Improving the nation’s skills: HR magazine skills survey

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Basic literacy

Basic numeracy

Basic IT skills

Job specific skills

Time management

New technology

Communication skills

Presentation skills

Teamwork skills

Problem solving skills

How to conduct themselves appropriately in a work environment

Creativity

Management and leadership skills

Lack of budget for skills development

Difficult to spare the time off for staff

Complexity of the skills provider environment

Unable to get CEO or executive buy-in

Lack of HR or learning and development function to push the agenda

Company structure

To increase productivity

To fill skill gaps internally

To help ensure long-term competitiveness

To update skills of staff when new developments

To attract the best staff

To improve staff retention

To grow talent from within

To improve our customer service

To show we have a learning culture

Via in-house staff at the trainees usual workstation

Off-site by external private providers

External private providers or in-house staff delivering a taught course on-site

Via e-learning

Via industry body or professional association

Via further education college or university