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2018 Workplace Learning Report
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2018 Workplace Learning Report

The Rise and Responsibility of Talent Development in the New Labor Market

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Will a robot take your job? If soft skills are your strength in the workplace, then probably not. Developing employee skills such as communication and leadership is a priority for talent managers. The popular LinkedIn Learning platform surveyed 4,000 professionals on the state of employee training today. If you can stand a little repetition, this report will help keep company talent developers, executives and managers current with evolving workplace learning trends. 

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Talent developers face growing pressure to help a diverse workforce learn relevant new skills as workplaces become more automated. In a 2018 survey, 4,000 professionals on LinkedIn identified several critical trends in workplace learning. Only a third were willing to endorse their own learning programs. 

Employees, managers, talent developers and executives agree that talent development is vital and that soft skills are the most important...

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LinkedIn Learning is an online learning platform that offers expert-led Lynda.com courses driven by insights from 530 million professionals on LinkedIn.

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