The finding was made in a report by edtech firm upGrad and industry body FICCI Bengaluru: A report released on Tuesday by edtech firm upGrad and industry body FICCI said business leaders are looking to re-skill their existing talent pool, over new hirings.
The findings of the report ‘High-Impact Online Learning at Scale’ said 87% of the business leaders upGrad interviewed during the Covid-19 crisis said that they are looking to reskill over hiring.
It also said that re-skilling existing employees is always more economical than hiring new ones. Additionally, 75% of the respondents to the upGrad survey said that they considered reskilling successful, in their respective organisations.