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Showing 1 to 20 of 42 for “"Skills Gap"”.
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Deconstructing the age-diverse workforce mosaic : bridging the multigenerational technology skills gap
… and the barriers to developing problem-solving skills in technology-rich environments (PS-TREs). With four primary generational cohorts—baby boomers, Generation X, millennials, and Generation Z—coexisting in the workplace at present, organizations must navigate a complex landscape of differing …
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College-for-all meets skills gap: Millennials’ decisions to pursue certificates in skilled trades
<p>This is a case study of a group of students enrolled in traditional skilled trade certificate programs at a large Midwestern community college. Considering severe shortage of skilled labor in the geographic area of the college, there is great need for better understanding of ways to alleviate …
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Addressing Skills Gap: A Systemic Reframe and Redesign of Capstone using Design-Based Research
A growing number of reports identify the skills gap between graduate competencies and employer expectations, especially for business school graduates. The added impact of economics, the pandemic, and the advancement of generative artificial intelligence is resulting in a further shift of …
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Skills gap analysis of farmer-owned cooperative directors and its connection to the agricultural landscape
… yet little research has examined the skills farmer cooperative directors need. This research identified skills necessary for farmer cooperative directors to ensure financial and operational success. A two-part approach is taken to address the research objective. The first step follows …
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Bridging the Skills Gap: Essays on education, skills, and labour market outcomes in Europe and the UK
… provides pathways for gaining work-relevant skills, vital for adapting to these shifts. Yet, gaps remain in understanding who participates in such learning, how participation varies by gender, industry, and occupation, and whether it yields tangible labour market benefits. This thesis …
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Mind the Skills Gap: A Conceptual Framework for Integrating Technology-mediated Learning in People-centric Production Systems
… to fall short of addressing this manufacturing skills gap. The limited scalability of many in-person approaches and the variable effectiveness of traditional methods may be a reason for that. Technology-mediated Learning in industry (iTML) promises to bridge the gap between increasing shop floor …
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Can apprenticeships alleviate a regional skills gap? : a case study of programs at Trident Technical College in Charleston, SC
In attempts to address a skills gap, the state of South Carolina established Apprenticeship Carolina in 2007 which helps businesses create federally registered apprenticeships. Apprenticeship Carolina is a newer addition to the longstanding worker-training programs that make up the South Carolina …
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Bridging the skills gap in the financial industry : uncovering the skills that banks require in the future world of work
… are performed by humans, therefore changing the skills that organisations are looking for to cope with the changing environment. The banking industry has also been undergoing this unprecedented change and to meet the challenges that come with the technological advances, they need to improve their …
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Identifying and Quantifying Personnel Skills Gaps
… organizations face is identifying the required skills needed for a position and then evaluating whether their personnel have these skills or if there is a “skills gap”. The skills gap is the distance between the position requirements and the skills currently possessed by the worker in that …
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An Investigation into the improvement of graduate attributes within the Egyptian university sector.
… for employment, causing what is known as the skills gap. Many authors agreed that graduate attributes are at the nexus of a number of complexities that affect teaching and learning in taught courses. These could be conceptual, pedagogical, epistemological, structural or cultural. However, many …
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The technical designer: a new craft approach for creating seamless knitwear
… knitwear design has led to a 'technical skills gap' between designers and industrial knitting technology, which has contributed to the communication problems between designers and technicians. Historically, these issues have been ignored and designers have accepted compromised versions of …
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An outcome evaluation of the Centre of Science and Technology
… (STEM) secondary schools in diminishing the skills-gap in STEM disciplines. This research presents an outcome evaluation of a STEM-focused secondary school in the Western Cape of South Africa. The evaluation focused on the academic performance of the COSAT learners in comparison to learners …
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EMPLOYER PERCEPTIONS OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT IN MANUFACTURING AT PUBLIC TWO-YEAR POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS
Globalization has offshored low skills manufacturing, leaving industry in the United States to adjust business models, install ever-advancing technology, and incorporate automation on their production floor. These advances in precision and computer-aided work require a labor force with technical …
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Business graduate perceptions of the development and application of non-technical skills within higher education and the workforce
… in the ability to demonstrate the non-technical skills required to carry out many day-to-day workplace operations. Higher education institutions have responded to this perceived skills gap with a number of pedagogical strategies designed to improve graduate employability. Some examples of these …
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Operationalizing research data services in Academic libraries in Africa: case of the University of Namibia
… librarians have the necessary knowledge and skills which will enable them to provide effective research data management services (RDMS) at UNAM; investigate the attitudes of librarians regarding RDMS at UNAM; determine the environmental factors that affect the development of skills and …
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Establishment of Community Based ,Managed Saving and Credit Group for promoting Small Entrepreneurs at Kabegi in Ifulifu ward at Musoma District Council.
… intervention in alleviating capital problem, skills gap and production increase. Different books, Publication and policies reviwed to find a lot of information concerning to the problems of ecountered by SEs, intervention conducted by the goverment and other stakeholers in order to overcome …
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Level of Workplace Readiness Skills When Entering the Workplace as Perceived by Employers and Recent High School Graduates
… school graduates' perceptions of employability skills in a rural region in southwestern Virginia. The specific objectives of this study were: a) to describe the employers' perceptions of expected proficiency levels of workplace readiness skills for new employees in the New River Region; b) to …
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Job requirements and challenges of LIS graduates in public libraries in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
… Having requisite competencies/employability skills help in keeping with the demands and challenges of the unfolding knowledge society whilst meeting the mission of the library and information services respectively. This study is aimed at investigating required competencies from LIS graduates …
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The effect of regulations on insurance companies expanding to emerging markets
… sovereign rating downgrades and perceived skills gap in the market and proposed a model around these regulations.
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Assessing Undergraduate Business Students' Oral Communication Apprehension: Implications of Stakes and Situations
… place a premium on employees' oral communication skills. Business schools are meant to develop future employees and leaders with the requisite skills for success. Industry representatives, however, consistently express dissatisfaction with business graduates' oral communication skills. There …
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