The extent of upskilling of the argentine labor market: a simple analysis

Over the last three decades the labor market of most developed countries have experienced a sustained period of upskilling. This means an overall increase in the skill requirement of jobs determined by the demand for skilled labor. This suggests that their labor demand has become more skill intensive, shifting towards skilled workers relatively to unskilled workers. An analysis of job growth of the Argentine labor market between 1997 and 2009 using data from the EPH, evidences a process of deskilling over this period, with serious implications in terms of competitiveness and about issues related to increasing social and economic inequality.

THE ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE IN THE HOST COUNTRY’S LANGUAGE: A UNIVERSAL SKILL REQUIREMENT FOR ENHANCING CONFIDENCE AMONG EXPATRIATE ACADEMICS

This paper highlights the association of language use skills with self-confidence as a contributing factor to the determination of expatriate self-adaptability in a foreign cultural environment. The objective of this study was to examine whether the skills of using the local language of the host country are considered as a universal skill requirement for improvisation and self-skills among expatriate academics in Malaysian Public Universities. Utilisation of qualitative methods of semi-structured interviews on 35 lecturers with international staff status in four Malaysian Public Universities which were subsequently processed by inductive analysis for dominant and subdominant thematic classifications. The findings prove that the informants utilised language proficiency as a backup to recognise their ability to respond to external stimuli, thus producing positive value to themselves. The proactive process is done by trying to find answers to change and self-transformation while in a foreign country. Studies linking the elements of confidence and self-identity skills among expatriates are often highlighted, but the approach taken is to put the advantage to be utilised on the part of the organisation and not expatriates as the subject of the study. Therefore, the results of this study fulfil the search for answers regarding their identity as an expatriate, including exploring foreign cultures, releasing the culture of the country of origin, developing a network of contacts and assessing their potential and ability to deal with the challenges of life abroad. The direction of future research refers to the addition of value in the expatriate management literature by making basic concepts of interaction such as language proficiency as an element capable of increasing self-confidence and sketching the career development of self-initiated expatriates.

The Relationship between Skinfold and Ultrasound Measures of Subcutaneous Fat in Untrained Healthy Males

Ultrasound measurement of adipose tissue offers an alternative measure of body composition with less technical skill requirement than skinfolds. However, the relationship between skinfold and ultrasound measurements of adipose tissue is uncertain. The aim of this study was to compare these measures in a healthy untrained male population. One hundred male participants (aged 18–40 years) of varying body compositions had skinfold measures taken at the biceps, triceps and front thigh sites. Ultrasound measures were also taken at the same sites using B-wave ultrasound with a linear probe in the transverse plane. Strong, significant (p < 0.01), positive correlations were observed between skinfold and ultrasound measures at the biceps (r = 0.828), triceps (r = 0.813), and front thigh (r = 0.888) sites. However, there was significant (p < 0.01) variance between the techniques at all measurement sites. Whilst skinfold and ultrasound measures of adipose tissue have good linear agreement, skinfolds are consistently higher at all sites indicating a difference in the nature of the tissue measured via each technique. The exact nature of the relationship should be established on a population-specific basis.

Generative Design in Building Information Modelling (BIM): Approaches and Requirements

The integration of generative design (GD) and building information modelling (BIM), as a new technology consolidation, can facilitate the constructability of GD’s automatic design solutions, while improving BIM’s capability in the early design phase. Thus, there has been an increasing interest to study GD-BIM, with current focuses mainly on exploring applications and investigating tools. However, there are a lack of studies regarding methodological relationships and skill requirement based on different development objectives or GD properties; thus, the threshold of developing GD-BIM still seems high. This study conducts a critical review of current approaches for developing GD in BIM, and analyses methodological relationships, skill requirements, and improvement of GD-BIM development. Accordingly, novel perspectives of objective-oriented, GD component-based, and skill-driven GD-BIM development as well as reference guides are proposed. Finally, future research directions, challenges, and potential solutions are discussed. This research aims to guide designers in the building industry to properly determine approaches for developing GD-BIM and inspire researchers’ future studies.

Model of essential employability skills framework for machine operator

Employability Skills is a skill requirement that must be possessed by someone to be able to get a job, always keep spirit on work for the successful career achievement. The aim of this study is to find a specific employability skills framework model for Machine Operators. The research design uses mixed methods, which combines quantitative and qualitative methods and parallel convergent strategies in the mixing process data. These findings produce 14 Employability Skills framework, such as; 1) Basic skills: communication, listening 2) Personal Qualities: presence, teamwork, responsibility, honesty, flexibility, empathy. 3) Thinking Skills: creative, problem solving 4) Management: self-management, planning management 5) Systems and Technology: Understand the concept of work, and production flow systems. Overall, the industry are focusing on the basic skills as a primary obligation and personal quality for employability. Further thinking skills, management, and systems and technology will be developed in the workplace later.

DIGITALISASI POLA PAKAIAN MELALUI CLO3D

Moving towards industry 4.0, one of five sectors in Indonesia to be planned as implementation pioneer is textile and clothing industry. Digital competencies have become skill requirement found most in fashion work vacancies. One of common digital method applied in clothing design and production is Clo3D. This article results from a co-creation activity between UPH Product Design, LPK Nadya Jaya, and brand partner (Lovadova); taking Clo3D as a tool to produce 3D patterns, reducing human error, saving time & costs. There are 16 patterns produced, 7 among them are mass-produced. As the result, Clo3D helps in terms of design, revise, simulate clothes in 3D; allowing the clothing business cycle from design to selling a lot faster than traditional process. Key words : Digitalization, Pattern, Clothing, Clo3D

Recommendation System of Information Technology Jobs using Collaborative Filtering Method Based on LinkedIn Skills Endorsement

Students who are graduated from Informatics Engineering have wide employment opportunities in the information technology work field, such as database administrator, data scientist, UI designer, IT project manager, network engineer, system analyst, software engineer and UX designer. Each job in Information Technology field has different skill requirement for the interest of work field. Therefore, IT skill classification is needed to find out the suitable career recommendation for Informatics Engineering students. Data from IT professionals which are obtained from LinkedIn account of IT professionals will be processed as reference for students. Data are processed using K-Means Clustering algorithm to find out how is feasible IT professionals data are used as a reference. Then, Collaborative Filtering method by the K-NN algorithm is used to determine classification based on the proximity between student skills and information technology job field. The output is recommendation of information technology job field which are generated from calculate of IT student skills. Result has been tested by testing one of user that has been labeled software engineer produce a recommendation output as a software engineer.

Role of E-Learning in Indian Education System

Today it had become an era of digital world where everything from pen to medicines is available in the internet. Now the youth and the technology are non-separable part. It makes the toughest time consuming job into an easier one. Use of e-learning has a positive trend from school to college education in India. In city schools smart class rooms with projectors for video is available and it improves the level of understanding. In higher secondary level children are provided with tabs such that it can be used for getting the study materials, video lectures, demos, webinars and online tests. Analyzing the efficiency and acceptability of this process is mandatory to assure the educationalist and also the parents. This work focuses majorly in available e-learning systems, skill requirement needed and the merits of e-learning for students. Education has a major role in good community development and also in employment opportunity. This work focuses majorly in available e-learning systems, skill requirement needed and the merits of e-learning for students and society.

Vegetative and micropropagation of leucaena

Keynote paper presented at the International Leucaena Conference, 1‒3 November 2018, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.To effectively utilize sterile hybrids of leucaena, efficient protocols for vegetative propagation are needed that meet different user requirements and capabilities. We developed and compared methods for propagating several sterile hybrids of leucaena and compared them with each other and with propagation via seeds for variety K636. Methods included air-layers, rooted cuttings, grafting and tissue culture (micropropagation). All methods required 14‒20 weeks from generation of new shoots on the stock plant to production of rooted plantlets ready to outplant as compared with 6‒8 weeks for seedlings of K636. Successful rooting was highest for air-layers and rooted cuttings. Grafting had lower success owing to a higher skill requirement for the propagator. Tissue culture showed promise, but use of field-grown material was limited by microbial contamination of propagation media. Rooted cuttings are the best option presently for operational-scale propagation, but the method requires a mist system or a carefully controlled non-mist environment. If an effective method can be developed, grafting of young shoots onto a seedling rootstock is an alternative that retains the advantages of a seedling tap root and requires fewer resources than rooted cuttings or tissue culture.