Overview
Retraining the American Workforce is a detailed study of corporate retaining from the viewpoint of the training practitioner and human resource manager. Stressing the need for corporate involvement with retraining, the book outlines a strategy with which corporations can help prevent skill-obsolescence and reduce layoffs and worker dislocation. Valuable chapters deal with outplacement and career transitions for workers following layoffs and the special problems of retraining the older worker.Trainers and managers who are involved with retraining programs will find this book an important resource in helping workers to cope with the major transitions they face.In an era of budget deficits, corporate takeovers, and trade legislation, the retraining of American workers has become a crucial political and business issue. Today’s corporations need to adopt a proactive strategy to address this crisis—a strategy that links training and retraining to the company’s long-range planning process. This will take the cooperative effort of human resource professionals and executives, and Retraining the American Workforce can be a crucial part of this effort. As the first practical study of corporate retraining, this book provides both a broad, informational overview of retraining—why it us necessary and how it differs from traditional training—and a detailed, practical guide to the design and delivery of retraining programs.Retraining the American Workforce is a vital resource for human resource professionals, strategic planners, and executives who need to initiate and support long-range plans for the workforce. Miller covers all the essentials of developing effective retraining programs.American business is changing from an industrial to a service-based economy while it struggles to deal with the challenge of new foreign competition and deregulation in many industries. These much-discussed developments are also causing sweeping changes in the skills required to work productively and the tragic dislocation of workers. Retraining these workers for jobs in the new economy is increasingly becoming a concern of the private sector, as well as the federal and state governments.