A happy workforce is far more likely to stick around. And that’s important in today’s jobseeker’s market where there continues to be a high demand for labour in industries across the UK.

Companies are having to play a tough game against each other to attract, recruit and retain their top talent which let’s face it, isn’t easy in such a competitive market!

It’s not all doom and gloom though; there are some positive, proactive steps you can take to keep your staff happy and committed to their job… and they don’t involve forking out a shedload of money either.

Offer value beyond salary

Here’s some good news for you – keeping your staff happy is not all about offering them the highest offer to outbid your competitors (which can sometimes come at the risk of pushing your business past its financial means). Salary isn’t everything.

Of course, it’s an element that always needs considering but top talent these days are looking for far more from their job. Things like a healthy work-life balance, flexible working, lifestyle benefits and a transparent, honest and trusting working ethos all help to build a happy workforce and stop employees from wanting to jump ship.

It’s all about investing in your team and demonstrating that you recognise their worth. One of the most effective ways of doing this is through the offer of additional training. Employees themselves are looking for opportunities for growth within a business, to harness their skills and learn new strategies and it can be a win-win approach for companies too.

Offering training opportunities to your staff is a great way to show that you are committed to their future and give them the chance to upskill too.

Accessible training

It’s important that any training you offer your employees is accessible to them and can fit around their lifestyle and current workload. If not, your uptake will be low, you’ll see little engagement and the promise of training opportunities won’t amount to much in terms of real value.

In a world where people are increasingly looking for flexible work opportunities, the same flexibility needs to be offered with training. Amatis Training courses can be delivered in the classroom or online and as instructor-led or self-study; it all comes down to what works best for individuals. If your company have a team of staff that are all looking to complete the same training course, we can even arrange for one of our instructors to come to your workplace and deliver training to your group face-to-face. Here are just some of the courses Amatis Training offer:

  • Stakeholder Engagement
  • Business Analysis Practice
  • Requirements Engineering
  • Data analysis
  • Consultancy for IT professionals
  • Modelling Business Processes

Your staff are busy and we get that; committing to a set period of time studying away from the workplace won’t always suit employees that are juggling other work commitments, deadlines and events. That’s why our courses can be accessed on the go on via our app and even on mobile phones so that course participants can choose when and where they study and manage their own time and commitments. For instance, taking days off work to study on specific dates may not be feasible for some of your team but smaller chunks of time spent travelling on a train could offer up the perfect study opportunity instead.

Ultimately, it’s important that in order to make training opportunities for your staff useful and appealing they need to be flexible, accessible and expertly delivered with the option to study at their own time and pace and from anywhere.

To find out a little more about how additional training can benefit both your staff and your business, feel free to get in touch with me. I’d be very happy to give you some more information on the courses we offer and different options for delivering them to suit you and your team best.