Job
Opportunities
Employees who
participate in WEPs are more responsive, flexible, and better
able to take on new responsibilities:
Percentage of Employees Citing Benefits Relating to
Enhanced Job Opportunities
(n=37)
Most employees
interviewed feel that participating in WEPs helps their chances
of being promoted or moved into a different position within the
organization.
"The training
opened up a lot of doors for me."
- Support
Associate,
Large Eastern Hospital
Almost 80 per cent of
employees interviewed stated that the training helped people in
their organization be promoted and over 50 per cent said that it
improved their own chances of being transferred to a different
area of the organization.
Participating in WEPs gives
employees more opportunities to get and keep the kinds of jobs
they want. In some cases, the training results in a promotion
for the employee.
"Because
of the training, I received my GED and moved up to a
Supervisor in the Dietary Department. All the classes that I
received helped to get me where I am today and also to keep
my job."
-
Food Service Aid Supervisor,
Western Hospital
WEPs promote skills that help
employees to be able to take on diverse tasks. Because the
training broadens employee skill sets, their adaptability and
flexibility is enhanced. This often leads to employees being
given increased responsibilities within the organization.
Training for one employee working for a sheet metal manufacturer
allowed him to increase his responsibilities from simply sawing
and cutting material to include receiving materials, placing
orders, and controlling inventory. Training opened up new
challenges for him and he feels confident in his ability to
adapt to these new requirements. Another employee felt that the
English-language training was a major step forward in terms of
opening doors for employees whose first language is not English.
"There
is a lot of fear among non-native English speakers. Language
seems like a barrier to moving around in a company. They feel
very uncomfortable around English speakers."
-
Assistant Manager, Housekeeping,
Large Northwestern Hotel
Training also opens up
opportunities for employees to participate in organizational
tasks that were previously closed to them; including
inter-departmental teams and reviews.
"Getting
involved in the training has allowed me to be included on
teams I normally wouldn’t have been on. For example, I was
asked to be on a team to do a time study in order to
redesign the assembly areas to improve the flow. If I hadn’t
taken the course I wouldn’t have been asked."
-
Mechanical Drafter,
Eastern Components Manufacturing Company
Even when employees do not
immediately receive a promotion or a sought-after transfer,
taking part in training often changes the way that they are
perceived by their supervisors and others within the
organization.
"I
haven’t had a promotion yet, but I believe that
participating in the training had made other people look at
me in a different light—it has improved my image and
status."
-
Housekeeper,
Medium-sized Southern Hospital
Ultimately, all of these
factors result in employees being given opportunities to do the
kinds of jobs they want.
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