The steep economic downturn is causing a large number of job losses. As unemployment worsens, some local governments have started offering job opportunities to those who have been fired. Along with such measures, there is a pressing need for both the central and local governments to provide adequate vocational training for the unemployed.
Traditionally, companies provided on-the-job training to pass down skills to newly employed workers. But as more companies cut production costs by relying on a large number of temporary workers, their capacity to provide job training has declined.
Job training, however, is becoming all the more important. Training not only helps people find work; it also helps companies get competent workers. If the number of workers lacking skills or professional licenses keeps increasing, the quality of the nation's human resources will deteriorate. And such a trend would eventually weaken the nation's social fabric.