New research suggests training, such as carpentry courses, could help to keep employees happy in the workplace if no promotions or pay rises are possible.
The study conducted by Perspective - an organisation focused on learning management - found that nearly half of the 3,000 respondents to a poll would be happy to learn new skills in a job, if no money for career development was available.
Carpentry courses could be just the thing to raise morale in a firm and managing director of Perspective Paul Davis suggested that training should be at the forefront of employers' minds.
He added: "I fully appreciate that many training budgets have been cut to relieve the strain of the recession but finding and retaining the right staff for a job is harder than ever before."
The Scotsman recently reported that two carpentry students are set to take part in the Scottish heats of SkillBuild, the largest multi-trade competition for trainees and apprentices in the UK.
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