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Employee wellbeing In fact, upskilling not only aligns the workforce
Research from Champion Health reveals with the demands of a tech-driven era but
that stress levels in the professional world also ensures that employees remain agile and
are on the rise, with 76% of employees adaptable in an ever-changing professional
experiencing moderate to high levels of landscape. Technology takes centre stage
stress, an increase of 13% from the previous in this metamorphosis, with businesses
year. Stress at work can take a serious toll on harnessing its power for skill assessments
an individual’s health, with 60% of stressed and predictive analytics during recruitment to
employees experiencing anxiety and 56% help them find the best talent. So, you should
having symptoms of depression. Stress is make sure you’re keeping pace with all the
also proven to have a serious impact on work latest recruitment tech as well.
productivity for 20% of employees, as does
tiredness. In fact, 61% of employees state that Employee mentorships
they struggle with productivity for this reason. Mentorships are becoming increasingly
important for employees who place great
As such, supporting employee wellbeing value on continued learning and development.
should not only already be a top priority for A professional mentor is on hand to provide
businesses, but efforts towards improving mentees with knowledge and share their
employee mental and physical health experiences to help them thrive in their role.
should increase in the coming year. There They offer encouragement, constructive
are a number of initiatives businesses can feedback, and can also help with goal-setting
implement to support this, such as introducing to help mentees reach success - whatever
Mental Health First-Aiders, brushing up that may look like for them.
on your diversity and inclusion policies,
introducing employee resource groups, and Cross-generational mentorships are
networks. Not sure what your employees particularly useful to foster diverse
need? Run an employee feedback survey to perspectives and are a must-have for your
find out! organisation. If you haven’t already, now’s
the time to start integrating mentorship
Recruiting based on skills programmes into your onboarding process to
In 2024, the hiring landscape will witness a help your new-hires get the most out of their
significant shift from traditional qualifications role, improve job satisfaction, and retention.
to skills-based hiring. This type of inclusive After all, fulfilled teams make better teams!
hiring approach will enable businesses to hire
more diverse talent with greater potential for Ongoing learning opportunities
upskilling, rather than simply hiring based Surveys reveal that approximately 86%
on academic credentials. In the technology of employees believe that job training is
industry in particular, the emphasis on important to them and an astonishing 74% are
upskilling emerges as a strategic solution to even willing to use their own time for training,
bridge the looming digital skills gap. outside of work hours, to improve their job
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