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5 workplace skills that your employees will need by 2024

It has been suggested that in fewer than four years, employers will seek employees with a very different skill set than that of today’s workforce. The future of the workplace and how it will look is under constant discussion, however, employers should be concerning themselves with the future of the workforce and how it will

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Top tips on how to train your graduates effectively

Training employees is not just beneficial to individual growth but to the success of your business as a whole. Inadequate training of graduate employees could lead to job dissatisfaction and ultimately, a higher staff turnover. Each new hire within your business is never a guaranteed success. It is never a given that the candidate that

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Workplace leadership skills required in the digital age

It has been reported that employees within businesses feel that the biggest organisational challenge they will face over the next five years within employment is dealing with changes to their day-to-day duties due to the advancements in technology. Digital technologies and social media have already begun to challenge how employees do things. It has also

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The apprenticeship levy – everything employers need to know

The apprenticeship levy is something that will become a common aspect of the workplace in the near future. With uncertainty surrounding the post-Brexit result and the commonly discussed digital skills shortage, businesses are under increasing pressure to cement their organisational strategy to combat these challenges. However, the imminent arrival of the apprenticeship levy brings with

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The impact that external factors like Brexit can have on workplace training

When the seemingly unexpected vote to leave the European Union was announced last June, it’s safe to say uncertainty swept the nation in all areas of working and personal life. It was impossible to predict the impact this decision would have, considering Great Britain’s 43-year membership, but it’s safe to say that business owners and

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Digital strategies to engage with the millennial workforce

Today’s trainers are under increasing amounts of pressure to modernise their strategies in regards to millennials training. With the digital revolution empowering people to take learning into their own hands, trainers must modernise their strategies or risk becoming ineffective and obsolete. The way in which managers must approach millennials training and learning has changed due

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The benefits of creating a succession plan for training and promoting from within your business

When planning to fill management positions, it is often protocol for most businesses to hire recruiters and pay a large sum of money in return for an established name. However, recent reports have suggested this form of growth may not be the most beneficial to a business. What is Succession Planning? Succession planning focuses on

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Millennials training should be a key focus of your 2024 workplace training programmes

As of 2025, Millennials will make up 75% of the average workforce Yes, as of 2025, your workforce will predominantly be made up of Millennials. This will include every position, from roles at entry level all the way up to senior management and c-suite executives, meaning Millennials training should be a key focus of your

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The 5 key benefits of commercial skills training

You may think ‘commercial skills training’ is just the latest buzzword amongst HR and training professionals, but in essence, commercial skills training is a fundamental part of ensuring your employees have the commercial acumen needed to benefit the key functions of the business. Commercial skills training provides each employee with insights into how the business

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