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Soft skills are more valuable than hard skills

CLO Magazine

We know some people don’t like to use the term soft skills, implying that the skills may be inferior. While core skills or power skills may be better, soft skills is the term most people understand and use. Three important data sets suggest executives consider hard skills to be more valuable than soft skills.

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Always On, Always Available Learning With Chatbots (and Training Magazine)

Learningtogo

All over the world, people are using artificial intelligence to manage their bank accounts, book travel, and find great products, so why not use this same technology to help people learn new skills and advance their careers? I’m partnering with Joe Ganci and Training Magazine to present this special event. and consultants.

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Presentation Skills: How to Have a Great Learning Experience

Infopro Learning

One of the best articles about presentation skills I’ve seen is “ How to Give a Killer Presentation ,” It appeared in the June 2013 issue of Harvard Business Review and was written by Chris Anderson. A few years ago, The New Yorker magazine also ran a short profile on a gentleman who was invited to give a TEDTalk.

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Case study: Healing the talent gap with homemade talent and a skills-first economy

CLO Magazine

Leaders everywhere are in the lurch for skilled workers, making the need for a “reconsideration of local economic development strategy” exceedingly salient, according to a recent Brookings commentary. For its first cohort, the program took 12 leaders.

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KnowledgeCity Celebrates World Youth Skills Day

KnowledgeCity

July 15, 2023, is the eighth World Youth Skills Day, a holiday that the United Nations General Assembly established in 2015 to “ raise awareness on the importance of investing in youth skills development. This year’s theme is centered on providing teachers, trainers, and youth with the skills they need for a transformative future.

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Overcoming the tech skills confidence gap

CLO Magazine

Unfortunately, it can also discourage job seekers from applying for positions because of concerns that they lack the right tech skills. To prepare the workforce for the jobs of the future and reduce the tech skills confidence gap, companies must play a greater role helping educate emerging talent in schools.

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3 ways to build adaptive global workforce skills

CLO Magazine

It’s no longer enough to provide employees with skills that merely help them perform in a structured, familiar situation. Now it’s essential to develop the skills for a world and a workplace of challenge and disruption. Fortunately, resilience is a learnable skill.

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