Workforce Readiness Crisis

The following is from the article called Workforce Readiness Crisis.

1.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;
2. professionalism/work ethic, teamwork/collaboration, and oral
communications, which are rated the three most important applied skills;
3. knowledge of foreign languages, an area that will increase in importance
in the next five years, more than any other basic skill;
4. and creativity/innovation, which is projected to increase in importance for future
workforce entrants.

Another idea that was presented in this article was: "that employers place much greater value on the applied skills of leadership, critical thinking, and problem-solving than on more traditional basic skills such as reading comprehension or mathematics .."