These are the latest trends in corporate talent education

This article was written and published in Spanish and has been translated into English via Google Translate. Click here to read the original article.

There are increasingly better trained professionals in the broadest sense of the word. Not only do they have higher degrees, but they are surrounded by experiences and experts that promote their development on a continuous basis and facilitate the incorporation of soft skills or abilities such as empathy, versatility, the ability to work in teams or the resolution.

These and not others are the ones that sustain their professional competitiveness and differentiate them not only from each other, but also from technologies such as robots, which, piloted by Artificial Intelligence or the Internet of Things, threaten to destroy an significant amount jobs... Or so they say from the most catastrophic forums.

Be that as it may, the ability to adapt to change and to learn throughout professional life are established as key competencies in an era like the current one, where companies not only compete to attract the best talent, but also to build loyalty in the long term, offering you motivating and attractive enough challenges. In this deployment as an employer brand, employee development must be the order of the day and, for this, firms must incorporate learning methodologies sufficiently flexible and disruptive for the workforce to acquire new technical knowledge and skills.

Among those that have burst into force in recent times, Summa magazine mentions four that, in their opinion, stand out for their experiential component, which makes them especially significant for those who carry them out:

• “Plataformized” learning experiences. To meet the specific training needs, there are services that develop integral learning platforms such as Capabilia, which offers from the development of content, technology and services that companies and universities need to face future challenges related to the generation of learning experiences. With more than 400 programs developed and more than 15 thousand participants in 115 countries, Capabilia is a benchmark in this learning model that projects significant growth in the coming years. It should be noted that these types of platforms are conceived, built and developed in order to integrate all resources in one place; including community, networking, customization, optimization, scalable products and disruptive business models.
• Connected knowledge. Another trend is to use the present organizational knowledge and connect it with the objectives and future plans of the company. This implies the development of experiences of effective and impact learning, which allows people to acquire skills and competencies that ensure they reach their full potential.
• Lifelong Learning. Staying competitive in the current context is not easy, because what you learn in schools or universities becomes obsolete in a few years. In this sense, lifelong learning or continuing education becomes important, which is enhanced by new technologies and innovation to be trained always and from anywhere.
• Transformational content. Platforms must have access to the best programs in their class, created jointly by experts in the field; competency-based learning models; instructional design adapted for online learning, as well as the transformation of existing content into a digital learning experience.

All of them, the article clarifies, have their origins in common, and it's none other than e-learning, something that they affirm "is not new, but has recently seen great growth in the world, which implies a collaboration between providers of educational platforms, universities, companies and government institutions, among others."

It is a market, they continue, "of around 3.5 billion dollars, with an estimated growth of 15% and is expected to reach 7.8 billion by 2025, including the digital platforms and OPM (Online Program Management) that are maturing and leading the shift towards the transformation of online programs focused on higher education and business."

This article was written and published in Spanish and has been translated into English via Google Translate. Click here to read the original article.

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