But with technical skills in relatively short supply, few industries face greater competition for talent than engineering and architecture.
If you're willing to move on short notice and have technical skills in engineering, procurement or logistics, consider relief work, Siegel suggests.
Because technical skills are in such high demand with limited supply, employers are willing to pay a premium for these workers.
Technical skills, particularly in information technology, are lacking in many parts of the region, even India.
One of the first offline training sessions will take place with Microsoft-managed partners in Ivory Coast in the coming months, focusing on capacity building in business and technical skills for Microsoft's partners in Francophone West Africa.
"This suggests that those without technical skills that are currently in demand could be frozen out of the workforce, " John Salt, director of Totaljobs, told the BBC.
The Project provides technical assistance to develop skills in curriculum development and curriculum assessment, thereby increasing the value added of the new curriculum in terms of impact on students' knowledge acquisition and their achievement.
Ben and Jason both talked about the leadership and team building skills they have learned in this competition in addition to the technical skills needed to develop products.
For many years, higher education not easily accessible, affordable, or available for the vast majority of the population has focused on training young workers only in basic technical skills.
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Now, given the training that we go through, and given the complex, international web that makes up many businesses, strategic problem-solvers with technical skills have the distinct advantage in my mind.
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If the new French president "gets his way and we enter a golden era of infrastructure spending someone in the private sector will have to provide the material and technical skills to deliver the projects on time and in good order, " said Stephen Pope, managing partner at Spotlight Ideas.
Current plans call for intensive classroom training in advanced technical and leadership skills, a broad range of work assignments and the use of company leaders as personal mentors.
Asked about her perception of major challenges, Ms Bokova noted that the growing demand worldwide to improve technical and vocational education and skills (TVET) in a context of global economic crisis.
At the Centres, youths can study e-learning modules including the Microsoft Digital Literary Curriculum , as well as take accredited courses in both business and entrepreneurial and technical skills.
The UN agencies involved in this proposal will bring their specific technical and management skills to the Programme.
They argue that recent aerodynamic, electronic and material development advances in Japan point to the existence of the appropriate technical skills necessary for Japan to build the FS-X without U.S. participation.
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How you handle confrontation in the office may be as important as networking and technical skills.
But this is where my change of opinion kicked off the intensity of the flavors and technical skills of the presentation meant this seemingly simple dish could have been served in any three-star Michelin restaurant.
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Programs are being unleashed to directly profit criminal gangs, many based in Eastern Europe, over those which are designed to show off technical skills or cause nuisance.
Neely worries about a "lost generation" of job seekers and encourages young people to focus on gaining skills that are in demand skills in areas such as the sciences, math, engineering and other technical areas.
Students are immersed in real-life situations that force them to develop fresh technical knowledge, interpersonal skills, and mental fortitude.
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The Westminster government has also announced its intention to bring in a "technical baccalaureate" for England, showing young people's abilities in maths, literacy and vocational skills.
She draws on skills she learnt in her previous two careers (she was an English teacher and then a technical writer for a software company), such as leadership and attention to detail.
And I am particularly thrilled that this bill invests in community colleges across our country so that more students can gain the knowledge and technical job skills that they need to compete and succeed.
In her early years, apparently, her interpersonal skills were inferior to her user focus and technical prowess.
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There will also be greater provision for vocational training in secondary schools, which she said would enable 200, 000 young people to acquire technical and craft skills.
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