retraining

retrain | Business English

retrain
verb
 HR, WORKPLACEuk /riːˈtreɪn/us
[ I ]
to learn new skills, so that you can do a different job:
Older people may not have the time or finances to retrain.
David used to work in the financial sector but retrained as a lawyer.
retrain to become sthHe's currently retraining to become a plumber.
[ T ]
to teach someone new skills, so that they can do a different job:
Existing staff were retrained, and there were no job losses.
retrain staff/workers/employees (to do sth)The airline has promised to retrain its staff to handle disabled people better.

Examples of retrain

retrain
The first was a large-scale external retraining programme in which immigrants could participate without being affiliated to any specific firm.
Likewise, the effect of meaningful sensory stimulation and sensory retraining programmes on the potential for improving functional activity warrants further investigation.
He realized that by retraining old hands he could solve only his immediate problems.
If the network is to be retrained very often (like the adaptive networks we are considering), then these networks are not good candidates.
Restoration of gait in nonambulatory hemiparetic patients by treadmill retraining with partial body-weight support.
In sum, retraining had the most beneficial impact on earnings of both men and women.
The difference that emerges in the importance of retraining among men and women immigrants is of much interest.
Returning to auscultation as the main method of monitoring would require changing training programs and retraining obstetricians throughout the world.
67% retrained for a typical bearing fault case.
Subsidies for the employers of immigrants were less beneficial in this respect than occupational retraining programmes.
Moreover, retraining also improved the chances for occupational mobility among the immigrants over time, regardless of their level of occupation.
If the given representation turns out to be problematic it can be changed and the system retrained using the simulated user5.
One intervention focused on attribution retraining but also cognitive restructuring!, whereas a second intervention focused on modeling, behavioral rehearsal, and coping skills.
Thus, specific focus on attribution retraining can lead to reductions in attributional biases.
They can be adapted in two ways: one is extending the coverage of the generation space, and the other is retraining the decision-maker.
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