Reskill
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To retrain workers in the skills needed by modern business, especially after redundancy. ambitransitive
"In the existing work force also, not only among the new entrants, we are caught up in a treadmill of retraining, reskilling, retooling the current work force for job descriptions that are as narrow and as shortsighted as the ones they have just come from."
- 2 To learn additional skills. ambitransitive
"To maintain relevance and sustain marketable skills, IT professionals must reskill and reskill and reskill."
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
More examples"In the existing work force also, not only among the new entrants, we are caught up in a treadmill of retraining, reskilling, retooling the current work force for job descriptions that are as narrow and as shortsighted as the ones they have just come from."
Etymology
From re- + skill.