Sentence examples for skills to command from inspiring English sources

The contractor boom enabled Snowden, a high-school dropout with computer skills, to command a $200,000 job and a top-secret security clearance.

"Clearly in that period, we lost some of our ability to compete for income; we didn't find our niche in an increasingly global economy, where we could attract and retain people with skills to command high incomes".

People with more relevant skills tend to command higher wages, as do people in managerial positions.

The two have exchanged flattering comments in recent days, with Trump openly admiring his leadership's skills and ability to "command respect" from Russian citizens.

And wages are stagnating in the middle of the labor market — workers who consider themselves too educated for entry-level jobs in a garment factory, but lacking the skills or experience to command a premium salary elsewhere.

Our leaders find that only computer-literate teenage boys have the necessary gaming skills and killer instinct to command hi-tech defence fleets.

The importance of these skills enabled slave traders to command higher prices for women in Carolina rice-growing areas than in other American slave markets.

Such examples were "very much on my mind," Mr. Lawner said, "so the person had to be the right person, with people skills, with the right credentials, to command respect, to be able to lead".