The article focuses on a surveyed conducted by human resources firm Chandler Macleod Group on employee education and training. More than half of the 1,200 surveyed companies said that education budgets will rise in 2006. Currently, three-quarters of the organizations in Australia and New Zealand spend more than 1 percent of their payrolls on training and education. Chandler Macleod General Manager John Harland said that employee education and training is now a major business priority and organizations are clearly putting their money where their mouth is. The survey also found that the companies believe education and training help recruit workers.