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n the region of 70 per cent of the 551 planners who responded to our survey said they would like more training in technical, management soft skills, with a few more emphasising project management. Sixty-two per cent told us they were happy with opportunities for development provided by their employers (meaning close to 40 per cent are not), and the greater portion of planners prefer to receive training from external courses than other formats. Dig into the figures and some interesting stories start to suggest themselves. Notably, as we report on pages 6-7, there is a discrepancy between the workplace experiences
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reported by private and public sector planners. For example, 77 per cent of private sector planners were happy with opportunities for development compared with just 54 per cent of their public sector counterparts. Almost half of public sector planners, therefore, said they were not satisfied with a key element of their career progress. Their comments indicated that this is almost certainly a story about resourcing. The survey tells us, too, that people’s training needs are very similar across sectors. But, unsurprisingly, they differ at different stages of planners’ careers. So, early-years planners have
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