Employers who have made use of the Emergency Measures Bridging Employment (NOW) version 2 and 3 are obliged to encourage their employees to engage in training. On December 1, the government's development advice counter will reopen, so there is some urgency. Annemarie Künn, an expert in the field of lifelong development, explains why this is a good choice for the government and what the 'effort' should entail.
Annemarie Künn is a researcher at the Research Center for Education (ROA) and the Labor Market at Maastricht University. For the University, she conducted research on lifelong learning, a term that in the podcast is quickly renamed lifelong development to make it sound a bit more sexy. After all, Annemarie says, the topic deserves that.
Why just now
To make the effort possible, the government is making 67 million euros available through development advice and (online) training. The desk to register employees for this will reopen on December 1. Annemarie is pleased with this development: the labor market is changing very quickly in recent years, due to technological developments, for example, we are constantly asking different things of our workers. "You used to learn a profession and that was it, now your profession keeps changing and you will also have to keep learning during your work" says Annemarie.
How do you do that "straining"?
The tricky thing is that employees who are in changing positions are often not used to learning since they left school. In fact, this group often does not like learning at all. Annemarie explains this and also indicates how to deal with this, how effort works: from certifying learning on the job and using learning ambassadors to making visible competencies you will need within your organization in a few years. There are plenty of options that Annemarie outlines in the podcast.
Links
This is Annamarie Künn
Government information page regarding online training and development
Contact
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