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What skills are employers seeking in job candidates? Interpersonal communication What’s the most important skill to employers? 76% Very important 47% Critical thinking & problem-solving What top three skills are crucial when hiring workers? Is continuing education important to employers? 43% Interpersonal communication 34% Ability & willingness to learn new skills 22% Critical thinking & problem-solving What’s the most important skill to employers? 69% Very important 39% Critical thinking & problem-solving What top three skills are crucial when hiring workers? Is continuing education important to employers? 36% Collaboration/ teamwork 31% Interpersonal communication 26% Critical thinking & problem-solving What’s the most important skill to employers? 73% Very important 41% Critical thinking & problem-solving What top three skills are crucial when hiring workers? Is continuing education important to employers? 46% Collaboration/ teamwork 34% Interpersonal communication 30% Ability to work independently What’s the most important skill to employers? 76% Very important 37% Critical thinking & problem-solving What top three skills are crucial when hiring workers? Is continuing education important to employers? 36% Ability & willingness to learn new skills 33% Ability to work independently 29% Interpersonal communication What’s the most important skill to employers? 78% Very important 32% Critical thinking & problem-solving What top three skills are crucial when hiring workers? Is continuing education important to employers? 50% Collaboration/ teamwork 38% Interpersonal communication 35% Ability and willingness to learn new skills What’s the most important skill to employers? 70% Very important 38% Critical thinking & problem-solving What top three skills are crucial when hiring workers? Is continuing education important to employers? 42% Collaboration/ teamwork 32% Ability to work independently 25% Ability to meet deadlines What’s the most important skill to employers? 77% Very important 40% Critical thinking & problem-solving What top three skills are crucial when hiring workers? Is continuing education important to employers? 41% Ability & willingness to learn new skills 30% Collaboration/ teamwork 30% Collaboration/ teamwork What’s the most important skill to employers? 72% Very important 37% Ability & willingness to learn new skills What top three skills are crucial when hiring workers? Is continuing education important to employers? 27% Collaboration/ teamwork 27% Ability to work independently 25% Designer: Naureen Saira | Writer:Shadi Mirza Source: Apollo Research Institute, Life in the 21st-Century Workforce: Metro-Area Studies, April 13, 2012. Apollo Research Institute is part of Apollo Group, the parent company of University of Phoenix. Critical thinking and problem-solving Collaboration/ teamwork Ability to work independently Ability and willingness to learn new skills Interpersonal communication NASHVILLE MIAMI WASHINGTON, D.C. KANSAS CITY PITTSBURGH Critical thinking & problem-solving What’s the most important skill to employers? 71% Very important 39% Critical thinking & problem-solving What top three skills are crucial when hiring workers? Is continuing education important to employers? 39% Collaboration/ teamwork 38% Ability to work independently 25% PHILADELPHIA DALLAS PHOENIX SAN DIEGO

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Page 1: What skills do employers seek in job candidates?

What skills are employers seeking in job candidates?

Interpersonalcommunication

What’s the most important skill to employers?

76%

Very important47%

Critical thinking &problem-solving

What top three skills are crucial whenhiring workers?

Is continuing education importantto employers?

43%Interpersonal

communication

34%Ability & willingness

to learn new skills

22%

Critical thinking &problem-solving

What’s the most important skill to employers?

69%

Very important39%

Critical thinking &problem-solving

What top three skills are crucial whenhiring workers?

Is continuing education importantto employers?

36%Collaboration/

teamwork

31%Interpersonal

communication

26%

Critical thinking &problem-solving

What’s the most important skill to employers?

73%

Very important41%

Critical thinking &problem-solving

What top three skills are crucial whenhiring workers?

Is continuing education importantto employers?

46%Collaboration/

teamwork

34%Interpersonal

communication

30%

Ability to workindependently

What’s the most important skill to employers?

76%

Very important37%

Critical thinking &problem-solving

What top three skills are crucial whenhiring workers?

Is continuing education importantto employers?

36%Ability & willingness

to learn new skills

33%Ability to workindependently

29%

Interpersonalcommunication

What’s the most important skill to employers?

78%

Very important32%

Critical thinking &problem-solving

What top three skills are crucial whenhiring workers?

Is continuing education importantto employers?

50%Collaboration/

teamwork

38%Interpersonal

communication

35%

Ability and willingnessto learn new skills

What’s the most important skill to employers?

70%

Very important38%

Critical thinking &problem-solving

What top three skills are crucial whenhiring workers?

Is continuing education importantto employers?

42%Collaboration/

teamwork

32%Ability to workindependently

25%

Ability tomeet deadlines

What’s the most important skill to employers?

77%

Very important40%

Critical thinking &problem-solving

What top three skills are crucial whenhiring workers?

Is continuing education importantto employers?

41%Ability & willingness

to learn new skills

30%Collaboration/

teamwork

30%

Collaboration/teamwork

What’s the most important skill to employers?

72%

Very important37%

Ability & willingnessto learn new skills

What top three skills are crucial whenhiring workers?

Is continuing education importantto employers?

27%Collaboration/

teamwork

27%Ability to workindependently

25%

Designer: Naureen Saira | Writer:Shadi Mirza

Source: Apollo Research Institute, Life in the 21st-Century Workforce: Metro-Area Studies, April 13, 2012. Apollo Research Institute is part of Apollo Group, the parent company of University of Phoenix.

Critical thinkingand problem-solving

Collaboration/teamwork

Ability to workindependently

Ability and willingnessto learn new skills

Interpersonalcommunication

NASHVILLE

MIAMI

WASHINGTON, D.C.

KANSAS CITY

PITTSBURGH

Critical thinking &problem-solving

What’s the most important skill to employers?

71%

Very important39%

Critical thinking &problem-solving

What top three skills are crucial whenhiring workers?

Is continuing education importantto employers?

39%Collaboration/

teamwork

38%Ability to workindependently

25%

PHILADELPHIA

DALLAS

PHOENIX

SAN DIEGO

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