Jim Knight Quotes

It’s harder and harder to get a job if you just have a strong back. You need an education.

Our education system is not meeting the needs of today’s workforce much less tomorrow’s.

We know that a college degree is rapidly becoming the price of admission to the global economy.

The skills gap is a reflection of what we value.

Better degrees don't automatically translate into better skills and better jobs and better lives.

We have middle skill jobs available, and high skill jobs available. There are no longer and unskilled jobs.

To maintain their own competitiveness, workers need to attain and stay current on the qualifications needed to advance in a constantly evolving economy.

As a general rule, when your child, or anyone in the work force, doesn't know what he/she wants to do, they should instead always be developing skills and competencies that will qualify them for the jobs that companies are most looking to fill and increase their hireability.

College education is the great Filipino dream. But in a world of rapid technological change, getting a job or keeping it depends as much on how well one reasons as how well one uses his hands.

The more versatile you make yourself, the more work you get. Training makes you more versatile and ultimately gets you more work. Julliard taught me that.

Apart from finding a first job, college graduates seem to adapt more easily than those with only a high school degree as the economy evolves and labor-market needs change.

We are currently working on new policies to protect and create American jobs, particularly by improving education. We need more information in order to find the best solutions to this increasing concern for American families.

When I got tired of going to school, I was kind of overqualified for a lot of jobs. Kind of underqualified for a lot of others.

The best jobs will go to the best educated people.

90% of the fastest growing jobs require some form of post-secondary education.

The more you learn the more you earn.

France needs to improve training and education and the level of skills of its workforce.

I'm fascinated by the skills gap.

If we would change the basis and align what is taught in school with what is needed with business... that's where I came up with this idea of 'new collar.' Not blue collar or white collar.

The majority of the new jobs being created require higher skills, more education.

Whether you're a high school student, attend traditional college, or take night classes while working full-time, it is imperative that you are given the tools necessary to become competitive in the workforce.

The worst thing we can do is graduate kids who aren't prepared for the real world.

Prepare yourself to be employable.

I'll continue working as long as people want to hire me.

I think technical education and vocational skills and having a trade mean something.