HR learning: 04 Dec, 2017

 1.                

Changing skill sets in Indian IT

Pluralsight and People Matters bring you insights about the changing requirements for skills in the Indian IT industry. Watch the complete session to you know more.

The Indian IT market is undergoing a skill-set shift. In keeping with global trends, a key trend in the sector is the growing demand for 'Full-Stack' developers. New IT roles will include jobs in cybersecurity, mobile app development, new user interfaces, data scientists, and platform engineering, according to a recent report.

This webinar will feature an in-depth session of why full stack developers are critical to organizations today and how companies can best enable skills among experienced professionals as well as fresh talent. Listen to industry experts on the top skills that will change the industry landscape and their perspective on the areas that will usher the 4th industrial revolution. 

. 

2.

Agility in Digital L&D: From static to adaptive

With new methods coming up through advancement in technologies and consistent efforts towards making learning easy, engaging, and accessible to learners, these trends will gain popularity based on their efficacy.

Today, the world is changing at a faster pace than ever before. Rapid change in technology, a significant surge in the number of smartphone users, and constantly evolving social media have changed the way people learn new things. Learning and development strategies of companies must change with time to address the emerging challenges.

The concept of making employees attend a dedicated training program for a stipulated duration has become a passé. Organizations need to adopt modern tools and techniques to make learning a part of their day-to-day life in order to enable the people to learn in the most efficient manner. Adopting traditional strategies such as “one size fit all” will neither help employees nor organizations in overcoming contemporary challenges. So while we sail through this roller coaster era of learning & development, human resource leaders must ensure they are one step ahead of the game. The decisions HR makes has significant impact on its organizations, especially when it comes to employee development.

3.

Here's how you should customize learning

There is a need for L&D to look at learner styles differently in this hyper-connected and multi-dimensional learning environment. A new learning model of focused-browse-replay-just in time shows the way.

L&D interventions are shifting from a one-size-fits-all to a highly customized approach. This personalization of learning interventions helps create a better learning experience, translating to a better overall employee experience. A learning intervention that is attuned to the learning needs at an individual, department and organizational level is more likely to bridge the skill gap and at the same time help steer the organization in the right direction.

For a highly individualized experience, companies have long been carrying out “training needs identification” exercises, but this was not always followed up with programs that had ensured behavioral change. L&D professionals must go one step further and understand employees’ learning style. People learn best when training matches their inherent learning style, leading to better learning retention and application.