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Specific skills
Parent term: Skills
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 Specific skills increase the value of a person only within the company where he/she has acquired it; leaving the company leads to devaluation of all the specific skills since they do not apply in other companies, sectors and occupations Source: EU commission (Progress) 2011, Europe
| Organisation: | European Union Commission , Europe |
| Source: | Transferability of Skills across Economic Sectors (2011) |
| Description: | The project analysed the role and importance of transferable skills with regard to the employability, adaptability and occupationamobility of people on the labour market. This analysis is based in the first instance on existing experience and available information, including the findings of 18 sector studies (see European Commission 2009a) to identify future skills.p. 7 (Executive summary)  |
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Specific hard skillsSpecific hard skills are technical and job-specific abilities that are applicable in a small number of companies, occupationsand sectors. They describe special attributes for performing an occupation in practice Source: EU commission (Progress) 2011, Europe
| Organisation: | European Union Commission , Europe |
| Source: | Transferability of Skills across Economic Sectors (2011) |
| Description: | The project analysed the role and importance of transferable skills with regard to the employability, adaptability and occupationamobility of people on the labour market. This analysis is based in the first instance on existing experience and available information, including the findings of 18 sector studies (see European Commission 2009a) to identify future skills.p. 7 (Executive summary)  |
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