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A key challenge now that the blue-collar staff is coming back to workplaces is to provide them relevant infrastructure and time for learning.
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The most common challenges employers face during digital training of the blue-collar staff are fewer tools, distracted learners, staying up-to-date with modern technology.
Mumbai: Even when faced with challenges of connectivity and bandwidth, companies across sectors embraced digital training or learning and development (L&D) for blue collar staff, which witnessed from nearly nothing to double fold growth, as the pandemic fast tracked adoption of technology by two decades, says experts.
“Specific to blue collared staff, the thinking was always that they will not be able to learn effectively using technology. COVID-19 has shattered all such assumptions. Many organizations are using digital learning tools to continuously engage with their blue collared employees as they are doing with their white collared employees,�