Retraining: Learning New Tricks in a Down Economy

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Some 5.6 million American manufacturing jobs have been lost since 1999, and many of those jobs don't appear to be coming back anytime soon. At least some of the people who worked in manufacturing are trying to learn new job skills: We look at the successes and failures of retraining programs with Takeaway contributor Beth Kobliner. We're also joined by Hal Higdon, president of Ozarks Technical Community College in Springfield, Mo., who says community colleges are too overburdened to be effective; and Robin Ambrosy, laid off in January of 2006 from her job with Sony and now retraining to become an occupational therapist.

Guests:

Robin Ambrosy and Hal Higdon

Contributors:

Beth Kobliner and Jen Poyant

Comments [2]

eva estabrook

please send me any information on any women retraining programs in Springfield Mo and how I can get started in one. Thank you, Eva Estabrook

Oct. 29 2009 07:52 AM
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MK Ultra

Aaah, yeah! First, offshoring jobs is a good thing. Now, we have 'retraining' [[ Comment edited. Stay civil. -Eds ]]

Oct. 27 2009 09:12 PM
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