Continuous learning benefits both you and your employer

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• Competence development
• Job seeking
• Jäsenyys
• Member benefit
• Studies

In working life, continuous learning is a strength for both the employee and the employer and helps you stay up-to-date and competitive. So take advantage of your YTK Worklife Membership and develop your skills for the world of work with Eduhouse’s thousands of online training courses. You can also discuss training with your employer and ask if you could train during working hours – the Work Life online training library is completely free for members!

We want to make it as easy as possible for our members to develop their skills and acquire new ones (or update old ones!). That’s why we’re offering you the Online Training Library for Working Life, or access to Eduhouse’s extensive range. As a member of YTK Worklife, you get access to thousands of topical and high-quality training courses in the form of recordings, interactive distance learning and podcasts. Topics include:

• artificial intelligence
• communication and interaction
• productivity and time management
• well-being
• leadership
• Microsoft 365 software
• Adobe software
• project management
• information security
• social media
• financial management
• human resources, payroll and legal services

Whether you’re in the workforce, a jobseeker or an employer, you’ll benefit from the training. Get started by registering with OMA+ to take advantage of this benefit worth hundreds of euros!

Be brave and ask for working time for training – it’s a win-win

Have you ever thought about asking your employer to allow you to attend training sessions during working hours? It’s also a great benefit for your employer to keep your skills up to date and developed – it can even be a competitive advantage! Up-to-date skills and professional development often improve employee efficiency, motivation, job satisfaction and commitment.

By agreeing with your employer on the training that interests you, you can make a difference to your own work, well-being and career development. It also helps the whole organisation to stay competitive and innovative.

Online training is easy to fit flexibly into your and your employer’s schedules – anytime, anywhere!

Suggest training, for example in a performance appraisal interview

Performance appraisals are an excellent opportunity to plan and agree on your training in a way that supports the development of your personal skills as well as the objectives of your employer and the organisation.

The online training library is hosted on Eduhouse, where you can design and create learning paths that fit your and your employer’s specific objectives. In this way, they become an integral part of maintaining your skills and your development plan as an employee. Your achievements are saved in your profile and you can also save certificates for the training you have completed.

Remember these:

• Make sure you are registered and logged in
  By registering as a user of the Online Library of Working Life through OMA+, you will benefit from your membership. With a YTK Worklife membership, you will have access to a range of training courses tailored to our members, as well as interactive distance learning courses, free of charge.
• Map your skills needs
  Find out what you know now and where you want to develop. This will help you better find the right training.
• Set a training target
  What do you want to achieve through training? For example, learning a specific skill, career progression or an organisational change goal.
• Choose the right training
  Look together with your employer or suggest a specific training course, training package or study pathway in the Online Training Library for Working Life.
• Agree a timetable and working hours with your employer
  When will you complete the training and how much working time can you use?
• Track and evaluate
  Define how the impact of participation in training will be monitored. For example, discussing what you have learnt, how you have put it into practice or how you have shared your knowledge with others.