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  • verb transitive to teach someone additional skills, especially as an alternative to redundancy
  • verb intransitive to acquire such additional skills

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Examples

  • 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.

    Belfasttelegraph.co.uk - Frontpage RSS Feed 2010

  • 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'.

    EurActiv.com 2009

  • I seriously include attendance to a festival as part of your professional development as it has the opportunity for: individuals to upskill or take on new information the industry to promote quality practice and encouragement of open discussion within advisory or focus groups. promotion of both professional and social networks individuals to test out or experience new technologies. individuals to seek out mentors in a relaxed environment.

    Writers Festivals as Professional Development « Write Anything 2009

  • We can use apprenticeships not just as a way of starting people in their careers but enabling them to upskill and reskill.

    John Hayes: 'Adult education is a vital tool for social mobility and justice' 2011

  • They have to upskill themselves by focusing better.

    Charles van Commenee stands firm in row with Phillips Idowu 2011

  • If it has been a genuine attempt to retrain and upskill then we should see the benefits in the long term.

    Two sides of the coin Dylan Jones-Evans 2009

  • Phyllis Starkey was made to say that “in this global economy, we need upskill workers” – removing the incentive for them to choose welfare over work would be a start.

    Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me 2008

  • Phyllis Starkey was made to say that “in this global economy, we need upskill workers” – removing the incentive for them to choose welfare over work would be a start.

    Dogged resistance from Brown over Northern Rock 2008

  • “Low hanging fruit” is common enough around here, but “upskill” and “digitalwise” are new to me.

    New Office Bingo words 2006

  • For a business like that you need to have the best and newest IT and you also need to upskill constantly.

    Open Debate: The True Costs of Starting a Freelance Business 2008

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  • To combat pirates getting on air, Mercer's team is "upskilling" – learning a new bag of internet and surveillance tricks . . .

    New Scientist, 6 June 2009

    June 8, 2009