Cost may become an issue when it comes to educational seminars. You will often be asked to pay an entry fee, but apart from that, some businesses will ask you to pay for all of the other expenses as well, such as food, transportation and even hotel accommodation. These costs will be a definite disadvantage especially for those employees who are already living on a tight budget.
Attending educational seminars also means time away from work. Although some people may welcome it as a distraction or an escape from routine, it also means less productivity. This usually poses no problem if the end results are greater in the long term. However, sometimes the information presented in the sessions are not of interest or of relevance to the particular individual, and the educational seminar can become a waste of time.
It may be a boost to your knowledge to have attended an educational seminar, but it becomes more stressful for you if your employers' expectations and your professional responsibilities have suddenly increased as a result. To have to keep up and incorporate the new information and knowledge should be a gradual process, but many employers may ignore this fact, leading to more immediate stress and pressure for the employee.
You may assume that you will walk out of educational seminars with a gain in knowledge and expertise. But this is not always the case. Sometimes the information presented is simply not correct or biased and flawed. At other times, the information may not be helpful at all or a simple reiteration of what you already knew in the first place.