The framework seems to capture most of the skills and qualities that most organizations require in new recruits. However, respondents were thinking, primarily, about entry-level jobs. Roles that are more demanding, add higher value, or carry more and different types of responsibilities, are likely to have more extensive and different requirements. At any level, being proficient and regularly displaying the skills identified in Table 1 can only enhance employability. Extending proficiency to other skills, and particularly to higher levels of skill, and displaying other qualities can only further enhance employability and increase the potential for career progression.
Proficiency is an important consideration.
The workplace context is very different to that found in the classroom. The report identifies significant differences between employment sectors and which skills were selected most frequently. It does not identify which of the 187 skills and qualities are most important to any single employer. There are bound to be variations in expectations within a sector, and they are likely to change in response to changing customer expectations, new technology, materials and practices. Quite a few employers were concerned that the results of the project should also be distributed to high schools and elementary schools.