A recent online survey conducted by findcourses.co.uk, the UK’s leading site for Professional Development Training, revealed that employees in the UK believe the best way to prove their indispensability to employers is to participate in professional training to niche their skills.
The study was conducted through a survey of findcourses.co.uk users and discovered that 48% of respondents believe the best way to prove their skills and become indispensable to their employing organisation is to partake in a training programme in order to develop specialised skills. Nearly 24% of users felt as though working overtime or being innovative would accomplish the same outcome, while a combined 28% felt as though they were already indispensable or were powerless when proving their indispensability.
These findings are of important significance as UK unemployment figures have reached their highest since 1994 (according to the office of National Statistics. The results of this survey indicate that is it more important than ever for employees to prove their worth to their respective organisations. The Chief Economic Advisor from the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (CIPD) stated, “These pre-festive-season jobs figures are so bad even Santa’s elves will be feeling insecure. The quarterly rise of 128,000 in unemployment is itself enough to dampen the spirits but what’s worse is news that private sector job figures were falling at twice the rate as had initially been expected.”
The same study was conducted in Finland, Denmark, Germany and Sweden and yielded nearly 350 responses. German users exhibited the highest number of respondents (32%) feeling powerless when it came to proving their worth to their employers. Swedish and Danish users displayed similar responses with 48% of uses from both countries maintaining that professional training was the key to proving their indispensability. Finnish users were the most divided; exhibiting no clear pattern between what is the largest contributor to proving indispensability. However, Sweden and Finland had the least number of respondents believing that working overtime was the best way to prove their worth to the company.
“It is clearly becoming more important than ever for employees to prove their indispensability,” said Kate Butterworth Site Manager at findcourses.co.uk. “In the midst of a recession, employers become increasingly likely to cut back and refrain from hiring, which perpetuates unemployment and escalates the need to develop new skills through professional development training.”
Findcourses.co.uk is the UK’s largest search engine dedicated to Professional Development – search, find and compare thousands of training courses in the UK. Findcourses.co.uk partnered with The Independent to power The Independent’s Training & Courses Site – providing a search service to hundreds of thousands of users every month.
Press Release issued by: Leah Schothorst, Communication Assistant Findcourses.co.uk leah.schothorst@findcourses.co.uk / +44 (0)203 318 6283
Findcourses.co.uk is the UK’s largest search engine dedicated to Professional Development – search, find and compare thousands of training courses in the UK. Findcourses.co.uk partnered with The Independent to power The Independent’s Training & Courses Site: http://courses.independent.co.uk/ – providing a search service to hundreds of thousands of users every month.
Findcourses.co.uk also runs a number of niche sites dedicated to helping people find the right training and courses for their development including: coaching courses, executive education, sales, health and safety, language courses, IT courses, e-learning, distance learning courses, leadership courses and MBA programs. FindCourses Global AB is the international network of educational sites providing information on Professional Development training in Sweden, Finland, Germany and Denmark.
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January 16, 2012 at 11:47 pm
James Bedu Graham
I do not share the sentiments expressed above,sure in the Industrialized world Unemployment may have increased slightly but one shouls admit that the Job Market needs to be become more flexible in terms of access.
By that I mean that certain sectors like Manufacturinng Engineering Banking and Finance need to expand their Opportuinities to absorb a large proportion of the Young Graduate Workforce.
Doing so will enable other sectors to either decide to shrink or expand to match the Competition for suitable employees.
the use of Economists and Policy Makers who are willing to use their strong imaginations instead of only their Theorical and Technical Abilities against the background and Framework of National and International Abilities.
Unemployment must be solved within the next decade.Countries of the world have the abilty to do it.
Yours Faithfully and Sincerely James Bedu Kodjo Graham.
Accra Monday January 16 2012.
From Osu Kuku Hill Accra Ghana West Africa.
January 16, 2012 at 11:59 pm
James Bedu Graham
though Young People like myself have acquired University Qualifications and Other Professional Qualifications the biggest issue both in Industrialized and Non Industrialized Countries is that Traineeship Internship are not well defined and structured so Young and old People are left to their own devices to force their way though the system to save both body and soul.
Governments and Institutes ought to do something about placing young people through more elaborate structures instead of using issues like the National Service Scheme like what pertains in my Country Ghana West Africa and Nigeria.
On the long run Agriculture has been neglected by youth from Istanbul to Sydney Australia. and i was really amazed by the Number of young People who have neglected Agro Business because of the perceived difficulties that disturb young minds willing to work for money and Fame.
Once again yours Faithfully and Sincerely James Bedu Kodjo Graham,
Accra January 17 2012.
From the Banking and Finance Graduate of the Central University College.
So apart from Grabbing Degrees it is vitally important for young people to Learn how to write a CV an application Letter How to submit Proposals and to study the Job Market in Different Markets Countries and Continents.
From James Bedu Kodjo Graham.
Accra Ghana West Africa at 7 PM Ghana Mean Time.