Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
alongside skills
English answer:
other skills
Added to glossary by
Johanne Bouthillier
Feb 13, 2005 14:24
19 yrs ago
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English term
alongside skills
English
Bus/Financial
Human Resources
The term appears in a list of priorities of employment strategy. I presume that it refers to other skills besides one's profession (e.g. foreign languages, computer literacy, touch typing), but I am just guessing. I'd appreciate to get an explanation from someone who knows for sure.
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other skills
alongside the skills that are directly related to the function, there are other skills that can be put to use in the job
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Note added at 49 mins (2005-02-13 15:14:26 GMT)
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based on the context provided, it seeams to mean basic skills
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Note added at 49 mins (2005-02-13 15:14:26 GMT)
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based on the context provided, it seeams to mean basic skills
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Comment: "Other or ancillary skills seems right to me, but I am still not quite certain. Unfortunaely, I can give points only to one answer."
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"soft" skills / secondary skills
This is also a guess - I don't know for sure what they mean here. However, I do think that they are referring to so-called soft or secondary skills, such as interpersonal, communication and teamworking skills. Could you possibly provide more detail (such as other items of this list)?
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ancillary skills
I wonder if this is close. Skills that are necessary to support some other core skill, like computer skills to support translation. Here is an example:
http://www.ieee-sem.org/wavelengths/oct2003.html
http://www.ieee-sem.org/wavelengths/oct2003.html
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relational skills?
There is just a possibility that this means people skills, as used in the following site:
Alongside Inc.
What Is Alongside? Alongside is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to restore hope, purpose, passion, and relationships among Christian leaders who are making an impact around the world. ... and pastors hone their relational skills in such areas as authentic communication ...alongside.gospelcom.net - 5k - Cached - More from this site
Alongside Inc.
What Is Alongside? Alongside is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to restore hope, purpose, passion, and relationships among Christian leaders who are making an impact around the world. ... and pastors hone their relational skills in such areas as authentic communication ...alongside.gospelcom.net - 5k - Cached - More from this site
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