HR TECHNOLOGY: Learning and development opportunities within an organisation can be valuable drivers for employee engagement and retention. It’s no wonder then that one of the fastest growth areas within the HR technology space is for learning and development platforms.
There have been complaints across the board, from staff themselves to line managers, and everyone in between, about the shortfalls when it comes to providing learning and career development in the workplace. So the expansion of specialised learning technology couldn’t come at a better time.
Recently we have seen GoCoach, a leading learning experience platform, rebrand itself as SkillCycle. Its technology brings together talent, learning and career development all under one roof, while providing personalised learning across different stages of the employee lifecycle.
This is the sort of platform that HR professionals prefer, as it houses all the functions in one platform and covers the full lifecycle of staff from hiring and onboarding through to retention and offboarding. All too frequently, HR technology is designed by non-HR people who don’t fully understand their needs and requirements, but SkillsCycle certainly appears to have been designed by people who actually understand how learning tools are used.
Recruitment and retention have always been key challenges for HR, but it feels as if the urgency has ramped up even further. In the current war for talent, organisations are looking further afield at what they can offer employees when it comes to learning and development choices. Technology has been playing catch-up but now it seems there are a multitude of providers out there, improving their offerings all the time.
Perhaps the main attraction of SkillCycle is its all-in-one employee lifecycle suite of services that include performance management, engagement and learning. On top of this, users get a certified coaching marketplace.
Another player in this field is EdCast, which offers a unified learning experience platform designed to enable end-to-end employee journeys across learning, skilling and career mobility. EdCast’s selling point is that with its platforms, businesses can attract, develop and retain a high-performance and future-ready workforce. EdCast has been recognised as a technology pioneer by the World Economic Forum.
The EdCast learning experience platforms’ strength is that it integrates communications and productivity apps in everyday use to functional specific systems. This makes them accessible and practical for employees to use.
