competencies

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"The staff that were coming in didn't necessarily have the training and the skills and the competencies to be able to meet the needs of these young people."

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

Businesses often try to parlay their core competencies into new product lines and markets, said Tsay.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

"We believe it is time to bring in new competencies and perspectives to the Board to support Mike Doustdar and his leadership team in executing on the company’s strategy," he said in a statement.

From Barron's • Oct. 21, 2025

I feel like General Zod from Superman, floating off into space trapped inside a two-dimensional phantom zone, screaming in silence about my job qualifications and core competencies.

From Slate • Oct. 6, 2025

The prize-money distributed amounted to handsome fortunes for the officers, and conferred competencies upon every man and boy in the two ships’ companies that took part in the capture.

From The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries To-Day and in Days of Old by Harper, Charles G. (Charles George)