skills

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Call-center gigs got people into corporate offices and taught valuable soft skills like solving problems and talking to strangers.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

Over the past two summers, he honed his reporting skills through internships at LAist and EdSource.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

Transforming the U.S. industrial base requires at least $2 trillion, plus skills and infrastructure.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

What Lily couldn’t have foreseen, of course, was that her amateur detective skills would become necessary when, one day, George is found dead, and the investigation by a bumbling local policeman isn’t up to snuff.

From Salon • May 25, 2026

After the recruitment drive, the next step would be to sort the volunteers by their skills.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein