Economic shocks provide both risks and opportunities for workplace training programs—the risk of program cancellation or interruption to skills development, and the opportunity to be at the vanguard of economic recovery. This paper analyzes the impact of Covid-19 and the resulting economic shock on training programs in the US using a survey amongst employers participating in training support networks, run from April-June 2021. We anticipate that programs expressly motivated by returns to investment and those that are higher quality and leading to stronger credentials will be most likely to survive the shock and have minimal disruption to skills acquisition. Results suggest that expressed motivations to train are generally not linked to training disruption or skills loss, while there is some evidence of paid programs and those offering better credentials being more likely to survive. Internships and programs that are more demographically diverse show a greater likelihood of disruption and skills loss.

经济冲击为工作场所培训项目提供了风险和机遇——项目取消或技能发展中断的风险，以及成为经济复苏先锋的机会。本文通过对 2021 年 4 月至 6 月期间参与培训支持网络的雇主进行的调查，分析了 Covid-19 的影响以及由此产生的经济冲击。质量更高、证书更可靠的技术最有可能经受住冲击，并且对技能获取的干扰最小。结果表明，表达的培训动机通常与培训中断或技能损失无关，虽然有一些证据表明付费项目和那些提供更好证书的项目更有可能生存下来。人口结构更加多样化的实习和项目更有可能出现中断和技能流失的情况。