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Employee training
How video game training can boost employee performance
by
David Brancaccio
and Alex Schroeder
Oct 25, 2023
A recent study by Harvard and Columbia universities finds "gamified" training can lead to better business outcomes.
Amazon's massive retraining investment includes nursing and aircraft mechanic degrees
Jul 11, 2019
The company will prepare 100,000 workers for advances in automation — and for new ventures it's exploring.
Construction backlog has builders upbeat, but workers are hard to find
by
Adrian Ma
Feb 11, 2019
According to a recent survey, 78 percent of construction contractors are having a hard time finding workers to fill open positions.
How employee training has suffered in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis
by
David Brancaccio
, Daniel Shin
and Redmond Carolipio
Sep 26, 2018
Why the concept of developing workers' skills is still recovering from the Great Recession.
"SNL's" Claire from HR nails workplace harassment, but she won’t be part of your training
Nov 13, 2017
About 48 percent of women have experienced sexual harassment in the workplace.
MOOCs 2.0, the corporate edition
by
Molly Wood
Mar 2, 2015
Massive open online courses are gaining popularity in job training.
For public good, not for profit.
Why 'Apple University' teaches new hires Picasso
by
Kai Ryssdal
Aug 11, 2014
The New York Times' Brian Chen on the tech giant's employee training program.
The state of job training around the world: What job training?
Jul 18, 2013
Five years after the Great Recession, industrialized countries are still down about 16 million jobs. And many of those without work are in need of a skills upgrade.
Federal job retraining programs are running out of money
by
Kai Ryssdal
Apr 9, 2012
The economy's doing better, but unemployment is still at over 8 percent. Lots of jobless workers have turned to federally-funded retraining programs, but as New York Times reporter Motoko Rich reports, funding is running dry.