Singapore employees fall short in global survey on taking responsibility for upgrading their own skills
Number of Singaporean workers who feel they should pursue their own learning and development is eight per cent less than the global average
By Sujin Thomas
Nine in 10 global employees, or 91 per cent, say that it is their personal responsibility to keep up with the best practices through learning and development opportunities.
However fewer Singapore employees felt that way (83 per cent) as compared to the global average, according to the Randstad Workmonitor Report for the third quarter of this year.
In the region, Hong Kong (91 per cent) and Malaysia (96 per cent) employees saw a greater need to pursue learning and development on their own.
One-third of Malaysia’s employees said they are open to investing their own time and money in an online course (35 per cent) and curriculum (39 per cent) in order to stay competitive.
Meanwhile, nearly half (49 per cent) of Hong Kong employees have taken a curriculum course in the last 12 months and 39 per cent are willing to pay for a programme themselves.