retrainees
Workers learning anew
Retrainees are people undergoing retraining—workers learning new skills to adapt to changed job requirements or shift careers.
The term appears in discussions of workforce development and economic transitions: The program helped retrainees from the coal industry find jobs in renewable energy.
Learning new work capabilities
- upskillingLearning new work abilities
- career changeMoving to different occupation
- job placementMatching workers to positions
- vocationalRelated to skilled work
unemployment · displaced workers · employment center · job market · workforce development · apprenticeship · certification · skills gap
Reducing workforce or scale
- restructuringRearranging an existing framework
- severanceTermination pay or disconnection
- outplacementJob-search help for terminated employees
- career counselingAdvice on work paths
skills assessment · reassignment · layoffs · human resources · talent development · organizational change · merger · acquisition
Former armed forces members
- dischargeRelease of substance outward
- GI BillVeteran education benefit
- demobilizationEnding wartime military readiness
- service membersMilitary organization employees
reservists · reintegration · veteran affairs · armed forces · separation · post-service · enlistment · career soldiers
Those who commit wrongs
- prisonersIncarcerated individuals
- incarceratedConfined in prison
- correctionalAimed at rehabilitation
- paroleConditional early release
probation · recidivism · ex-convicts · reentry · reform · rehabilitation center · second chance · restorative justice
reskilling
Learning new work capabilities
- upskillingLearning new work abilities
- career changeMoving to different occupation
- job placementMatching workers to positions
vocational · unemployment · displaced workers · employment center · job market · workforce development · apprenticeship · certification · skills gap · redundancy
downsizing
Reducing workforce or scale
- restructuringRearranging an existing framework
- severanceTermination pay or disconnection
- outplacementJob-search help for terminated employees
career counseling · skills assessment · reassignment · layoffs · human resources · talent development · organizational change · merger · acquisition · workforce reduction
veterans
Former armed forces members
- dischargeRelease of substance outward
- GI BillVeteran education benefit
- demobilizationEnding wartime military readiness
service members · reservists · reintegration · veteran affairs · armed forces · separation · post-service · enlistment · career soldiers · defense
offenders
Those who commit wrongs
- prisonersIncarcerated individuals
- incarceratedConfined in prison
- correctionalAimed at rehabilitation
parole · probation · recidivism · ex-convicts · reentry · reform · rehabilitation center · second chance · restorative justice · halfway house
retraineesexperts
Highly skilled practitioners
veterans · masters · skilled workers · old hands · subject matter experts