It has a dedicated foreign-language school with international teachers and touts its English-language teaching skills, the foreign studies of many of its faculty members and its alliances with foreign schools.

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Learn a foreign language, improve your digital media skills, take an improv class to improve listening and spontaneity.

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American skilled workers have distinct advantages over foreign workers, namely managerial ability, communication skills (because of language), and knowledge of firms and the U.S. market.

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Worse, the job may not require the skills accumulated in college, but supplemental skills developed while pursuing some hobby like graphic design, a foreign language or familiarity with a statistical package.

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Its steep learning curve is not something to shy away from -- much like learning a foreign language, once immersed in the game play, players will pick up the necessary skills along the way.

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He had figured out the trick to landing a great foreign job in a tough economy: You want to have specialized knowledge and strong language and cultural skills.

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