Inclusive Workplace
Talent Development
Through diversified educational training, USI helps its employees cultivate professional abilities and grow, and improve in learning effectiveness. The most important learning and development system in the USI cultivation program is USI University (USIU). USIU sets up "College of Management, College of Technology, College of Quality, College of Manufacturing, and General Knowledge Center". The USIU President is served by the president, and the deans of the colleges and General Knowledge Center are respectively served by the vice presidents with prestigious and professional knowledge in each field. USIU integrates global learning resources for employees to learn and develop. For Dual Career Ladder and Learning Model information, please refer to “ Work in USI ”.
Dual Career Ladder
USIU provides a holistic learning and development framework for employees to actively retain talents, by strengthening "Dual Career System" of management and professional positions. With a mission of realizing high operational performance, USI establishes an innovative learning environment and is committed to improving the employee professional quality, leadership management and innovative research and development capabilities inside the organization. It has targeted employees with different competences to plan various employee training and courses, provide them a complete learning platform, help them to solve work issues, and enhance their professional capability to reach organizational targets. We take Human Capital Return on Investment (HC ROI) to evaluate the effectiveness of various talent training and development projects. In 2022, the Company's overall HC ROI is 2.6.
In 2022, our total training hours reached 480,548 hours, and on average, every employee was trained 28.8 hours. The training statistics for each employee category are as follows:
Year | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | ||
Category | Average Training Hours | Average Training Hours | Average Training Hours | Total Training Hours | No. of Trained Employees | Average Training Hours |
Male Employee | 25.1 | 35.3 | 34.8 | 300,950 | 9,271 | 32.5 |
Female Employee | 19.6 | 25.8 | 25.4 | 179,598 | 7,389 | 24.3 |
Management Position | 34.9 | 20.4 | 25.9 | 24,463 | 1,061 | 23.1 |
Technical Position | 22.0 | 25.3 | 27.9 | 157,839 | 3,543 | 44.5 |
Administrative Position | 19.3 | 17.6 | 21.1 | 42,885 | 2,044 | 21.0 |
Skilled Position | 22.2 | 35.7 | 33.4 | 255,365 | 10,012 | 25.5 |
New Employees | 13.4 | 20.6 | 16.1 | 231,356 | 9,434 | 24.5 |
All Employees | 22.6 | 31.0 | 30.7 | 480,548 | 16,660 | 28.8 |
Note: For details on training hours, please refer to the ESG report and the analysis of regional differences .
Strengthen Employee Sustainable Employment Ability and Lifelong Learning Program
- Life-long Learning Programs
- USI has enhanced employees' sustainable employment ability, assisted employees doing acquiring skill and ability management and lifetime learning programs that are required for a job transfer in the future. Starting from 2018, a total of 157 employees have been supported to obtain academic qualifications/degrees, and a total of 24 employees have been supported to obtain bachelor's degrees in 2022, majoring in preschool education, human resources management, environmental design, engineering management, business administration, investing, information engineering, and logistics management.
- Professional Skills Certification
- USI promotes the job certification system and establishes an inspection mechanism for the professional ability that each position should have. In 2019, Kunshan Facility became the first batch of high-skilled certification enterprises in Jiangsu Province. In 2021, it has already had the ability to certify three types of jobs (as special installation and adjustment electronic equipment technician, debugging broadcasting and communication equipment technician, and electronic installation in broadcasting and communication equipment technician) and four levels of qualifications for junior, middle, high, and advanced technicians. As of 2022, a total of 249 junior technicians, 550 intermediate technicians, 578 senior technicians, 157 advanced technicians. 1,534 skilled workers have been trained and certificated in total.
- The Company conducts functional trainings for management and professional positions every year. In terms of management positions training, in order to ensure that the management talents within the enterprise are connected, management cadres are arranged to receive training for managers at all levels, and a succession plan is made for the organization. For example, the Leadership Development Strategy Program (TWI/MIT/MTP) is to strengthen the management ability to improves the work efficiency of themselves and their subordinates. The estimated benefit is CNY 3.58 million. In terms of professional positions skills certification, such as the High Skill (Lean Production) Certification Program, the course is to enhance employees’ key competencies of analysis and problem-solving. Through taking the certification course, a clear technical career roadmap is provided for the employees' self-development. The annual estimated benefit of this course is CNY 78.63 million.
- In addition, the Company organizes lectures, forums, and job rotations to do the real practice, etc. to cultivate the abilities of employees at all levels to take up new positions. In 2022, a total of 753 people took the challenge of new positions successfully, and the estimated benefit is CNY 129.9 million.
- Internal Instructor Training Program
- USI has trained and certified employees through the internal instructor system to serve as lecturers, forming a good knowledge inheritance culture, and giving full play to internal human resources and influence to provide employees with high-quality and forward-looking courses to cultivate world-class talents for the Company to enhance the Company's global competitiveness. As of the end of 2022, the number of the instructors who complete the internal instructor program is 1,118.
Unit: # | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | |
Internal Instructor | Male | 414 | 586 | 580 | 774 |
Female | 194 | 247 | 287 | 344 | |
Total | 608 | 833 | 867 | 1,118 |