Andrea Ortiz

Andrea Ortiz: "You arrive in class, they give you a book and they ask you to learn it, that's it. The teachers are very educated and well trained but I think that on many occasions they do not know how to transmit that knowledge," said Ortiz, who sells clothes at Zara's in Madrid. "The day will come when I have to join a company and I won't know the basics of how an office works.", according to CTV. In the first global study of adult skills, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development interviewed 166,000 people across 24 countries and regions -- a rich sample of people from all walks of life who agreed to sit down for tests that could last up to 90 minutes. The results from mostly industrialized countries offered a snapshot into how people of different ages are educated, work and adapt to a changing world. It did not include China, India or Brazil, which are among the world's fastest developing countries and PARIS -- Andrea Ortiz, a 24-year-old Spaniard, has degrees in law and business and works in a multinational clothing company -- as a store clerk. She has little hope of advancement and fears that when finally she secures a job she wants, she'll have no idea how to do it well. The Spaniard's fears may be well-founded, according to a study released Tuesday that shows many countries in the most dire economic trouble have workforces that lack the skills needed to get the recovery going. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.