A Sustainable Insight on Talent Development and Employee Engagement by Up-skilling and Re-skilling for improving Employee Retention
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https://doi.org/10.64882/ijrt.v14.iS1.1067Keywords:
Sustainability, Strategy, Talent Development, Employee Retention, work life balance, Employee EngagementAbstract
Providing sustainable employee training and development opportunities can enhance job satisfaction, boost productivity, and improve employee retention but the most effective employee engagement strategies are ones executed by HR Department at top priority. That said, as with other organizational initiatives (e.g., ones tied to DEI and corporate social responsibility), high-level business leaders must be the drivers of your company’s efforts to realize a wholly engaged workforce. Ones that ultimately: Helps management understand their team members’ sentiment regarding the business Offers insight into the day-to-day work environment and work-life balance of employees Encourages employees who partake in remote work to join regular team-building activities Improves the company culture through worker feedback (through quarterly surveys) At the end of the day, helps retain high-performing talent in critical roles company-wide. “Reskilling” has become something of a buzzword in recent years as both businesses and workers struggle to adapt to a changing landscape. There are a few reasons why sustainable insights of reskilling has become such a hot topic in recent years:
- COVID-19 aftermath
- Displacement due to automation
- Skill shortages
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