skilled workforce
collocation in Englishmeaningsofskilledandworkforce
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skilled
adjective
uk/skɪld/us/skɪld/
having the abilities needed to do an activity or ...
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workforce
noun[C, + sing/pl verb]
uk/ˈwɜːk.fɔːs/us/ˈwɝːk.fɔːrs/
the group of people who work in a company, industry, ...
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(Definition ofskilledandworkforcefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Secondary goals were to attract and engage a highlyskilledworkforce.
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Other policy benefits are generated through mechanisms that are inalterably slow-moving, such as the gradual processes that produce askilledworkforceor the moderation of climate change.
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But since individual companies have an incentive to free-ride on the efforts of other training companies, the creation of askilledworkforcethrough employer-provided training generates a free-rider problem.
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Even for many of its mostskilledworkforce, employment was neither regular nor guaranteed, which means that most of those named in the accounts have no continuous work record.
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The benefits of having askilledworkforceare clear - businesses are able to adapt better to new technology and use it more effectively.
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In fact, if countries plan to remain competitive, they must encourage an atmosphere of leadership supported by technology and a highlyskilledworkforce.
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We need a viable, quality labour market and askilledworkforce.
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In that area, we have a splendid safety record in this country—a highlyskilledworkforce.
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I should have thought that askilledworkforcehas never been more crucial.
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We have askilledworkforceand wonderful studios.
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We are a modern-minded, technological nation, rich in brains and with a very highlyskilledworkforce.
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The key to productivity is a highlyskilledworkforce.
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A more highlyskilledworkforcewould be of value to the economy.
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Surely we should be doing all we can to produce askilledworkforceourselves.
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They contain much of the industry'sskilledworkforce.
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We must also at all costs avoid ending up with an insufficientlyskilledworkforce.
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They go there because there is a highlyskilledworkforce.
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