Professional Development in an economic downturn

Gary Allum

So, I started this conversation on LinkedIn, and would love to get some input from the people here as well, centered on customer success. We're in a tough time economy wise, but there are still jobs out there trying to bring in top talent. And for IC's looking to move up the ladder, we need to continue with our development, and this often incurs cost. Do we find ways to just pay for this ourselves and hope we can get an ROI down the line? Do we go to our employers to get them to either pay or help to defray those costs? If we DO go to our employer, what advice do you have for helping make that successful?

Jeff Breunsbach

Our team here at Higher Logic just rolled out stipends for employees to spend on personal development and education. So, I'd say that top employers are thinking about how to retain talent and this might one of those benefits that might go unnoticed but can be appreciated.

I think I'll spend mine on either Writing or No-code type courses to try and develop some skills outside of my day to day.