Sentence examples for useful credentials from inspiring English sources

Most last only a few months, providing general skills without conferring useful credentials in specialized fields.

He trails useful credentials from The West Wing, a drama that was in part a Kennedy resurrection fantasy.

For Mr. Bloomberg, the work has supplied a useful credential to cite during local disputes, like the tussle over helmet use for the new bike-share program in New York.

But there is a prior and deeper question: Should the mission of college go beyond imparting skills and handing out a useful credential?

His term in jail was a useful credential when he made politics his career, first at local level and then in the national Parliament.

Having been a black, big-city mayor is not an obviously useful credential among a conservative general electorate, but, in the cultural code of Texas, Dallas is no ordinary big city.

Many of the programs become commercial products that are sold or licensed to customers like I.B.M. TopCoder competitors who do not win cash awards can still obtain a useful credential, Mr. Lydon said — a digital emblem that, when clicked on, gives statistics about their prowess relative to others.

For Haley, the U.N. post could provide a useful credential if she wants to seek higher office, much as it did for George H.W. Bush, who served as U.N. ambassador in the early 1970s.

At a time when the soul of the Obama administration seems up for grabs, and with Republicans taking over control of the House and gaining seats in a still-Democratic controlled Senate, that may turn out to be a useful credential, say his allies.

But we do have the ability to make credentials less useful if we can provide better income opportunities and increase the competition for talent.

For those already training in the academic world but who want to make a career outside academe, the report's most important message is that the labor market rewards skills useful to employers, not academic credentials per se.