Definition of "upskill" [upskill]

• To teach someone additional skills, especially as an alternative to redundancy (verb)
• To acquire such additional skills (verb)

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• "Government schemes to "upskill" and "retrain" reach relatively few of the unemployed and, in any case, may miss the importance of being left out of important networks as a key issue for the long-term unemployed."
• "We need to build a sectoral social dialogue so people can be consulted as regards restructuring, secondly the transition should be made with proper training and social protection as workers 'upskill'."
• "They have to upskill themselves by focusing better."