This article was written for our sponsor, United Way of the Greater Triangle. What do video games have to do with safety and on-the-job training? At Duke Energy, they're one and the same. The artists ...

Quick-service restaurants are facing two major, intertwined challenges: training and labor costs. U.S. unemployment is at a 49-year low, and competition over a diminishing pool of workers has forced ...

As the year comes to an end, the construction industry’s ongoing skilled labor shortage continues to be top-of-mind for many contractors, with an ongoing need for qualified, skilled craft ...

If you're looking for some hot topics in construction, safety and technology have to be two of the hottest. So let's talk about the role technology is playing in safety training. Specifically, safety ...

The introduction of virtual reality (VR) technology has changed the way employers train and improve the skills of their employees. The resulting experience is called immersive learning, as trainees ...

In today’s tight labor market, training has become more critical than ever. Nowhere is that truer than in the retail space, where it is particularly important to train your employees quickly and ...

Staff of the Hicksville Water District were given advanced safety training last week via a virtual reality program created by Bohemia-based New York 811. The New York 811 nonprofit focuses on ensuring ...

In the fast-paced food processing industry, training employees to work safely and efficiently is a must. But that training can be hard to get right — and employee health often rides on its ...

Cadets at the police academy in Cedar Falls, Iowa, first have to obtain a two- or four-year degree in criminal justice or police science before entering the 11-week training course. That’s when the ...

To help give surgeons a leg up in less-invasive spine surgery, NuVasive plans to launch a virtual reality training program that can be completed just about anywhere. Working with the orthopedic VR ...

Virtual reality systems, an up-and-coming industry, is developing a high-tech wave of the future. Even in today’s environment, virtual reality (VR) is reducing risks and incidents for construction ...

Marrian Zhou is a Beijing-born Californian living in New York City. She joined CNET as a staff reporter upon graduation from Columbia Journalism School. When Marrian is not reporting, she is probably ...