The key is to find work that fits one's skills, values and personality.
Today, Mr. Lemann says he approaches journalism education as a three-legged stool of skills, values and intellectual substance.
I look for speaking and writing skills, values, and experiences — not in the field, but worldly experiences.
Barbering and cosmetology were singled out because they are skills valued both in prison and in the neighborhoods to which many inmates return, once freed.
It's not the wealth amassed at the top but, rather, the lack of "skills, values, and habits" at the bottom that accounts for the widening income gap.
It has been well established that too few women and underrepresented minorities — black and Latino students, in particular — are graduating with the tech skills valued in Silicon Valley.
"Start thinking about how to take control of your career development on an ongoing basis – by knowing your skills, values and interests – as this will be helpful for you throughout your working life," says Brammar.
Japanese officials, Mr. Sato said, no longer attach great importance to students' high rankings on international tests because the exams measure skills valued by the old education system, not the new.
This means not simply strengthening the bonds of trust and mutual respect among citizens, but also equipping Americans — especially the poor — with the skills, values, and habits that will allow them to succeed.
Results show positive interrelations for economic knowledge and skills, value-oriented dispositions as well as attitude towards economics on the one side and educational aspirations on the other side.
