MPs concluded that most franchised courses do teach useful skills, to workers who might not otherwise be retrained.
Young people regularly work for low and even no pay in order to build their resume, learn useful skills, and make networking connections.
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The added value of these non-formal learning activities is that they result in a variety of skills, ranging from economically beneficial and socially useful skills, to skills for self-development.
Bryan Caplan, an economist at George Mason University and author of the forthcoming book "The Case Against Education, " argues that colleges are more about certifying their students than actually teaching them useful skills.
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"Inspectors were also concerned at the lack of activity places to keep prisoners purposefully engaged which led to many men spending most of their days locked up without the opportunity to gain useful skills, " said Dr Maguire.
And the fact that top-tier racing game players have proved their mettle in actual race cars when given proper training implies that there are many useful skills that transfer from the virtual world to the real one.
Even the process of copying must have imparted to the private firms some useful engineering skills that the SOEs have yet really to develop.
However, they can learn big lessons from these mistakes that can carry into adulthood like lessons about spending versus saving, shopping wisely, negotiating for items and other useful financial skills that can serve them for the rest of their lives.
The differences were linked to the mental alertness required to switch between languages, which could develop skills useful in other types of thinking.
His footballing skills were useful again just after the break as he controlled a kick-through to score.
While arguing that the system of vocational qualifications was "complex and opaque", Professor Wolf said that in practice "good levels of English and mathematics continue to be the most generally useful and valuable vocational skills on offer".
"We live in an ever smaller global community and we probably are at a point where we believe having some language skills is a useful thing - it's what I would call a vocational skill really, " he says.
And even if those educated in the sciences pursue employment in other areas, learning the scientific method in an accessible manner helps to cultivate critical thinking skills that are useful as a consumer and citizen.
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Two skills will be particularly useful: spotting the gems in the rubble, and timing.
Not everyone is lucky enough to have a job that involves numbers so it's always useful to have some show business skills to fall back on.
And specialists are involved in taking this raw data and turning it into useful information via photogrammetry and other specialized skills.
Although she trained as a sculptor at Tianjin University, those skills weren't very useful for bringing in the rent and paying household bills.
Figuring out how to do the laundry, cook a basic meal or even wait for a handyman "are not crippling responsibilities" but rather "minor life skills" that can prove useful if the housekeeper cancels.
Make a plan to develop skills and experiences that are broadly useful to potential other jobs.
It is useful to continue to deepen and broaden your individual skills and abilities.
Consulting can be especially useful if you are looking for a way to keep your skills sharp and valuable.
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We are already realizing that the subjects we studied in college might not be very useful in the business world and are adapting our ideas and skills to the changing economy.
Besides imparting basic skills to rural journalists, the workshops also provided a useful forum for the discussion of press freedom and other professional issues and their possible solutions.
And to understand how this learning process operates, it is useful to look at the greatest system ever invented for the training of skills and the achievement of tacit knowledge the apprenticeship system of the Middle Ages.
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As a result, the skills you learn at a startup are much more likely to be useful in the future.
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His skills as a delegator, and as an arbitrator of squabbles, became especially useful in sifting through cabinet officers' wildly differing agendas.
In line with the partnership theme, a leading NGO partner of USAID offered up useful pointers on partnering with larger NGOs and how Diaspora groups can use their unique technical skills and expertise to complement those of the larger NGO.
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Let your friends and contacts know, for example, if you just attended a full-day seminar on a topic that would be useful to a future employer, post an interesting article related to your field, or add new skills or relevant experience to your profile.
Out of necessity, India is emerging as a model for tackling these problems, both because its companies have become expert in turning useless graduates into useful ones and because it has allowed industry to take the lead in creating a huge new programme to tackle skills shortages.
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