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Nizamova, A. E. – Russian Education and Society, 2012
The declining size of the Russian population means that labor resources need to be used more effectively, which is especially true of highly skilled workers. An analysis of data from the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (RLMS) shows that the social and workplace situations of specialists need to be improved significantly. (Contains 5 tables…
Descriptors: Skilled Workers, Foreign Countries, Labor Force, Longitudinal Studies
Cedefop - European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, 2014
Improvements in workforce skills are essential for European countries to attain higher economic growth and to compete effectively on product markets. Literature indicates a positive relationship between levels of education and productivity growth. This report builds on and expands this body of research in two ways: (1) It investigates the…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Job Skills, Foreign Countries, Educational Attainment
Kuzic, Joze – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2013
On-line training is becoming an interesting phenomenon in Australia and has attracted a lot of interest across many industries and businesses (Chan and Ngai, 2007). The research reported here looks at the use of online training in corporations in Australia. It focuses on two aspects of online training, the factors that "warrant" its…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Corporations, Educational Benefits, Financial Support
Amezcua, Luis G. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of safety training is to avoid or at least decrease the number of work-related accidents and deaths. This study was concerned with the role that native language plays in effective training of adult construction workers in New Mexico. Specifically, this study examined workers' and trainers' perceptions of the effectiveness of safety…
Descriptors: Safety, Training, Construction Industry, Skilled Workers
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White, Simon; Baird, Wendy – Health Education Journal, 2013
Objective: To explore disadvantaged former miners' perspectives in north Derbyshire, United Kingdom (UK) on smoking and smoking cessation. Methods: In-depth, audiotaped interviews with 16 disadvantaged former miners who smoked or had stopped smoking within six months. Results: Perceptions of being able to stop smoking with minimal difficulty and…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Foreign Countries, Smoking, Behavior Change
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Wong, Wylie – Community College Journal, 2015
Community colleges are using grants and workforce partnerships to train a new generation of technology workers. In September, the Obama administration awarded $450 million in grants to nearly 270 community colleges that have partnered with more than 400 employers nationally. It was the final installment of a four-year, $2 billion competitive grant…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year Colleges, Higher Education, Partnerships in Education
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Ade-Ojo, Gordon O. – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2012
This paper reports an aspect of a larger study on literacy practices, needs and perceptions of artisans in a part of the South West region of Nigeria. Using an ethnographic approach to research, it identified a variety of literacy practices, events and mediums, thus confirming the notion of literacy as social practice. The study employed a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Literacy, Educational Needs, Ethnography
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Vogt, Rosemary – International Journal of Higher Education, 2014
In many trades the demand for training seats has strained the conventional delivery capacity of training providers in Canada. Manitoba, along with other Canadian provinces is experiencing a shortage of skilled tradespersons required to enable current and future economic expansion. Due to the deficiency in the skilled labor force, a community…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Entrepreneurship, Foreign Countries, Skilled Workers
Li, Yiqiong; Sheldon, Peter – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2014
This article examines collaborative initiatives individual foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs) develop with China's vocational education and training (VET) schools amid localised shortages of skilled workers. It thus focuses on employer initiatives in responding to VET system weaknesses rather than, as is common, those weaknesses. Using Suzhou…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Labor Market, Skilled Workers
Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, 2017
Washington's community and technical colleges (CTCs) play an important role in producing baccalaureate degree graduates in the state through the applied baccalaureate (AB) degree. The key policy goals of the AB degree in Washington state are to increase educational attainment for students and meet employer demand. Compared to the traditional…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Technical Education, Associate Degrees, Bachelors Degrees
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Jacob, Marita; Kleinert, Corinna; Kuhhirt, Michael – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2013
This paper examines trends in school-to-work transitions of young men and women with lower and higher secondary education in West Germany between 1984 and 2005. This period was marked by an increase in young women's educational attainment and a continuous growth of the service sector. We assume that both developments have benefited women more than…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Attainment, Gender Differences, Labor Market
Shands, Mike – ProQuest LLC, 2014
"Do senior level construction leaders possess a common set of leadership development needs that can be addressed to better prepare them to lead and retain the Millennial workforce?" As older generations begin to retire in-mass, many organizations are reevaluating their approach to employee recruitment, performance, and retention. This…
Descriptors: Construction Industry, Construction Management, Leadership Training, Labor Force Development
Holzer, Harry J. – National Poverty Center, University of Michigan, 2012
Stagnant earnings and growing inequality in the US labor market reflect both a slowdown in the growth of worker skills and the growing matching of good-paying jobs to skilled workers. Improving the ties between colleges, workforce institutions, and employers would help more workers gain the needed skills. Evaluation evidence shows that training…
Descriptors: Labor Market, Economic Climate, Skilled Workers, Educational Benefits
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Roman, Harry T. – Tech Directions, 2010
Electricity and magnetism are intimately linked, this relationship forming the basis of the modern electric utility system and the generation of bulk electrical energy. There is rich literature from which to teach students the basics, but nothing drives the point home like having them learn from firsthand experience--and that is what this…
Descriptors: Student Interests, Energy, Correlation, Experiential Learning
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Othman, Ahmad; Abdullah, Nor Hazana; Sulaiman, Mohamad; Shamsuddin, Alina – International Education Studies, 2011
This paper discusses the new task of industry personnel as coaches in the National Dual Training System (NDTS), a newly introduced training initiative for producing k-workers in Malaysia. The decision to introduce this initiative was made by the Malaysian Cabinet on the 19th May 2004 with the hope that it will resolve the issue of skilled workers…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Coaching (Performance), Skilled Workers, Vocational Education
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