May 20, 2003 12:33
21 yrs ago
German term

Geringqualifizierte

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Förderung von Beschäftigungsmöglichkeiten für Geringqualifizierte und Langzeitarbeitslose

What is the right term for "Geringqualifizierte"? People with a low level of occupational skills???

Proposed translations

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… for the long-term unemployed and those with low level qualifications

that's how I would put it.

Here’s one of many examples I found on google:
Charles Clarke said: “There is a large number of adults in the UK workforce with no or very low level qualifications. This ...
www.dfes.gov.uk/pns/DisplayPN.cgi?pn_id=2002_0225

hope it helps
Peer comment(s):

agree Jeannie Graham : low-level qualifications sounds appropriate
43 mins
thanks Jeannie
agree John Hayward
4 days
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you very much Nicole"
1 min

unskilled workers

Or 'people with few qualifications'

HTH

Mary

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or ... for the unskilled and the long-term unemployed.
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4 mins

low-skilled workers

my suggestion.
Peer comment(s):

agree hirselina : ILO terminology
1 hr
agree izy
5 hrs
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6 mins

low-skilled workers

zur Unterscheidung zu "high skilled workers". Hier: "low skilled workers and the long term unemployed".
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18 mins

less qualified persons

see also: Dietl-Lorenz

Technology and the labour amrket - Future of Work - [ Diese Seite übersetzen ]
... reduced employment for less qualified workers. Although the fall in
inequality within the group of unqualified works is slightly ...
www.dol.govt.nz/futureofwork/workshopTechnology.asp

and also


... Among the common misconceptions about affirmative action is that it inherently means
preferential treatment for less-qualified persons or quotas resulting in ...
www.unl.edu/equity/ Continuing%20Need%20for%20Affirmative%20Action.htm
Peer comment(s):

agree Martin Hesse
21 mins
Thanks Martin.
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1 hr

"for the lesser qualified and the long-term unemployed"

Native English speaker - at least, that's how I'd translate it
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2 hrs

low-skill workers

is another option, or less-skilled

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6 hrs

substandard

substandard employee/worker/expertise
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1 day 16 hrs

underskilled and long-term unemployed



Publications and Highlights
... Theses Radcliffe, J. (1998). *"Over Educated, but Underskilled":* Views on
Applied and Liberal Education by Young Adults in British Columbia. ...
www.edst.educ.ubc.ca/paths/publications.html

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... Education Remains Critical Education Remains Critical The workforce Is underskilled
The workforce Is underskilled Retirement makes finding skilled workers more ...
www.uwex.edu/disted/conference/DL2002/ DL2002Resources/DL2002_Oblinger.pdf
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