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Author(s) -
O’Heir Jeff
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
mechanical engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.117
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1943-5649
pISSN - 0025-6501
DOI - 10.1115/1.2021-sep2
Subject(s) - workforce , work (physics) , covid-19 , isolation (microbiology) , engineering , engineering management , engineering ethics , business , political science , mechanical engineering , medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , law , biology
Engineering companies have been investing in training to bring their existing workforce up to speed. Over the last year, as workplaces became remote, online learning opportunities have helped in upskilling and reskilling the engineering workforce. Conversations with experts unearthed many lessons learned from dealing with the chaos, disruption, isolation, and frustration born from COVID 19. But those hard-won lessons, the experts warned, would be in vain unless all stakeholders work together toward implementing the changes needed to turn the best of them into reality.