The Conference Board, Corporate Voices for Working Families, Partnership for 21st Century Skills, and the Society for Human Resource Management.9 More than 400 employers were asked what skills they considered most important and whether high school, 2-year college, or 4-year college graduates had these desired skills. It is interesting that the top five ranked skills were oral communication, teamwork, professionalism, written communication, and critical thinking or problem solving. And 81% of responders also considered creativity and innovation very important.
