{"id":10356,"date":"2020-12-09T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-09T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.coreeducationllc.com\/blog2\/?p=10356"},"modified":"2020-11-29T16:05:14","modified_gmt":"2020-11-29T20:05:14","slug":"workplace-basics-the-competencies-employers-want","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coreeducationllc.com\/blog2\/workplace-basics-the-competencies-employers-want\/","title":{"rendered":"Workplace Basics: The Competencies Employers Want"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A new report from Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce explores how 120 knowledge areas, skills, and abilities are demanded across the workforce and within specific occupations\u2014and how the intensity with which workers use these competencies, along with their education level, can affect their earnings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Workers need more than just their educational credentials to qualify for jobs that pay well, keep those jobs, secure promotions, and boost their earnings on the job. Workplace Basics: The Competencies Employers Want<\/em> reveals the five most in-demand competencies across the labor market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Competencies that are in high demand across the workforce are associated with higher earnings in jobs in which they are used most intensively. Workers receive an average earnings boost of about 20 percent when they use communication more intensively on the job. Similarly, an increase in the intensity with which workers use problem solving and complex thinking is associated with an average earnings premium of 19 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The five competencies:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Communication<\/li>
  2. Teamwork<\/li>
  3. Sales and customer service<\/li>
  4. Leadership<\/li>
  5. Problem solving and complex thinking<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    The researchers identify four trends that hold across the workforce: <\/p>\n\n\n\n