In today's job market it is far more important to have practical skills than theoretical knowledge. In the future, job applicants may not need any formal qualifications. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

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Nowadays, the practical skills of employees have a very high value for employees and they are more important than their
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. It is hard to believe, but there is a perception that in the near future will be a time, when official qualifications will not be required. Personally, I agree that practical skills are indeed important and play a greater role in the selection of staff and in some industries they are sufficient, but that should not preclude the need for appropriate
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in more serious areas of activity. Back
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in prestigious universities was the main stage in becoming a successful person.
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Russia, if students successfully graduated from Moscow State University, they could be absolutely sure of their future, because that diploma was enough to get a good position.
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, in Japan, students are hired by employers during university
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for
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employment. The existence of
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large and prestigious universities has created and sometimes still creates a monopoly on the labour market, but in these times, the portfolio and practical skills of the student have received increasing attention.
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, in creative industries around the world a portfolio plays a really important role, whereas the availability of
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is only a bureaucratic attribute. According to the new trends, for many companies it is enough to be talented and experienced and even for licensed activities they do not always require appropriate
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, because it is necessary only for the signature of the specialist who assumes responsibility for the work. In my opinion,
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is perhaps the trend that leads to substandard work, because it is impossible to check everything after someone. In conclusion, I would like to stress that for some reasons it is a good trend, but for others it is terrible and
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may lead to awful consequences. Looking towards the future, it is no doubt a given that in alignment with the current course, in some
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professions, employees
will not need to get a degree, but in many others, which imply responsibility for human lives, it will always be relevant.
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