reskill

verb

Etymology

From re- + skill.

  1. derived from *(s)kelH-
  2. inherited from *skilōną
  3. derived from skilja
  4. inherited from scilian
  5. inherited from skilen
  6. prefixed as reskill — “re + skill

Definitions

  1. To retrain workers in the skills needed by modern business, especially after redundancy.

    • There are plenty of stories of successful reskilling — optimists often cite a program in Kentucky that trained a small group of former coal miners to become computer programmers — but there is little evidence that it works at scale.
  2. To learn additional skills.

    • To maintain relevance and sustain marketable skills, IT professionals must reskill and reskill and reskill.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA