21.   It can be a great way to upgrade your skills and move into a hot new job.

22.   Labor Secretary Robert Reich has championed job training as a way to upgrade worker skills and counteract the trend toward falling wages among millions of job holders.

23.   Many of those lacking jobs are former public-sector workers and economists say that this structural shift may leave them permanently along the waside unless they upgrade skills.

24.   Moreover, they need government programs designed to upgrade their skills in both traditional and nontraditional occupations.

25.   My wife, Janet, has done the most to upgrade my skills and to convince me that it is OK to experiment.

26.   Older workers lack the support they need to respond to change and maintain and upgrade their skills as required within their companies, Barth said.

27.   The brutal global competition for investment dollars and trade is forcing companies and workers to tighten their budgets and constantly upgrade their skills in order to compete.

28.   The education budget would contain modest increases for poor children and for upgrading reading skills.

29.   The emphasis on education reflects a national obsession with upgrading worker skills in an increasingly competitive global market.

30.   The Workforce Alliance has pulled public and private sectors together in Mississippi County, Ark., to upgrade worker skills, cut unemployment and increase incomes.