retraining programs
Workforce education initiatives
Retraining programs are organized efforts to teach workers new skills, typically when their existing jobs have become obsolete or when they're transitioning to different careers.
Governments and employers offer retraining programs to address technological displacement, industry decline, or workforce shortages: The factory closures left thousands dependent on retraining programs.
The term often appears in policy discussions about automation and economic change.
- career counselingAdvice on work paths
- job placement servicesAssistance finding employment
- apprenticeshipsSupervised vocational training periods
- soft skillsInterpersonal workplace competencies
- reskillingLearning new work capabilities
technical workshops · unemployment office · pink slip · certification programs · trade schools · adult education centers · displaced · coding bootcamps · career transition · second career · new chapter · resume building · skills gap · job placement · job fair · workforce development · government subsidies · interview preparation
retraining programslearning by doing
Acquiring skills through practice
trial and error · apprenticeship · self-directed learning · job shadowing
retraining programsmass layoffs
Simultaneous dismissal of many workers
job elimination · deskilling · downsizing · outsourcing · severance packages