But it also means that workers require more education and different skills, working with software rather than drill presses.
She picked up political skills working for Bob Dole, a former presidential candidate, and at the Treasury.
Because the deceptively simple game, it turns out, targets the most elemental of cognitive skills: "working" memory.
Theresa Rebeck, whose dramas include "The Understudy" and "The Scene," said she picked up similar skills working on "NYPD Blue".
"He doesn't fit into the mold of a hail-fellow-well-met. His retail political skills — working the room, marching in a parade — that's not his strong point".
Under that standard, bargaining units would generally be based on whether employees had similar responsibilities, supervisors, skills, working conditions and pay scales.
Dawn Airey Dubbed the new 'pornographer in chief' when she headed Channel 5. Main strength: Tough and populist, she has honed her commercial skills working for Rupert Murdoch.
During World War II, Dr. Hurewitz used his language skills working for the Near East section of the Office of Strategic Services, the wartime intelligence agency.
Mr. Pope belongs to the generation of chefs who missed out; he attended culinary school, but honed his skills working backward from the finished cuts shown in a handbook of the North American Meat Processors.
The gig was not as glamorous as his future endeavors — rapper, actor, husband of Mariah Carey — but Nick Cannon did develop crucial skills working at a Wienerschnitzel in Los Angeles, for as long as the job lasted.
The team of behavioral and data scientists at Knack, a Silicon Valley start-up firm, uses computer games and constant measurement to test emotional intelligence, cognitive skills, working memory and propensity for risk-taking.
