We respond fast and actively to the detected needs within continuous learning and employment in society
Continuous Learning and Employment
Skills are the best security against changes in work, technology, and the world at large. We need new kinds of skills, individual educational pathways and updating of competence. These needs are catered to by continuous learning.
Continuous learning means continuous development and developing of skills throughout one's lifespan. One part of continuous learning is made up of goal-oriented accumulation of knowledge and skills organised in different ways, whereas another part consists of development in daily life.
The Benefits of Continuous Learning
Our operations focus on career-time continuous learning. At its best, continuous learning is a natural part of a person's career. Simultaneously, it can respond to the changing needs of working life currently and in the future.
The most important benefits of continuous learning for society:
- Competent labour is available for employers.
- Skills and competent labour add to the wellbeing of society.
- Skills and competent labour help in advancing Finland's economic growth.
- Skills development helps with staying in working life or in returning to working life, and thus prevents unemployment, and furthers employment.
The most important benefits of continuous learning for individuals:
- According to research, participating in training increases people's happiness in life.
- Continuous learning is of support in improving and maintaining one's labour status.
- Up-to-date skills and knowledge support wellbeing both at work, and in daily life.
Filling gaps in the Education System with Short-Duration Training
We need more well-targeted training, and training and competence services that are short in duration as part of the supply of education. These services should encourage persons of working age towards continuous learning. The services must quickly and efficiently respond to the constantly changing skills needs of the labour market. At the time of writing, continuous learning is often carried out through degree-awarding education, which is expensive for both the public economy and the individual, as well as slow in relation to the needs of working life. All new skills needs do not need to be responded to by new diplomas, or other formal education. Competence services should thus be organised in a way that would enable the employee to develop their skills more easily than before and flexibly in the form of on-the-job learning.
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