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What skills are employers seeking in job candidates?

What skills are employers seeking in job candidates? Critical thinking and problem-solving Ability to work independently Collaboration/ teamwork Ability and willingness to learn new skills Interpersonal communication PITTSBURGH What's the most important skill to employers? 76% Ability to work independently What top three skills are crucial when hiring workers? 36% 33% 29% Critical thinking & Ability & willingness problem-solving Ability to work independently to learn new skills Is continuing education important to employers? 37% Very important SAN DIEGO PHILADELPHIA What's the most important skill to employers? What's the most important skill to employers? 70% Ability and willingness to learn new skills 71% Critical thinking & problem-solving What top three skills are crucial when hiring workers? What top three skills are crucial when hiring workers? 42% 32% 25% 39% 38% 25% Critical thinking & problem-solving Collaboration/ teamwork Ability to work independently MIAMI Critical thinking & Collaboration/ problem-solving Ability to work teamwork independently Is continuing education important to employers? Is continuing education important to employers? What's the most important skill to employers? 38% Very important KANSAS CITY 76% Interpersonal communication 39% Very important What top three skills are crucial when hiring workers? What's the most important skill to employers? PHOENIX 78% Interpersonal communication 43% 34% 22% What's the most important skill to employers? What top three skills are crucial when hiring workers? Critical thinking & i Interpersonal problem-solving communication Ability & willingness to learn new skills 77% Ability to WASHINGTON, D.C. meet deadlines 50% 38% 35% Is continuing education important to employers? What top three skills are crucial when hiring workers? What's the most important skill to employers? Collaboration/ Critical thinking & problem-solving Interpersonal communication 47% Very important 69% Critical thinking & problem-solving teamwork 41% 30% 30% Is continuing education important to employers? What top three skills are crucial when hiring workers? Critical thinking & Ability & willingness Collaboration/ to learn new skills problem-solving teamwork 32% Very important 36% 31% 26% Is continuing education important to employers? NASHVILLE Critical thinking & problem-solving Collaboration/ teamwork Interpersonal communication 40%very important What's the most important skill to employers? DALLAS 73% Critical thinking & problem-solving Is continuing education important to employers? What's the most important skill to employers? 39% Very important What top three skills are crucial when 72% Collaboration/ hiring workers? teamwork 46% 34% 30% What top three skills are crucial when hiring workers? Critical thinking &i Collaboration/ problem-solving Interpersonal communication teamwork 27% 27% 25% Ability & willingness to learn new skills Collaboration/ teamwork Ability to work independently Is continuing education important to employers? 41% Very important Is continuing education important to employers? 37% Very important %23 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. University of Phoenix® Designer: Noureen Saira | Writer:Shadi Mirza

What skills are employers seeking in job candidates?

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