Occupational learning offers employees the chance to expand their skills, build confidence and develop their careers. It also offers benefits to the business in terms of more engaged, knowledgeable and productive staff.
However, analysis by the Learning and Work Institute found that employer investment in training has fallen by 28% since 2005, with UK businesses spending only half the EU average per worker.
Learning and development practitioners have described the traditional expectations of leaders, where learning is treated as a secondary priority, as the biggest challenge facing their profession, with 78% of people surveyed by the Chartered Institute of Professional Development describing it as a position that’s difficult to challenge.