http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16064-2004Apr15.html A Difficult Lesson Job Retraining, Though Touted, Often Fails the Test By Nell Henderson Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, April 16, 2004; Page E01 After Jerry Nowadsky lost two machinist jobs in a row, watching as his employers in Iowa moved the work to other countries, he decided to go back to school to study computers. The coursework was hard for a middle-aged former factory worker who hadn't been in a classroom for decades, recalled Nowadsky, now 49. But he earned a certificate and set out a year ago to find work in computer systems maintenance and assistance. Instead he found a job market awash with unemployed computer workers. . . .
