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For a successful career in technology, hard skills are essential. To successfully carry out important work duties, many technical positions require candidates to possess particular domain-specific knowledge and specialised technical abilities. However, it would help if you didn’t ignore the importance of having good soft skills. The ability to negotiate the numerous facets of life, including jobs in any field, is aided by possessing soft skills. In the information technology field, a job candidate’s proficiency in soft skills can determine whether or not they have the potential to become a valued member of a team and a leader.  

The capabilities of workers are receiving a lot of attention in today’s workplaces, and this is especially true of high-tech businesses. Employees with good coding abilities, relevant certificates, and professional licenses are frequently in high demand. This is because employers value these qualifications. But in recent years, employers have started paying greater attention to hard and soft abilities. Time management, empathy, and kindness are a few aspects of it.  

Learners’ attention is guaranteed to wander if they are made to sit through training that serves no purpose or is irrelevant to their jobs. Although many businesses erroneously believe that educating large numbers of employees using a “one-size-fits-all” approach and imposing it on them is effective, role-based training may be a more effective strategy.  

A varied set of abilities and areas of expertise are required for each position in a corporation. Some eLearning may apply to the entire organization; however, most eLearning that is skills-based or focused on technical information only applies to a single department or a smaller portion of the firm’s personnel. If you haven’t observed an employee successfully applying the knowledge and skills they’ve gained in training within the context of their actual job role; there is simply no way to determine whether training is having the desired effect on an employee, either during training or after training. Role-based training is the ideal method for accomplishing this seemingly insignificant but crucial task.  

The term “blended learning” refers to merging many educational approaches, such as traditional classroom instruction with online study and using other digital resources. Even though the concept of blended learning has been around for a while, new developments in digital technology are redefining what it means to have a blended learning experience for today’s learners. Today, creating educational opportunities that layer instruction learning with a wide variety of digital technologies and learning and development (L&D) practices, such as 360 assessment tools, one-on-one coaching, social learning, and virtual reality, to name a few, is the central focus of blended learning.  

Learning using a blended approach can be readily segmented into smaller pieces and spread over a more extended period. Because it requires learners to complete pre-work outside of training, the blended method cuts down on overall classroom time. This also means that time in class may be spent on role-playing and other hands-on activities, such as simulations. Blended learning allows learners to access the materials they need to study at the precise moment they need them, which results in the more effective use of both time and resources.  

Upskilling and reskilling is an important process for any organization, but it can be difficult to know where to start. Luckily, there are a number of successful programs that you can use as inspiration. In this blog post, we'll discuss four such programs and explore what made them successful. We’ll also discuss the benefits of upskilling and reskilling, and how to address the challenges in these programs. 

So, if you're looking to improve your workforce's skillset,

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The term “blended learning” refers to merging many educational approaches, such as traditional classroom instruction with online study and using other digital resources. Even though the concept of blended learning has been around for a while, new developments in digital technology are redefining what it means to have a blended learning experience for today’s learners. Today, creating educational opportunities that layer instruction learning with a wide variety of digital technologies and learning and development (L&D) practices, such as 360 assessment tools, one-on-one coaching, social learning, and virtual reality, to name a few, is the central focus of blended learning.  

Learning using a blended approach can be readily segmented into smaller pieces and spread over a more extended period. Because it requires learners to complete pre-work outside of training, the blended method cuts down on overall classroom time. This also means that time in class may be spent on role-playing and other hands-on activities, such as simulations. Blended learning allows learners to access the materials they need to study at the precise moment they need them, which results in the more effective use of both time and resources. 

Learners’ attention is guaranteed to wander if they are made to sit through training that serves no purpose or is irrelevant to their jobs. Although many businesses erroneously believe that educating large numbers of employees using a “one-size-fits-all” approach and imposing it on them is effective, role-based training may be a more effective strategy.  

A varied set of abilities and areas of expertise are required for each position in a corporation. Some eLearning may apply to the entire organization; however, most eLearning that is skills-based or focused on technical information only applies to a single department or a smaller portion of the firm’s personnel. If you haven’t observed an employee successfully applying the knowledge and skills they’ve gained in training within the context of their actual job role; there is simply no way to determine whether training is having the desired effect on an employee, either during training or after training. Role-based training is the ideal method for accomplishing this seemingly insignificant but crucial task.