But for employers, having their staff continually improving their skills is a double-edged sword.
Metaphors, to use an overused metaphor, are a double-edged sword: sometimes they clarify, sometimes they confuse.
But mostly, the dearth of candidates has more to do with the double-edged sword of consolidation.
The Scottish Chambers of Commerce has warned the move could be a "double-edged sword".
Still, many Chinese and Western economists and demographers say that urbanization can be a double-edged sword.
Hamilton's second book, Sugar Hill, examines the double-edged sword of assimilation facing upwardly mobile Latinos.
Most importantly, leverage is a double-edged sword and could have dire financial consequences for a retiree.
But this could be a double-edged sword, as drug companies are swamped with difficult-to-prioritize targets.
However, success could be a double-edged sword, as early-season form could see several players getting England calls.
"The findings are highly promising but nevertheless a double-edged sword due to the limited supply, " said P.
In such an environment, the information that an EITI can gather and disseminate is a double-edged sword.
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The electronic trading that allows Knight to provide such services has proven to be a double-edged sword.
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"In certain cases, (a federal criminal case can be) a double-edged sword, " says USADA chief executive Travis Tygart.
Nevertheless, its record-breaking, headline grabbing sales of the late have been a double-edged sword for the auction house.
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Hence we think the push toward original programming could be a double-edged sword.
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Despite its theoretical appeal, preemption as an IW strategy represents a double-edged sword.
Inane and attention-grabbing advertising, while often effective in terms of customer acquisition, can also be a double-edged sword.
However, on the most obvious indicator of all - the oil price - it's very much a double-edged sword.
" She said raising her own child in the shadow of that loss makes every day "a double-edged sword.
While the fall of the greenback has aided manufacturing, a free fall of the American currency is a double-edged sword.
Coming from a wealthy family can be a "double-edged sword, " he adds.
It turns out that this kind of mix-'em-up creativity is a double-edged sword for a man of Powell's clout in the industry.
"Choice is a double-edged sword, " says QuantumShift Chief Executive Scott Schaefer .
"It's a double-edged sword - from a team point of view it's a fantastic achievement but we are driven to win, " said McNish.
Despite being an advocate and practitioner of using parody when appropriate, I also recognize the perils as it can be a double-edged sword.
"It's a double-edged sword - the staff who should be on their holidays are here but the children are not on site, " he said.
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But he added that the new speeds could be a "double-edged sword" for mobile users worried that their data bills could soar with faster browsing.
Down the road, this Medicare boost could be a double-edged sword.
Extremely low interest rates are a double-edged sword for Wells Fargo.
Of course, investing in high-yielding stocks can be a double-edged sword.
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