How does Nokia view consistant personal growth via external or internal education (Nokia certification, Uni)?

Hi Wayne,

Nokia as an organization gives a lot of opportunities & encouragement on learnings & employee growth. Nokia employees have a library that has world-class content to pick a course from. Additionally, Nokia does provide opportunities to take external courses as long as it is in line with the role individual is performing. Hope this gives you an idea about how Nokia is in terms of developing its employees.

Hi Wayne J., thank you for asking this important question. Because my own studies and career are in adult education, and because I’m part of Nokia’s Product and Technology Learning Services group, your question is particularly applicable for me. Nokia tangibly supports continuous learning and development – where focus on employees’ growth, skills, and development (including business skills, key skills and competencies, technology, certification programs, organizational learning, and Nokia products and solutions) addresses the skill sets needed to be competitive today and maintains Nokia’s technology leadership looking forward.

Nokia employees are encouraged to take ownership of their own development plan and count on their supervisor to help support and provide guidance for success in their current role and their career aspirations. Specific learning and development needs vary from individual to individual, depending on their specific job requirements and their existing knowledge and skills, capacities, and motivations. Research shows that on-the-job learning can have up to three times the impact on individual performance as formal classroom training alone. At Nokia, most of an employee's learning and development typically comes from on-the-job experiences (experiential learning, learning by doing). Workplace learning is supplemented by combinations of professional relationships & networking (learning with and through others) and formal learning experiences (learning through formal training and workshops).

The on-the-job experiences that comprise much of employees’ learning and development might include new project assignments, stretch/challenging assignments, or job rotations. Professional relationships and networking could include mentoring, coaching, and building internal/external networks. For example, Nokia also maintains a formal mentoring program with more than 100 trained mentors. Formal training experiences include options for classroom training, online training, seminars, and workshops. Nokia’s extensive library of classroom and online training titles numbers in the thousands includes both soft skills and hard skills training titles and is available to all Nokia Employees.

Indicative of Nokia’s commitment to employee learning and development too is its “Global Day of Learning” where leaders and panels from across the company speak candidly about their observations, experiences, and the importance of continuous learning in helping foster the high levels of knowledge, skills, attitudes, and behaviors that allow Nokia to sustain and to grow its competitive position and outstanding technology leadership. Thank you again for your question.