However, we all know that in today's economy, a high school diploma is usually not enough to prepare students for the high-skill, high-paying jobs of the 21st century.
Now, a lot of the outsourcing that was referred to in the question really has to do with the fact that our economy -- if it's dependent on low-wage, low-skill labor, it's very hard to hang on to those jobs because there's always a country out there that pays lower wages than the U.S. And so we've got to go after the high-skill, high-wage jobs of the future.
Similarly, why do we see such concentration of high-skill industries in high-cost cities?
He has nothing but praise for the skill and high quality of Italian engineering graduates.
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But the rough is only marginally thicker than at some regular Tour events and winning the Players does not require the same level of skill, high-wire daring and mental endurance that winning a major does.
As an example, the authors note that most high-skill jobs require only a high-school education in conjunction with on-the-job training.
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In Britain and America, low-skill wages have fallen relative to high-skill wages.
Consequently, low-skill immigrants enable us to gain more benefits from high-skill people.
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Some argue against high skill immigration and oppose companies spreading work around the globe.
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In other words, the U.S. government would be wise to reform its laws on high skill immigration.
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Indian outsourcing companies now use more than one-third of the 65, 000 high skill visas allowed under U.S. regulations.
That is something critics of high skill immigration have supported, since it would encourage foreign-born professionals to change employers the same as U.S. workers.
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Mr Melding said asking closed, focused questions of ministers in committees in the public interest was "a high skill" and the costs involved were "not disproportionate".
They are technically very good because they are fit and have a high skill level - watch them play and you will see how it's done.
By 2010, despite the proportion of high skilled occupations rising to 28.3% of all jobs, the percentage of persons with degree qualifications who were in high skill occupations fell to 56.6%.
The niche past time has now found an audience in the West leagues beyond what anyone imagined it could, and millions are tuning into online streams to watch their favorite pro players play their favorite games at incredibly high skill levels.
No surprise that contract manufacturers for electronic gear have sprung up in Malaysia and China, where skill levels are high but labor costs only a fourth what it does in the U.S. GM's former parts-making subsidiary, Delphi, which opened its first plant in Mexico in 1978, now has 55 plants there.
We are not addressing the high valued added skill gap in the US. So, we are not providing high wage, high productivity, high valued added jobs, especially in the engineering and IT industries.
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There is, by the way, a possible out from this argument in the case of high-skill immigrants.
The best work seems to show that high-skill immigrants help the long run problem, but low-skill immigrants make the situation worse.
We should be developing those renewable energy sources, and creating those high-wage, high-skill jobs right here in the United States of America.
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It lumps together investment banking, a high-tech and pretty high-skill business, with estate agents, where knaves with badly written brochures still prosper.
And as a result, young people can find work, GE can fill high-skill positions, and the entire region has become more attractive to businesses.
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This is all by way of saying that the tourbillon today still carries an aura of exclusivity, and sends a message of high watchmaking skill.
My Administration is committed to enhancing American education by raising standards, making higher education more affordable, and preparing students for high-skill jobs and civic participation.
According to MyVisaJobs.com, a news and information portal for high-skill labor worldwide, these are the top 15 importers of knowledge workers and what they are paying them, on average.
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By easing immigration for high-skill workers -- many of them trained in the United States at taxpayer expense -- we get a return on our investment and retain industrious and innovative people.
But once here, even the most talented students are not assured that they will receive visas enabling them to work following graduation, and high-skill workers and entrepreneurs have no sure path to citizenship.
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At issue in the U.S. are high-skill worker visas called H-1B that have been dubbed the "outsourcing visa" by critics who say the system allows companies to bring in cheaper tech workers from abroad instead of hiring Americans.
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