The performance of your business is only as good as the skills your employees have. But what are the most important talents in the modern workplace? TAFE Enterprise collected data from over 400 Australian businesses to find out what managers are looking for in their employees today. Make sure your team ticks these boxes!
Technical skills
Meaningful insights, analysis of your work and a clear vision for improvement is what managers are expecting from employees. So being equipped with the latest research and analysis techniques will certainly be beneficial for you as an employee. If you’re a business owner, it might be worth investing in training your employees to do that. Being able to gather information and make improvements to their work processes with autonomy means your employees will be less dependant on each other and, as a result, more efficient in what they do.
IT skills
While research and analysis is technically a computer skill, ‘IT skills’ in this case mean using up-to-date apps and programmes. Trello, Slack, Dropbox, Hootsuite, etc. – if you or your team are still not using these and many other extremely efficient websites in your work, you need to get this sorted right now. You’ll be surprised how much time it can save your team and how transparent the workflow becomes when everyone is involved in updating these apps. Here are some more websites to improve your productivity we can recommend.
Leadership skills
Exceptional teamwork abilities, professional written and verbal communication and problem-solving experience are in high-demand in 47% of companies, no matter what position we’re talking about. It’s been proven that employees with these skills are often more willing to learn something new, both within the industry and out, constantly broaden their soft skills and adapt to ever-changing realities. Coaching your team with industry experts is what grows these skills the best.
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