Human capital and investment in education are increasingly dominating the discourse in both theory and practice. This discussion reflects a range of situations, from the necessity to reskill employees in declining in dustries via the need to upskill them in a given sector to the need to acquire an entirely new type of qualifications and skills that arise in the context of investments into innovative technological solutions. The aim of this paper is to set the record st raight on the terminological fragmentation in this area. Originating in Anglophone scientific terminology, technical terms such as deskilling, reskilling, upskilling and newskilling and contexts of use. In joint discussions with expe have definite meanings rts dealing with human capital and HR issues, it is the linguists' task to coin relevant neologisms and the functional context for their inclusion into the stylistic system in harmony with the Czech language. It is the author's intention that the Czech equ ivalents of these lexical units and neologisms become firmly established in the professional literature, contributing to the understanding between professionals and helping to achieve the success of companies.