Upskilling courses help 96% of professionals in India improve in their jobs within a year of undertaking the courses, reports CXO Today, citing the Emeritus India Impact Survey. The number of professionals who undertook programmes on leadership belonged primarily to the software and IT services, and manufacturing sectors in the job roles of human resources and talent, as well as, operations. Leadership programmes also enabled 63% of the surveyed learners to advance in their careers and leapfrog others in the profession, the survey found.

Meanwhile, 71% of professionals who took upskilling programmes said the programmes were particularly valuable in imparting the ‘much-needed tools and strategies’ which could be immediately applied to their work. Nearly 68% of them also said the programmes helped them be more efficient and effective in their jobs.