--- title: "Skills Articles - Page 4 | Metaintro" canonical: "https://www.metaintro.com/blog/tag/skills/p/4" language: "en" author: "Metaintro" --- [Back to Skills](/blog/tag/skills) # Skills 526 posts [![A drilling rig and steel process tanks at a lithium extraction plant set among green fields and hills](https://cdn.metaintro.com/rs:fill:400:224/q:85/plain/images/final-10371.jpg) News ### Cornwall's £43m Lithium Plant Will Create Nearly 50 Direct Jobs and Support About 80 More in the Supply Chain A £43m Cornwall lithium plant will create nearly 50 direct jobs and support about 80 more, with production due in 2029. The roles, pay floor and how to prepare. September 28, 2026Read Article](/blog/cornwall-lithium-plant-50-jobs-2029) [![Aircraft engines on stands inside a bright, clean engine maintenance hangar](https://cdn.metaintro.com/rs:fill:400:224/q:85/plain/images/final-10360.jpg) News ### Safran's $22 Million Singapore Expansion Is Expected to Add Nearly 100 Landing Gear Jobs by 2030 Safran's US$22M Loyang extension is expected to add nearly 100 jobs by 2030. What landing gear overhaul work involves and how Singaporeans can train for it. September 25, 2026Read Article](/blog/safran-singapore-landing-gear-100-jobs-2030) [![A white uncrewed survey boat with radar domes and antennas on a harbour slipway under a clear sky](https://cdn.metaintro.com/rs:fill:400:224/q:85/plain/images/final-10358.jpg) News ### Nearly 1,000 Jobs Are Planned From Plymouth's Defence Deal, and a Scheme Aims to Help 500 People Into Work Plymouth's £84M defence deal targets nearly 1,000 jobs and a scheme to help 500 people into work. See who it is for and which training routes already exist. September 25, 2026Read Article](/blog/plymouth-defence-marine-autonomy-1000-jobs) [![The Singapore business district skyline glowing at sunrise across calm Marina Bay water](https://cdn.metaintro.com/rs:fill:400:224/q:85/plain/images/final-10344.jpg) News ### Singapore Expects Its Certified HR Pool to Double to 18,000 as Firms Over 200 Staff Face a July 2028 Rule From 1 July 2028, Singapore firms with over 200 staff need an IHRP-CP certified HR professional. What it costs, who qualifies and how HR workers get certified. September 24, 2026Read Article](/blog/singapore-certified-hr-professional-2028) [![AI and Imported Talent Shrank Hong Kong's 2028 Worker Gap From 180,000 to 130,000](https://cdn.metaintro.com/rs:fill:400:224/q:85/plain/images/10290.jpg) News ### AI and Imported Talent Shrank Hong Kong's 2028 Worker Gap From 180,000 to 130,000 Hong Kong's 2028 worker gap fell to 130,000, but trades and technicians are still short. See which sectors need people and the free training open to locals. September 17, 2026Read Article](/blog/hong-kong-2028-worker-gap) [![Alstom's £1 Billion Train Order Secures 350 Derby Jobs and a Gap Before the Work Starts](https://cdn.metaintro.com/rs:fill:400:224/q:85/plain/images/10272-v2.jpg) Jobs ### Alstom's £1 Billion Train Order Secures 350 Derby Jobs and a Gap Before the Work Starts Alstom won a £1bn order for 29 battery-electric trains, securing 350 Derby jobs and thousands in the supply chain. Build starts 2028, so here is the gap. September 16, 2026Read Article](/blog/alstom-1bn-train-order-derby-jobs) [![One office desk crowded with in-trays, binders, phones and mugs carrying a whole team's work](https://cdn.metaintro.com/rs:fill:400:224/q:85/plain/images/key-person-dependency-career-stall-delegate-hero.jpg) Career ### Why Being the Employee Everyone Depends On Can Stall Your Career A 2005 study by Ng and colleagues links promotions to 10 to 20 percent raises, but being the one person your team cannot lose can block yours. How to get out. September 14, 2026Read Article](/blog/key-person-dependency-career-stall-delegate) [![A small layout robot printing blue guide lines on the concrete slab of a timber-framed house](https://cdn.metaintro.com/rs:fill:400:224/q:85/plain/images/construction-robots-homebuilding-skilled-trades-jobs-hero.jpg) News ### Construction Robots Enter US Homebuilding and What It Means for Skilled Trades Jobs The US is short 1.2 million homes and nearly 300,000 construction workers. Robots are arriving, but builders using them say trades face their best decade yet. September 14, 2026Read Article](/blog/construction-robots-homebuilding-skilled-trades-jobs) [![Steel lattice electricity transmission towers and conductors across open green farmland](https://cdn.metaintro.com/rs:fill:400:224/q:85/plain/images/10205-alt-hero.png) News ### US Energy Lost 86,000 Jobs Last Year and Only the Grid Was Hiring The 2026 US Energy and Employment Report shows 86,000 energy jobs lost in 2025, with only transmission, distribution and storage growing. Where the hiring is. September 10, 2026Read Article](/blog/us-energy-jobs-86000-lost-grid-storage-growth) [![A new steel bench vice and hand tools on a pale timber workbench in a bright workshop](https://cdn.metaintro.com/rs:fill:400:224/q:85/plain/images/10196-alt-hero.png) News ### Germany Will Be Short 723,000 Skilled Workers by 2029 and These Five Fields Need Them Most Germany's skilled worker gap is projected to hit 723,000 by 2029, nearly double the 370,000 shortfall in 2025. The five fields with the widest gaps. September 10, 2026Read Article](/blog/germany-skilled-worker-shortage-723000-by-2029) [![How Much Do Engineering Psychologists Make in 2026? Salary Data and Career Guide](https://cdn.metaintro.com/rs:fill:400:224/q:85/plain/images/9650.jpg) Salary ### How Much Do Engineering Psychologists Make in 2026? Salary Data and Career Guide Engineering psychologists map to the $110,840 BLS median for psychologists, all other (May 2025). See how tech, defence and research roles change the number. September 9, 2026Read Article](/blog/how-much-do-engineering-psychologists-make) [![How Much Do Industrial-Organizational Psychologists Make in 2026?](https://cdn.metaintro.com/rs:fill:400:224/q:85/plain/images/9643.jpg) Salary ### How Much Do Industrial-Organizational Psychologists Make in 2026? Industrial-organizational psychologists earn a median $193,950 (BLS, May 2025). See how consulting, corporate and federal roles change that number in practice. September 9, 2026Read Article](/blog/how-much-do-industrial-psychologists-make) [View All Blog Posts](/blog/p/1) [Return to navigation](#main-navigation)