News: Performance Management
Learning 'can depend on experience'
10 April 2008
People with more experience are sometimes more sympathetic with a 'self-help' learning approach, according to one analyst.
Speaking to the trainingzone.co.uk website, Alan Beasley, policy and advice specialist at The Employers Age Forum, also said that training can adapt to this learning preference.
"What is appropriate in the way in which people learn or are trained may well vary according to ... experience of a candidate", he told the website.
Sue Hewitt, a development consultant, also told TrainingZone that older members of staff can sometimes feel that their employer offers them insufficient training. As such, she states that firms could be failing to tap into a positive resource.
"We have found that delivering targeted development for this cohort of staff results in greater motivation and energy, sharing of knowledge and willingness to take on new roles and challenges," she said.
The comments follow the news that employees do not always receive the training they ask for.
In poll of more than 300 people by recruitment company Brook Street, 28 per cent said that they had asked for training while in their current job but had not been given any, while 27 per cent said they were not aware of any training opportunities at their workplace, Onrec reports.
