Essential Skills Day
The second annual Essential Skills Day took place on Friday, September 23, 2011 during Learn@Work Week. Check out our photo gallery showcasing the different ways ABC staff practiced their Essential Skills on Essential Skills Day.
Essential Skills Day raises awareness of the nine essential skills as defined by the Government of Canada and looks at the importance of skills training in the workplace.
For more information on Essential Skills, download our free tools and resources to help you spread awareness of the importance of workplace training.
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Read more about the nine essential skills and how they play a role in your job.
Celebrate Essential Skills Day
This September, ABC Life Literacy Canada will help raise awareness of essential skills and the importance of skills training in the workplace. Read more
Five signs your workers may be struggling with literacy and essential skills
- Change initiatives often fail or are slow to be implemented.
- Employees are reluctant to participate in team meetings and avoid training sessions.
- Excellent employees continually turn down promotion opportunities.
- Staff make excuses. For example, “I’ll read it later,” or “ I forgot my glasses,” when put in situations where reading or writing is required.
- Employee absenteeism is high.
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