| Career retraining or learning a completely new skill | | | | Some degree of career retraining also happens on a |
| such that one can change one's career is brought on | | | | broader scale to balance the supply and demand of |
| by different circumstances in different people. Many a | | | | specific skill sets. If there is a shortage of labor with a |
| time this option is not so much a choice as a necessity. | | | | specific skill set, some people who were working in |
| Why Retrain? | | | | different jobs might quit for retraining in this one. |
| Such a requirement often develops after a job loss. | | | | Growing industries and technologies witness a large |
| Individuals who have worked for many years suddenly | | | | number of people either learning the required skills or |
| realize that their skill sets are inadequate for them to | | | | leaving their earlier professions to retrain themselves. |
| find a similar job in another company. Learning a new | | | | What You Should Do Before You Take The Plunge |
| skill then is the only option. The need for career | | | | Let us assume that your choice to retrain is a |
| retraining is also brought about by a change in personal | | | | voluntary one. You must first research well before you |
| family situation. One may no longer be willing to travel | | | | opt for a retraining program. You should assess |
| frequently. If travel is a necessary part of one's | | | | whether any of your existing skills will be of use to you |
| present job, then career retraining might become | | | | post your retraining. You must also be aware of the |
| necessary. | | | | fact that in the new career with a new set of skills, |
| Another situation when one voluntarily opts to learn a | | | | your past experience holds no value. You will therefore |
| new skill is when newer job opportunities open up | | | | have to compete for the same job with people |
| which were not available when one started off with | | | | significantly younger than you. |
| one's career. | | | | How Do You Retrain? |
| People sometimes also opt for career retraining when | | | | You will need to join a course which teaches the skills |
| some years after choosing one career they decide | | | | required for the new trade you wish to adopt. While |
| that they never really wanted to do what they are | | | | some of these are regular courses offered by various |
| currently doing. Often, these are people who have had | | | | technical institutions and other institutes, some towns |
| what is referred to as a 'lifelong passion' but | | | | and cities have set up special institutes to retrain |
| circumstances did not allow then to pursue that | | | | workers who have lost their livelihood owing to shutting |
| passion. Maybe pursuit of this lifelong passion required | | | | down of factories in their area. |
| significant investment of both time and money which | | | | If a new job in a new profession has been your |
| was not possible at the start of one's career. Having | | | | dream, then by all means follow your dream. Career |
| worked for a few years, and saved some money, this | | | | retraining is the path that will lead you towards |
| option could now be a possibility. | | | | fulfillment of your dream. |