Online staff training: opportunities and limitations

The article discusses the problem of training the personnel of organizations in the context of pandemic. The goal is to summarize the ideas about online training of personnel and to highlight, based on the advantages and disadvantages of this form of training, the main guidelines in its organization. It is concluded that the transition to distance and mixed forms of education is natural not only as a result of the situation, but as a way to reduce the transaction costs of the employer in this area. Not only the advantages of online learning are considered, but also the disadvantages of both organizational and psychological nature. The main strategic guidelines for training personnel of organizations online are highlighted. It is assumed that the orientation towards life long learning, together with the ability to build individual educational trajectories and developing online training, can become a tool for career development and support of personnel through the coordination of the educational needs of the employee and the objectives of the organization.