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"While the 'three Rs' are still fundamental to any new workforce entrant's ability to do the job, employers emphasize that applied skills are 'very important' to success at work."
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- a combination of basic knowledge and applied skills, with applied skills trumping basics as in the top five most important for any level of education;
- professionalism/work ethic, teamwork/collaboration, and oral communications, which are rated the three most important applied skills;
- knowledge of foreign languages, an area that will increase in importance in the next five years, more than any other basic skill;
- and creativity/innovation, which is projected to increase in importance for future workforce entrants.
Among the skills identified as critical to success in the 21st century workforce are:
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ound the nation's new workforce entrants "woefully ill-prepared for the demands of today's—and tomorrow's—workplace." Donna Klein, president, CEO, and founder of Corporate Voices for Working Families, says the study's results were "amazing and sobering."
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We're not turning out employable graduates nor maintaining our position as a global competitor. Why?
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