Skills for Life: the benefits for your organisation

So, how else would your organisation benefit if you supported your staff to develop their Skills for Life?

Organisations have found that staff turnover decreases as a result of having a better skilled, more motivated workforce, thus saving on recruitment and training costs.

The attractiveness of the organisation to potential applicants is likely to improve: research demonstrates that in many industries the chance to undertake training is a bigger motivating factor for employees than pay.
If you are willing to offer staff from overseas help with English, you will substantially increase the pool of skilled workers from which you can recruit.

Improving these essential skills builds confidence and motivation. This increases employee loyalty, and can have the effect of ‘unlocking’ other skills which the employees has not had the confidence to use previously.
Once an employee has had a positive learning experience they are more likely to want to learn more. This is particularly beneficial when the organisation is undergoing change - installing new software, for example, or buying new machinery, on which staff will need training.