Employee desire for upskilling and reskilling opportunities stems from fear of job loss and decreased productivity due to outdated skills, according to UiPath survey
The leading enterprise Robotic Process Automation (RPA) software company, UiPath, surveyed office workers from around the world and uncovered that nearly half worry they will be out of a job within five years because their skills will be outdated. Because of this, 86% of respondents say they wish their employer offered opportunities to acquire new skills (reskilling) and 83% say they wish their employer gave them more opportunities to enhance their current skills (upskilling).
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New @UiPath study finds 86% of employees around the globe demand new skills training from their employers in order to stay competitive in the workplace and increase productivity
The UiPath survey was designed to understand how office workers around the world believe technology is changing valued skillsets, whether they have opportunities to upskill and reskill, and how training opportunities impact job satisfaction and perceived job security. The survey of 4,500 office workers across the U.S., U.K., France, Germany, India, and Singapore, conducted in February and March 2020, uncovered that nearly all (91%) of office workers believe their employers should be more willing to invest in digital and technology skills training for their employees.
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Other key takeaways from the survey include:
Without reskilling and upskilling opportunities, employees fear becoming obsolete.
A full third of office workers globally fear their current roles will advance past their current skills, and 25% worry about losing their job due to automation. Most office workers (83%) globally would feel more secure in their job if their employer offered opportunities to learn new skills.
Formal training could help lessen employee anxiety about learning to use new digital tools on their own. According to the survey, 58% of global respondents feel “somewhat” to “strongly” intimidated when they need to learn how to use a new technology, and in the U.S. that number jumps to 68%. Surprisingly, the younger an office worker is, the more intimidated they are to learn to use new technologies Automation. Forty-three percent of 18-23-year-olds worldwide say they are intimidated to learn a new technology, while only 10% of those over the age of 56 are intimidated.
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