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Australia and New Zealand
| >> | Australia. National VET e-Learning strategy 2012-2015 The National VET E-learning Strategy for 2012-2015 will play a key role in enabling the Australian training sector to take advantage of the rollout of the National Broadband Network (NBN) to make major advances in the achievement of government training objectives. Coordinated action to develop sector-wide capability in using the new technological environment will, at the same time, stimulate innovative approaches to increasing participation in training and work, and improving the skill levels of the Australian workforce. Tags: VET - development; eLearning; Strategy 2012 -2015; Government program; Australia; Source: Government of Australia/Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education; |
| >> | Australia. Employability Online This interactive resource will reinforce Employability Skills providing learners with additional confidence and abilities to apply their training in real life situations. Tags: Target group: Learners; Skills - assessment; Skills - development; Employability; Interactive resource; Source: Government of Australia; |
| >> | Australia. VET career development services: the way forward This paper aims to provide a clear model of guidelines for career development services in the Australian vocational education and training (VET) sector. The term 'career development services' is used to refer to a wide range of programs and services whose main purpose is to help individuals to gain the knowledge, skills and attitudes to develop life skills and to manage their learning, work and careers. This paper focuses on VET and the role that career development services have in assisting people to make transitions, including from school to further training (including VET and higher education), and into the workplace. The aim of these guidelines is to inform the establishment and/or enhancement of a system which gives all VET students, as well as parents, schools and employers, access to expert, inclusive, relevant, fruitful and informed careers advice. Tags: School-to-work transition; Field: Career development services; Australia; VET - development; Source: CICA - Career Industry Council of Australia; |
| >> | Australia. Articulation Pathway Models: A visual Guide A visual guide to pathway model options between VET and HE The visual guide is a resource for vocational education and training (VET), higher education (HE) and other stakeholders wishing to improve the seamlessness of articulation pathways for students. It identifies a comprehensive range of credit transfer and articulation models in a graphic form, and is a starting point from which organisations can recognise their own work in this area with the potential to investigate other possibilities that may not have been considered or thought viable previously. The resource is of specific interest to industry, academics, teachers and trainers, and student support officers. Tags: School-to-work transition; Credit - transfers; Guide; Australia; Source: Government of Australia/Integrated Articulation and Credit Transfer Project via Twitter @VOCEDplus; |
| >> | Australia. Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Records and Museums Workforce Development Strategy The case study was developed to further assist organisations and enterprises in the sectors of Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Records and Museums to plan, develop and support skills development within their workforces. Tags: Field: Museums; Field: Knowledge management; Field: Galleries; Australia; Workforce - development strategy; Source: IBSA - Innovation & Business Skills Australia via Twitter @VocEdAustralia; |
| >> | Australia. The Effect of Overskilling Dynamics on Wages We use a random effects dynamic probit model to estimate the effect of overskilling dynamics on wages. We find that overskilling mismatch is common and more likely among those who have been overskilled in the past. It is also highly persistent, in a manner that is inversely related to educational level. Yet, the wages of university graduates are reduced more by past overskilling, than for any other education level. A possible reason for this wage effect is that graduates tend to be in better-paid jobs and therefore there is more at stake for them if they get it wrong. Tags: Paper; Skills - overskilling; Mismatch skills/wages; Wage; Analysis; Australia; Source: IZA - Institute for the Study of Labor; |
| >> | Australia. Resources sector skill needs: report 2012 This report examines short and long term demand for skills in: project construction; mining operations; and gas operations. In addition the report examines the extent of existing skill shortages in occupations in demand in the resources sector, recent trends in resources related job vacancies and the likely replacement demand for skills. The report also examines potential skills supply to the resources sector from higher education, vocational education and training (VET) and migration. The analysis shows that there is potential for increase in supply of some critical skills, for example in mining engineering, but skills supply in other areas, particularly in key trades such as fabrication steel tradespersons and welders is more concerning. Tags: Australia; Trend - employment; Trend - analysis; Skills - needs assessment; Annual report 2012; Source: AWPA - Australian Workforce and Productivity Agency via Twitter @VOCEDplus; |
| >> | Australia. Managing for sustainability: changing practices and implications for vocational education and training This research focuses on the development of sustainability skills in management education and promotes the view that much can be learnt from organisations that are currently adopting sustainable business practices. The primary aim of this research is to explore sustainability management in the workplace, to identify the competencies in use and to establish some guiding principles to inform the further development of sustainability competencies and training pathways. in VET. Tags: Field: Management; Australia; Skills - development; Research paper; VET - development; Source: VOCEDplus; |
| >> | Australia. Collaboration between enterprise and public training organisations: opportunities and obstacles This research provides the context for and an understanding of why enterprises engage in training and explores the various responses to the challenges faced by vocational education and training (VET) providers. Tags: Australia; Research paper; Cooperation - institutional; Collaboration - public/private sectors; Workplace - training; Analysis; Source: VOCEDplus; |
| >> | Australia. Teaching teachers for the future: modelling and exploring immersive personal learning networks In this paper, we report on our initiative to redesign a pre-service primary science education program to explicitly value personal learning networks, discursive learning spaces and metacognitive thinking. A range of e-learning tools that could support these learning objectives were trialled, creating learning spaces for both large and small group learning experiences, including informal, personal and public forms of engagement. We present a profile of the pre-service teachers and their levels of knowledge about the technologies, the change to the lecturer's practice and experiences provided to students, along with stories which illustrate how the changes extended or developed the use of technology for personal learning. Tags: Australia; Teaching - model; Target group: Teaching students; Initiative; Trend - analysis; Paper; Source: Australian Educational Computing; |
| >> | Australia. Improving vocational education and training - the case for a new system This position paper presents what it considered to be the reforms required to the standards for the regulation of vocational education and training. Tags: VET - reform; Australia; VET - trends; Position paper; Source: NSSC - National Skills Standards Council; |
| >> | Australia. Illustrating the business value in VET The Franchise Council of Australia (FCA) is the peak representative body for the franchise sector in Australia. FCA identified the need for specialised training in the franchise industry, specifically the need to deliver vocational education to lift the franchisee's core competencies and shift them from business owners to business managers and leaders. The FCA designed a blended approach to training delivery for the franchise sector. Tags: Australia; Field: Franchise industry; Case study; Article; Source: Service Skills Australia: |
| >> | Australia. Workforce Driven Engagement Model: A guide to better stakeholder engagement to meet workforce needs A resource that provides a framework for engagement between industry, vocational education and training (VET) and higher education. Its purpose is to streamline the development of educational solutions to meet workforce needs. Tags: School-to-work transition; Strategy - Workforce Driven Engagement Model; Framework; Document; Source: Government of Australia/Integrated Articulation and Credit Transfer Project; |
| >> | Australia/NSW. A guide to vocational education and training in Australia In Australia, after people complete their compulsory schooling, their main choices for further education are vocational education and training (VET) and university. This publication provides a guide to understanding some basics about VET in Australia. Tags: Australia/New South Wales; Guide; VET - vocational education and training; Source: Government of Australia/NSW Ministry for Education and Training; |
| >> | EN FRANÇAIS. Australie. Le système d'apprentissage australien L'intérêt de l'Australie réside en ceci d'avoir réussi à développer un système de formation professionnelle et technique universel. Que l'on emprunte la voie scolaire ou celle de l'apprentissage, que l'on ait 16 ans ou 45 ans, que l'on soit en début ou à mi-carrière, on suit le même programme (avec des aménagements de reconnaissance des compétences pour tenir compte de l'expérience acquise) et on obtient le même certificat ou diplôme reconnu nationalement. À cela ajoutons que la majorité des certifications acquises via la voie de l'apprentissage sont de niveau 3 (correspondant au DEP québécois), c'est plus qu'il n'en faut pour attirer notre attention sur l'expérience australienne. Étiquettes : Apprentissage - système; Formation - professionnelle; Analyse; Document; Australie; Source : CIRDEP - Centre interdisciplinaire de recherche/développement sur l'éducation permanente/Université du Québec; |
| >> | New Zealand. An overview of the current qualification and assessment environment The New Zealand Qualifications Authority has developed a new approach to qualification design that moves away from a collection of individual competency standards to defining the qualification in terms of graduate profile outcomes, and employment and education pathways. Tags: Paper; Competence - standards; Qualifications frameworks; New Zealand; Source: ILO - International Labour Organization; |
| >> | New Zealand. Recruiting and retaining learners in workplace literacy programs in New Zealand Successful workplace literacy and numeracy programs are dependent on effective strategies to recruit and then retain course participants. This article reports on the recruitment strategies used in a large workplace literacy and numeracy project. It provides an analysis of the strategies used, their rates of success in the companies, the overall retention rates and identifies effective ways to implement these strategies. * Request Item from NCVER at the bottom of the page Tags: Strategy - workforce development; New Zealand; Training - strategy in the workplace; Workplace - training strategy; Analysis; Article; Source: VOCEDplus; |
| >> | Differing skill requirements across countries and over time This report investigates skill matches to job requirements for workers in Australia, New Zealand, the United States and Canada. It might be expected that differences between the four countries in economic growth, technological innovation and structural change in the labour market may have led to differences in job skill requirements and use. This research finds, however, that the broad match of workers to jobs that use their skills is quite similar for the four countries, although some differences in the patterns of skill use over time were identified. Tags: Comparative analysis; Document; Skills - needs; VET - vocational education and training; Canada; United States of America; New Zealand; Australia; Source: NCVER - National Centre for Vocational Education Research; |
| >> | Higher education and adult learning Country Studies Policy reviews of vocational education and training in 16 countries as part of the Learning for Jobs thematic review of initial VET. Tags: VET - development; Analysis - comparative; Policy - analysis; United States of America/Texas; United States of America/South Carolina; United Kingdom/England and Wales; Switzerland; Sweden; Norway; Mexico; Korea; Ireland; Hungary; Germany; Denmark; Czech Republic; China; Chile; Belgium/Flanders; Austria; Australia; Spain; Report; Source: OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development; |
| ARTICLES and PAPERS | |
| >> | Canada. What is in a technology competency? This technical paper explores the skills needed for the use of digital technology within the context of curriculum frameworks such as the Ontario Adult Literacy Curriculum Framework (OALCF), skills frameworks such as the Essential Skills, and more generally in the workplace and for lifelong learning. Ultimately, the paper aims to spark a national discussion among educators, program administrators, researchers, policymakers and other stakeholders, about the use of digital technology as an essential skill for all adults in Canada. See also Understanding the Curriculum Framework Tags: Skills - development; Workplace - training; Tools; Field: Digital technology; Canada; Paper; Source: AlphaPlus; |
| >> | Canada/Ontario. Clearer Sightlines to Employment Although Ontario's economy is improving, the recession has not ended for those 900,000 Ontarians without a high school diploma. Statistics show that these adults are now twice as likely to be unemployed as they were 20 years ago. Tags: Analysis; Employment trend; Unemployment; Ontario; Canada; Research brief; Source: Essential Skills Ontario; |
| >> | Denmark. Academic Vocational Training: Bridging the gap Between Educational Space and Work Space Danish society puts a high value on education which is traditionally seen as a crucial vehicle for development in all spheres of social and economic life. Large sums are spent on work-related adult learning, an important example being academically based masters programs. Yet, the actual effects of such educational investment in terms of improved workplace efficiency remain obscure both with respect to the organization and the individual. The article presents, and illustrates with examples, a framework for designing educational programs which can help make academic teaching relevant to production-oriented life in organizations. Tags: Curriculum - development; Denmark; Workplace - training strategy; VET - vocational education and training; Article; Source: Electronic Journal of Knowledge Management; |
| >> | European Union. Qualifications frameworks in Europe: modernising education and training European and national qualifications frameworks are making it clearer how different qualifications, levels and types of learning relate to each other. Tags: Briefing note; Field: Teaching profession; Curriculum; VET - vocational education and training; Educational policy; Trends; Qualifications frameworks; European Union; Source: Cedefop - European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training; |
| >> | European Union. Shaping lifelong learning: making the most of European tools and principles In vocational education and training (VET), the EU has developed a platform for voluntary cooperation and coordination between Member States called the Copenhagen process. Successful implementation depends on a clear understanding of how they relate to each other. Tags: Development - skills; Lifelong learning; Framework; Education - lifelong; Skills - development; Educational policy; VET - vocational education and training; Briefing note; European Union; Source: Cedefop - European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training; |
| >> | Policy as Boundary Object: A New Way to Look at Educational Policy Design and Implementation Policy implementation research in general and educational policy in particular is loosely connected to policy-making processes. There is a gap particularly in the field of vocational education. This often leads to conflicts and contradictions between policy-maker objectives and end-user implementation. To avoid such a disconnect, the relation between the world of end users and the world of decision-makers should be carefully constructed. Tags: Educational policy; VET - vocational education and training; Field: Maritime domain; Paper; Source: Vocations and Learning; |
| >> | Intuition and Professional Competence: Intuitive Versus Rational Forecasting of the Stock Market This article argues that intuition is a crucial component of professional competence, and provides empirical evidence to support this claim. It was found that in most cases intuitive predictions of stock market development are better than rationally justified ones and that experts predict more precisely than novices on a descriptive data level. Tags: Competence vs Intuition; Field: Stock market; Decision making; Competences; Field: Business; Article; Source: Vocations and Learning; |
| >> | Problem-solving Skills and Labour Market Outcomes – Results from the Latest Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey (ALL) The article reports on a recent international assessment of problem-solving skills in the adult population. Factors that help to explain variation in the distribution of problem-solving skills include prose literacy skills, educational attainment, age, gender and occupation. Tags: Analysis; Skills - assessment; Article; Source: Statistics Canada; |
| >> | Making the right connections Linking education to skills, schooling to jobs, science to change: OECD Education Director Barbara Ischinger urges school systems to adopt innovative project-focused teaching. Related document. OECD Skills Strategy. Better Skills, Better Jobs, Better Lives: A strategic Approach to Skills Policies Tags: Document; Trend - analysis; Target group: Youth; School-to-work transition; Skills - needs; Skills - development; Article; Source: OECD Education today; |
| >> | Training for Productivity With a carefully designed training program, a company can evaluate the job at hand and make immediate corrections to an employee's actions to improve skills proficiency. Tags: Workforce - training; Training - workplace; Workplace - training strategy; Article; Source: Training magazine; |
| >> | Skills Gap? Employers and Colleges Point Fingers at Each Other Employers seem to agree that the skill they most want in future workers is adaptability. Those who hire complain that they often find today's college graduates lacking in interpersonal skills, problem solving, effective written and oral communication skills, teamwork, and the ability to think critically and analytically. So which college majors best arm students with those skills? That question has touched off heated discussions between those who advocate for the content of a practical major and others who think that the skills of a liberal-arts major are the best insurance in rapidly changing fields. Tags: Skills - gap; Analysis; Mismatch training/workforce - skills; Article; Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education; |
| >> | Why It's Better To Hire The Least Qualified Person For The Job A paper makes the intriguing argument that it may be better to hire a mediocre job candidate than to hire someone with sterling credentials. Why? The mediocre hire may give the job his all because he feels indebted to the hiring manager for choosing him. The most qualified candidate, by contrast, may feel like he deserved the job, and decide to approach it with a more relaxed attitude. Related paper. Mediocrity and Induced Reciprocity Tags: Incentives; Employment - pattern; Analysis; Article; Source: Forbes; |
| DOCUMENTS | |
| >> | Canada. Youth Unemployment in Canada: Challenging Conventional Thinking Fuelled in part by fears that burdens of the recent recession have disproportionately fallen on youth, the issue of youth unemployment has rekindled significant unease with different levels of government, communities and the general public. In addition to the most common consequences of unemployment such as financial hardship and emotional distress, joblessness may also result in the erosion of an individual's skills and knowledge and increase uncertainty of future labour market prospects. For jobless youth, this aspect of unemployment may particularly be 'scarring' as skills and knowledge gained through the educational system may not have appropriate opportunity to crystalize into professional ability. At the aggregated economic level, such an erosion of skills may disadvantage business in their ability to expand and compete; particularly in an environment of increasing global competition. Tags: Analysis; Report; Unemployment; Target group: Youth; Youth - employment; Source: CGA - Certified General Accountants Association of Canada; |
| >> | Canada. Guide for Integrating Essential Skills Into Apprenticeship Training Across Canada, apprenticeship stakeholders are committed to helping Aboriginal learners succeed in their training. Crucial to this success are strong Essential Skills in areas such as reading, communication and math. This guide provides information on how to support the development of Essential Skills interventions in pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship programs. Tags: Essential skills; Target group: Aboriginals; Apprenticeship - programs; Guide; Canada; Apprenticeship; Source: CAF - Canadian Apprenticeship Forum; |
| >> | Canada. Skills assessment Competency Charts and Profiles can be useful in providing a broad and comprehensive view of the skills needed to be successful in a particular job in the cultural sector. The trainer/educator can use the Competency Charts and Profiles for assessment purposes, and to identify the competencies/skills which may be lacking in an individual that could be included in a training/career development. Also in the page Training gaps - Training Gaps Analyses provide valuable information for educators on training needs assessments and recommendations for filling training gaps identified by employers and workers in the sector. Tags: Tool - evaluation; Skills - assessment; Training - gaps; Evaluation - tool; Field: Culture; Target group: Trainers; Target group: Teachers; Guide - interactive; Canada; Source: CHRC - Cultural Human Resources Council; |
| >> | Canada. National Occupational Standards - Electricity Sector Council National Occupational Standards (NOS) are an inventory of the skills, competencies and knowledge that is required to adequately perform a specific job. The Electricity Sector Council has developed the national occupational standards and essential skill profiles for benchmark occupations related to electricity generation, transmission and distributions, as well as renewable energy. Tags: Field: Electricity industry; Competences; NOS - National Occupational Standards; Canada; Source: Bright Futures; |
| >> | Canada. Process for Designating a New Red Seal Trade When a trade is designated as a Red Seal Trade, candidates in the trade who meet all eligibility requirements in a given jurisdiction may apply to write the Interprovincial Red Seal examination. If successful, they receive that jurisdiction's journeyperson certificate with a Red Seal endorsement affixed. Tags: Certification; Apprenticeship - programs; Field: Red Seal Program; Target group: Apprentices; Canada; Source: Red Seal Program; |
| >> | Germany. International cooperation work The 'brand' German vocational education and training (VET) has an excellent reputation in many countries. The German vocational training system offers persuasive points of departure for modernising VET systems in partner countries. Tags: Cooperation - international; Evidence; VET - vocational education and training; Document; Germany; Source: BIBB - Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training; |
| >> | Mozambique. Technical and Vocational Education and Training Project : environmental assessment The project aimed to transform the TVET system to respond more effectively, equitably, and in a timely, articulated manner to labor market needs, while sensitive to gender and HIV/AIDS issues. Notwithstanding, it is envisaged the project may have negative environmental impact, namely due to construction works, and it is to this end, this environmental and social management framework (ESMF) provide the guidelines for the different stages of the environmental and social screening process, which will determine whether no environmental work will be required; or the implementation of simple mitigation measures will suffice; or, if a separate environmental impact assessment (EIA) will be required. The report stresses the need for capacity building for environmental management and monitoring, required both at the national and provincial levels. Tags: Field: Labour market; Field: Environment; Mozambique; VET - vocational education and training; Document; Source: World Bank; |
| >> | European Union. Copenhagen Process National authorities and social partners from 33 European countries are taking part in the Copenhagen Process to help develop vocational education and training systems. The overall aim is to improve the quality of vocational training and to encourage more individuals to make wider use of vocational learning opportunities, whether at school, in higher education, in the workplace, or through private courses. Tags: Copenhagen Process; European Union; VET - development; Web site; VET - vocational education and training; Source: European Commission; |
| >> | European Union. Taking the Copenhagen Process Apart: Critical readings of European Vocational Education and Training Policy The thesis argues that the Copenhagen Process has legitimately extended vocational education and training policy formation to include the EU and its new institutional settings established through the Open Method of Coordination. Furthermore, vocational education and training is being reconfigured within a neoliberal Lifelong Learning discourse in which education and training in general is to contribute to the competitiveness of the EU in a global economy. Within this discourse, policy is de-politicized and naturalised as being neutral and evidence-based leading to the unreflective transfer of policies across countries. Tags: Policy - analysis; Lifelong learning; VET - policy; European Union; Education - lifelong; Copenhagen Process; Source: Aarhus University; |
| >> | Diversity instead of competition and displacement This article examines the options open to companies for meeting qualifications needs, with particular attention to company-based initial and continuing vocational education and training (IVET and CVET). Tags: Paper; Analysis; Strategy - workforce development; Training - workplace; Workplace - training strategy; Source: BIBB - Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training; |
| >> | A Framework for Designing Learning Environments This short guide provides a framework that is composed of four models. Tags: Instructional - design; Infographic; Guide; Model - teaching; Framework; Source: Big Dog and Little Dog's Bowl of Biscuits; |
| >> | An Introductory Guide to National Qualifications Frameworks Conceptual and Practical Issues for Policy Makers This practical Guide draws on a survey of practice to date in the design and implementation of NQFs – highlighting both successful features of design and implementation and aspects which may now be considered mistakes. Tags: Target group: Policy makers; Qualifications frameworks; NOS - National Occupational Standards development; Guide; Source: ILO - International Labour Organization; |
| >> | Training, Unemployment and Efficiency: empirical and theoretical analysis This thesis focuses on three main concerns of the economic literature on training: returns to employee training, firms' training incentives and investments efficiency. This requires to understand why and how policies to regulate the training market should be implemented. Tags: Workplace - training; Return on investment; Analysis; Thesis; Source: TEL - Thèses-en-ligne; |
| >> | World of Work Report 2013: "Repairing the economic and social fabric" The study analyses the global employment situation five years after the start of the global financial crisis. It looks at labour market performance and projections both at the global and regional levels. Tags: Trend - employment 2013; Economic crisis; Employment trend 2013; Annual report 2013; Source: ILO - International Labour Organization; |
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| >> | Canada. Survey of Employers in Specific Trades regarding the Red Seal Program The survey provides knowledge and use of the Red Seal endorsement in hiring practices among employers in the public and private sectors. Key findings include:
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| >> | Canada. Glossary - Apprenticeship Training and Certification Glossary related to apprenticeship training and certification. Tags: Certification; Training - apprenticeship; Glossary; Canada; Source: Ellis Chart; |
| >> | Germany - Film. Vocational Education and Training in Germany - Assuring the Future The film presents the basic elements of the German VET system such as collaboration with government and industry, the "two learning venues" principle, and qualifications that are recognized nation-wide. Available in German, English, French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Arabic, Korean, Portuguese and Turkish. (14'53 Min., 146 MB, Format: wmv) Tags : Film; Germany; VET - vocational education and training; Source: BIBB - Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training; |
| >> | ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult, Career, and Vocational Education (ACVE) Comprehensive Information Services in Adult and Continuing Education, Career Education Vocational and Technical Education, Employment and Training. Tags: Target group: Adults; Field: Andragogy; VET - vocational education and training; Education - adult; Information services; Resources; Source: CALPRO - California Adult Literacy Professional Development Project; |
| NEWS in Brief | |
| >> | Canada. Build Your Career with Essential Skills Interested in a specific occupation? Find detailed information about the Essential Skills tasks performed by workers in a wide variety of occupations. |
| >> | Canada - Poster. The Hospitality Career Journey An Evolving Qualifications Framework for the Hospitality/Tourism industry of Canada. |
| >> | Canada/Alberta. Is Alberta losing a 'global war for talent'? The latest figures compiled by the Petroleum Human Resources Council of Canada suggest the country's oil and gas sector could be short 3,400 workers in the next four years. |
| >> | Canada/Ottawa. Workshop. Understanding Evaluation, 23 September 2013 To fully understand how effective a training program was in meeting the requirements for application on the job, an evaluation must be performed. This interactive and engaging workshop is geared towards instructional designers, courseware developers, trainers and learning managers who want to learn more about evaluation and how important it is to validating the effectiveness of a training program. |
| >> | Mentoring: Taking Time Saves Time 5 steps to mentor preparation and 5 mentoring skills to cultivate. |
| >> | Infographic. Megatrends: the trends shaping work and working lives This infographic highlights some of the key trends that have been shaping our economies and the world of work in order to prompt a debate among practitioners, academics and policy-makers on the implications of change and what the HR profession can do to adapt to change and help shape the future. |
| >> | Top 10 Engineering Jobs for 2013 Electrical engineering is one of the most popular and highly paid job opportunities. Moreover, engineering jobs offer more job security as these job vacancies are always there in the marker, locally and internationally. |
| >> | Why I No Longer Advise Startups to Hire M.B.A.s Want to be an entrepreneur? Here's why you might want to skip the M.B.A. |
| >> | Why Internships Are Worth It Internships are becoming an increasingly popular way to differentiate yourself from the hoi polloi; in fact, interns are 70% more likely to be hired as full-time employees with a company than candidates with no experience at the company. |
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