This post is provided by guest blogger, Sejdije Fejza, graduate student at the University of St. Francis in Joliet, MS in Training and Development program.

In this article published by Society for Human Resource Management, Nicole Lewis (2022) explains that one inhibitor of employee retention is the employee not achieving a sense of growth in the workplace. Additionally, the pandemic promoted quantity of training. However, employees are looking for quality and relative purpose. Lewis (2022) presents the solution of alignment. This means that learning designers should first identify the performance gaps within the company or individual employee. Once needs are identified, the trainer should work to keep learning related to those needs through other technological strategies such as virtual reality and contextually relevant platforms such as YouTube. 

Individuals will find this article useful if they are teams who are researching best practices in learning strategies. Others include institutions or designers who may have already provided too many resources and are now looking to decrease learning inventory in the efforts to become more aligned. This source originated from the Society of Human Resource Management which is a source used by many in the field to retain their employees or refer to laws and other information relating to human resources and employee development. 

Reference

Lewis, N. (2022, September 14). Learning technologies will drive innovation and growth, study shows. SHRM. https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/hr-topics/technology/pages/learning-technologies-will-drive-innovation-and-growth-study-shows.aspx