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Hargittai, E. (2010). Digital Na(t)ives? Variation in Internet Skills and Uses among Members of the "Net Generation". Sociological Inquiry. 80(1):92-113. "People who have grown up with digital media are often assumed to be universally savvy with information and communication technologies. Such assumptions are rarely grounded in empirical evidence, however. This article draws on unique data with information about a diverse group of young adults' Internet uses and skills to suggest that even when controlling for Internet access and experiences, people differ in their online abilities and activities."

"The ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing (with almost all of today's written communications in business being conducted digitally). Teamwork skills and the ability to collaborate with others in diverse groups settings (and information technologies are increasingly essential to many forms of organizational collaboration). The ability to innovate and be creative (today's information technologies empower innovate and creative capabilities in ways not previously envisioned). The ability to locate, organize, and evaluate information from multiple sources."

Skills Australia is an independent statutory body, providing advice to the Minister for Education, Employment and Workplace Relations on Australia's current, emerging and future workforce skills needs and workforce development needs.

Future focus: Australia's skills and  workforce development needs  A discussion paper for the 2012 National Workforce  Development Strategy

JMA Analytics National VET Practitioner Skills Report 31 January 2010 A report on the National Survey of Vocational Education and Training (VET) Practitioner Skills, conducted October-November 2009 Dr John Mitchell & John Ward

Full report by the Industry Skills Councils on the needs of green skills & sustainability training in industry sectors. This is a summary of all the industry sector's information and recommendations.

Workforce Futures - a National Workforce Development Strategy for Australia. Our vision for this strategy is that Australia has the workforce capability it requires for a productive, sustainable and inclusive future, and that Australian enterprises have the capacity to develop and use the skills of their workforce to maximum advantage for the benefit of industry and the community. Skills Australia 2010

Business and leadership skills paramount to workforce development include Managing organisational change, Project Management, Building client business relationships, Personal and strategic transformation, and Implementing learning strategies. Six new resources are aimed at these skills and have been developed to support the changing business needs and environment for TAFE.

Welcome! This audio slideshow provides an overview of skills recognition and reasons for increasing skills recognition rates for Aboriginal students.

Speaking is a practical skill and therefore the best way to prepare for the test is to gain the skill and put it into as much practice as possible. This way you can speak in English naturally and comfortably.

"National Foundation Skills Strategy for Adults"

The only sure way to improve one's reading skills is to read voraciously and regularly, more so university textbooks or other materials on a variety of subjects such as science, art and business that are written in an academic style.

MaxMunus is an emerging end to end SAP training solution focused on training for companies that have captive, in-house or specific technology based training requirements. We focus on the needs of the SAP ERP community. We bridge the gap between the need of the industry for knowledgeable and skilled professionals and the education required to produce highly qualified candidates and professionals.