Workplace learning report 2021 by LinkedIn Learning reinforces a widely discussed trend: upskilling and reskilling remain the top priorities for organizations globally. Specifically, for 59% of L&D professionals, upskilling is the main focus for 2021 and upcoming years – a significant increase since June 2020, when only 15% of L&D attached great importance to this aspect.

The impact of learning at the workplace is difficult to overestimate. It's a huge investment the companies can put into their future internal talent mobility. Besides, upskilling and reskilling are building blocks of such essential attributes as employee engagement, a successful employer brand, and life-learning culture.

If you're in charge of L&D at your organization, here are five strategies to fire up your upskilling and reskilling machine.

1. REVISE AND UPDATE YOUR LEARNING PROGRAMS

Most likely, you've already had plenty of employee learning programs and assets. Review them to make sure they address your current and future skill needs.

Also, think about what you can improve to deliver a better employee learning experience. Do your employees lack anything in the learning programs? Are you providing a variety of formats, including online, microlearning, peer-to-peer, and self-training options?

2. COLLABORATE WITH THE TALENT ACQUISITION DEPARTMENT

For the success of the upskilling and reskilling initiative, it's essential to align with all the HR teams at your organization, in particular, with talent acquisition.

Find out which professionals they are looking for and which skills are essential for the right-match candidates. Use insights you collect to enrich your L&D programs and upskilling initiatives. By working together with talent acquisition, you can look ahead towards future talent and skill needs and help meet them by upskilling internal employees.

3. AUTOMATE YOUR EFFORTS WITH SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS

Technologies have become an integral part of the modern HR and L&D processes, and that's for a reason. With an enormous amount of employee data you collect, store, and work with, it becomes impossible to live with Excel spreadsheets alone. Automation – even automation or upskilling efforts – becomes the way out.

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