Workplace Learning

After reading some articles, I have learned that every person in America’s workplace has one thing they all need at one point or another and that is retraining. Retraining is significant because of social change and social change affects the workplace. So retooling skills is necessary for longterm success. Business processes and trends change rapidly, therefore workers need to be current with the latest ways to complete business procedures. All American workers can benefit from updating their skills and learning new ones, preparing themselves for tomorrow’s workplace. Retraining gives people in the workforce personal advantage over their competitors and increases a company’s productivity enhancing its competitive advantage in a market. Sources for retraining are federal and state programs, company retraining, Colleges, Universities, apprenticeship, postsecondary vocational schools, labor unions, professional associations, or home study. Because of new technologies, company reorganization, job obsolescence, more money, advancement, a desire for tougher challenges or being straight fired, retraining is a must for every American worker.