On-The-Job Learning ‘Important For Young People’

Young people who choose to enter work at 18 rather than go to university should be supported with appropriate on-the-job training, it has been argued.

This is the opinion of Rob Ross, from Europa Worldwide Group, who told Personnel Today that businesses of all sizes and across all sectors should embrace vocational training and give it the status it deserves.

For young people in particular, on-the-job training is vital because it can help them develop valuable skills that can last them a lifetime.

“It helps young people jump-start their career and enter the job market with viable opportunities, without being saddled with thousands of pounds of debt from university tuition fees. Surely this is a win-win for both businesses, the economy and young people?” he asserted.

From an employer’s perspective, it has the added benefit that you can train people in the skills you need, which will help you develop a team who understand the strategic direction of your company as well as their role within it.

Providing thorough and regular training can also improve staff retention, which means you keep the highly trained members of staff for longer and can benefit from their skills, which you’ve helped them to develop.

An article for Training Zone recently noted that the best way to get people to learn something new is to give the information personal significance. This means you should use storytelling as part of your training as this helps us to remember important facts.

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