The Results Are In: What Type of On-the-Job Training Does Your Company Provide?

In October, we asked our readers what type of on-the-job training their companies provide employees, and with 23% of the votes, “supervisors/managers train employees” was the most common response. “Access to online training classes and resources” was second with 18%, followed by “self-guided training” with 17%.

The rest of the results were as follows:

  • Mentorships: 12%
  • Formal employee training program: 11%
  • Reimbursement for college/career tech training and certification: 9%
  • Internships: 4%
  • Apprenticeships: 4%

Slightly more than 2% of respondents selected the “Other” option and submitted their own thought on the question, including:

  • Vendors provide periodic training that I pay employees to attend
  • It depends on the job
  • Shadow other employees
  • Peer coaching

Does Your Company have a Formal Mentorship Program?
In the business world, mentorships can be especially important for training and developing future leaders and inspiring innovative thinkers. And, implementing a formal mentorship program is a great strategy for building employee retention in a booming economy that is creating a labor shortage across a wide variety of business segments.

From young, entry-level employees, all the way up the ladder to the C-suite, mentorships help build expertise and retain knowledge that drives business growth and success.

A few key indicators that your company would benefit from a formal mentorship program include:

  • Your leadership team and other key employees are reaching retirement age
  • There’s a widening gap between young, entry-level workers and more experienced workers
  • Your older generation workers could benefit from learning from younger, more tech-savvy employees
  • You do not have a formal succession plan in place

Although creating an effective mentorship program requires a significant amount of planning, from structuring your program to ensuring its success long term, the benefits truly outweigh the effort in the long run.

Does your company have a formal mentorship program? How effective is it? How is it structured? Let us know in the comments section below.

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One Response to The Results Are In: What Type of On-the-Job Training Does Your Company Provide?

  1. Mitch January 16, 2019 at 2:59 pm #

    Wow, this is super interesting to me that only 18% of people surveyed had access to digital training. After having worked at Lessonly (an online training software) for five years, it’s so interesting to me that so many companies are still not using technology that’s so accessible. Even if you use something less effective for training like having a stockpile of Google Docs, it’s at least in a digital format and documented, rather than having to experience all your training in person. Thanks for sharing!

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