation in training programmes, employees desire more support from their employers through “paid leave hours for training” (61%), “providing a temporary cover at work” (52%) and “short refresher courses” (43%).
- Employers believe that the top three methods to ensure their employees are equipped with the necessary skills are through “more flexible arrangements for employees to work and learn” (43%), the “cultivation of a self-driven learning culture” (39%), and the “introduction of more training methods” (39%).
SINGAPORE – NTUC LearningHub’s Workforce Learning in Workplace Transformation 2021 Report was conducted in June 2021 with 450 working professionals, comprising 150 business leaders and 300 full-time and part-time employees across Singapore.
About NTUC LearningHub
NTUC LearningHub is the leading Continuing Education and Training provider in Singapore which aims to transform the lifelong employability of working people. Since our corporatisation in 2004, we have been working with employers and individual learners to provide learning solutions in areas such as Cloud, Infocomm Technology, Healthcare, Employability & Literacy, Business Excellence, Workplace Safety & Health, Security, Human Resources and Foreign Worker Training.
To date, NTUC LearningHub has helped over 25,000 organisations and achieved over 2.6 million training places across more than 500 courses with a pool of over 900 certified trainers. As a Total Learning Solutions provider to organisations, we also forge partnerships and offer a wide range of relevant end-to-end training solutions and work constantly to improve our training quality and delivery. In 2020, we have accelerated our foray into online learning with our Virtual Live Classes and, through working with best-in-class partners such as IBM, DuPont Sustainable Solutions and GO1, asynchronous online courses.
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