9. Retraining

Many people who found that their job had disappeared because of the introduction of computers have had to re-train.

They might have been kept on to do the same role but using a computer rather than doing things by hand.

Or if their job disappeared completely, they would probably have had to train and learn a whole new set of skills.

Training can be given by people within the company or often by an external company.

Training is a large industry in itself because of the demand to keep up with the latest developments.

Whatever method is used , training is expensive. While the person is learning to use the new technology, they are not working to full capacity.