HR & People Jargon · Vice President level

"Reskill"

"Reskill" means to train employees to do a different kind of work, typically because their current role is being automated or eliminated.

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How "Reskill" shows up at work

HR and VP-level leaders use this when the honest sentence would be "some of your jobs are going away." The training program mentioned alongside it is rarely as robust as the announcement suggests.

Buzzword

We're investing in programs to reskill employees ahead of the platform migration.

Plain English

We're offering training to prepare employees for different work after the platform migration.

Corporate Rank: Vice President · Category: HR & People Jargon

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