Reskilling and upskilling employees provide numerous benefits to an organization. Skill needs in a workplace are always changing and businesses need a plan to help employees advance as needed. As technology rapidly progresses, organizations may face difficulties keeping up with the new talent required to do a job. For organizations to keep up with the high demands of technology, they must grow their own future workforce from within.
What is reskilling and upskilling?
Reskilling and upskilling are often grouped together. They both fill gaps in skills and prepare organizations for change; however, they both provide individual benefits.
Reskilling is the process of training employees to learn new skills to do a new job; for example, if the hostess at a restaurant is now being trained to be a waitress, that would require a reskilling program.
Upskilling is the process of training employees to be able to complete new tasks in their current role; for example, a teacher is learning to use a new software for communicating with students during remote learning, this would require upskilling.
Benefits of reskilling and upskilling
Reskilling and upskilling the employees that are already working within the organization provides many benefits for both the company, and the employees. Upskill training helps identify the strengths and weakness of your workforce so you can fill knowledge and performance gaps. Filling knowledge gaps with upskilling will also boost the confidence and productivity of employees. Upskilling can train current employees to manage more tasks, or more difficult tasks. Additionally, reskilling and upskilling current employees saves the time and money that it would take to find and train a new employee all while retaining the employees that already fit into the work culture (which as we all know is extremely important). Upskilling and reskilling allow employees to gain new knowledge and skills while also benefiting the company.
How to use eLearning to deliver reskilling and upskilling trainings
eLearning provides the best options for reskilling and upskilling your employees. eLearning is flexible and customizable allowing you to structure it specifically for the skills that your employees will need to learn. For instance, interactive activities and scenario-based learning in your eLearning course will improve retention and transfer of knowledge.
Investing in reskilling and upskilling training plans will help your organization to grow and prepare for the future. Emerge ID can help you to develop eLearning curricula and courses that you can provide for reskilling and upskilling. Our team is alongside you every step of the way to help you understand the learning process and develop effective courses. We will work with you to set realistic goals and to track the success of your team.
