According to figures from February this year, 3 out of 10 employees do not want to return to face-to-face training, which is why experts fear a phenomenon like the one that occurred in the United States in 2021, called “The Great Resignation”in which more than 4.5 million Americans voluntarily left their jobs. Although unemployment figures have improved compared to 2020, this issue has worried human resources specialists.
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For December 2021, the unemployment rate of the national total was 11%, which meant a decrease of 2.4 percentage points (pp) compared to the same month of 2020, when it stood at 13.4%, but it was remained at levels higher than those of October 2019 (pre-pandemic), 1.5 pp above the 2019 rate (9.5%). When analyzing the main rate indicators, for Colombia in 2021, there is evidence of a reduction in the unemployment rate compared to 2020, going from 15.9% to 13.7%. However, the value is still higher than what was observed in 2019 when it was 10.5%.
Business training allows the development of employees at an individual level, this translates into people more integrated into the work, with a greater sense of corporate belonging and much more productive during their working day.
Productivity is understood as the effectiveness in the use of the hours dedicated to the execution of work activities or functions in such a way that the worker can adequately distribute his 24 hours a day in effective work, hours to rest and hours to dedicate himself to what he does. really happy like your family or hobbies.
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To achieve this important balance, it is essential to invest in training for them, that strengthen first of all the being, the corporate, key and transversal skills, the ability to relate between co-workers at all levels of responsibility and communication channels.
Therefore, the expert Claudia Milena Manjarrez, executive director of the CICCE corporation, offers us some recommendations to improve productivity and therefore the work environment in companies, thus minimizing the job desertion of many people:
1. Invest in new technologies, having greater knowledge in technological programs translates into less time to develop certain tasks, being much more effective in meeting goals and increasing labor productivity in companies.
2. Language learning, the foregoing, to be more global, more competitive companies, in order to seek internationalization and a relationship with clients from other countries. In addition, this influences the sense of belonging of the collaborators, since the company is investing in the advancement of the individual skills of each one, improving their resume.
3. Business and skills management, to strengthen the company, based on the skills and competencies of its employees for each of the positions, especially in those technical areas where there may be risks associated with health and the company, such as chemical management under the SGA framework, transportation of dangerous goods, handling of dangerous substances, integrated waste management under the structuring of the PGIRS
4. Leadership training, For those collaborators who are in charge of personnel, they must strengthen aspects such as management skills, knowledge management, the Tuckman model (team performance based on individual skills), strategic planning, time management, assertive communication, among other important topics. .
5. Formation of human development. This area is essential for all company employees, it is transversal for all human beings, to strengthen self-esteem, emotional intelligence, analysis and reading comprehension, customer service, internal and external customer loyalty, personal finance, personal leadership , time management, teamwork, negotiation, motivation, resilience, work methodologies, human relations, office tools and soft skills management, among others, contribute to an improvement in the personal and group sphere within companies.
