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A New Push For Vocational Education in Chicago and the U.S. – The 312 – February 2012 – Chicago
Yesterday the city announced a $479 million capital plan to support the city colleges’ “College to Careers” program, which, in part, would rebuild and expand Malcolm X College, “including a new Allied Health Academy that will strengthen ties to the Illinois Medical District.” As Deanna Isaacs of the Reader noted in its wake: According to … Continue reading
India | Now, a college degree in vocational education – Times Of India
For years, India’s basic collegiate education had been segregated into three distinct academic islands: the masses pursued humanities, the ones with shining score cards took to the sciences and the rest who wanted to pick up the tools of trade, opted for commerce. Now students can venture into a fourth dimension: a bachelor’s in vocation … Continue reading
Top 10 skills and competencies: teamwork : graduate jobs, careers, recruitment TARGETjobs
The message from employers is clear: academic qualifications alone are not enough to get you a graduate job. They want to see evidence of your employability skills – the competencies that will enable you to contribute well in the workplace. But what are these key skills, and how do you show you have them? To … Continue reading
Resume your kills – jobsearch.about.com
What should you – and shouldn’t you – include in the skills section of your resume? What’s important when listing your skills on your resume is to consider relevancy. What skills do you have that show you are qualified for the jobs for which you are applying? A resume skills section should include your skill … Continue reading
OECD: Matching skills to new needs is an important challenge for member countries
“It is not just more of the same education that is needed” says the OECD, “the nature of the skills in demand is changing too.” The author adds: “The steepest decline in the demand for skills has recently occurred in routine cognitive task input, involving mental tasks that are well described by deductive or inductive rules… … Continue reading
Breaking New Ground: Building a National Workforce Skills Credentialing System
An ACT (American College Testing up to 1996) report introduces the need and associated benefits for establishing a national workforce credentialing system, as we know of no other set of activities more important than getting a critical mass of state, national, and public and private workforce leaders to co-construct this foundational framework to address … Continue reading
LinkedIn Skills / How to optimize
LinkedIn Skills is a means of adding a skill set to your profile in your areas of expertise to help users build an enhanced profile that matches searches while at the same time introduces users to the top people, companies and also jobs that are seeking a specific skill set. Read More @ HOW TO: Optimize … Continue reading
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