job training programs
Career preparation courses
Job training programs are organized efforts to teach workers skills for employment.
These may be government-funded initiatives for the unemployed, corporate programs for new hires, or vocational courses for career changers.
The programs range from classroom instruction to hands-on apprenticeships: She enrolled in a job training program after the factory closed.
The phrase often appears in policy discussions about workforce development and economic mobility.
- coding bootcampsShort intensive programming courses
- trade schoolsJob-focused training institutions
- medical internshipsSupervised hospital training periods
- technical workshopsStructured skill-building events
- certificationAttestation of qualification
job placement · job fair · apprenticeships · legal internships · mentorship programs · retraining · career change · second chance · back to work · reskilling · on-the-job · workforce development · night classes · underemployment · credentialing · tax incentives · skills assessment · soft skills
- welfarewelfare, welfare reform, welfare system, SNAP benefits, public assistance
- Social Enterprisesocial enterprise, social innovation, ethical business, triple bottom line, impact investing
- welfare programsTANF, food stamps, WIC, Section 8, cash assistance
job training programsacademic degrees
Formal university certifications
liberal arts education · university education · graduate school · classical education · college degrees
job training programslayoffs
Mass job eliminations
workforce reduction · downsizing · job elimination · automation · outsourcing
job training programsautodidacticism
Practice of self-instruction
trial and error · learning by doing · street smarts · natural talent · innate ability