Word: skills
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...general I think that as a journalist my comparative advantage is a skill at asking questions rather than providing ringing answers,” he said...
...policy were at best misguided and at worst traitorous. "It's always been a joke in his office that his staff is extraneous," said a staff member. "The only thing you can do is provide him with information he doesn't possess yet. He doesn't need your analytical skill and judgment. He has that already...
...with a diploma in economics and now stars in her own Polish-language TV show (see profile). The majority of expatriate Poles have at least a secondary education, and many have a university degree. Most are working at jobs - in hotels and restaurants, construction and agriculture - well below their skill levels. (Plumbers are coming too, but immigration officials do not keep track of how many.) Such an influx has not just ensured a better class of bathroom. Over the past two years, according to one estimate by the Dublin-based Economic and Social Research Institute, migrant workers have added...
Every time Julie Chu and Sabrina Harbec prepare to face off against one another, the level of talent and skill on display is so impressive that it’s almost funny. “We’re laughing before we go on faceoffs because we know it’s going to be a hard one,” says Harbec, the star center for St. Lawrence. Harbec and Chu—Harvard’s center and co-captain—represent the upper echelon of women’s college hockey players. They...
...graduate.The director of the Office of Career Services, William Wright-Swadel, points out that a secondary field is a valid way of demonstrating interest in an area relevant to a job. It can also be used to express diverse interests or signal that the job applicant has a certain skill set. However, Wright-Swadel is quick to refute the idea that a certain concentration locks an undergraduate into a job post-Harvard. He worries about the dangers of seeking a secondary field in an area of little or no interest to the student. “The greatest chance that...