Nearly 71% of 200 workers between the ages of 18 and 60 believe their employers consider training to be important, but only 38% said they received 20 or more hours of training in the last year, according to an online survey by Mindflash. On the other hand, almost 58% of participants said that training was helping them to do their jobs a lot better, while approximately 38% said training helped their job performance “a little.” Along the same lines, a large majority (nearly 67%) said that more training would deliver further on-the-job benefits, and most workers (almost 62%) would be willing to take training courses during non-work hours.
Other survey findings:
- 14% of respondents said their employers offered zero training in the last year.
- More than 12% reported they’d be willing to pay their employers for extra training.
- More than 70% of workers said they’d be willing to spend as much as $1,000 of their own money on more training