Critical Thinking Beginning To Trend As Most Important Job Skill

September 02, 2010

Critical Thinking Beginning To Trend As Most Important Job Skill

By John Vinson

What qualities must a person exhibit during an interview, and through a resume to receive a positive feeling, and ultimately a job from a HR rep or hiring manager? Good character, healthy work ethic, proof of experience in a particular field; all of these are great qualities to look for. Recently, many HR managers have cited 'critical thinking' as the number one skill they look for in potential hires.

Judy Chartrand, Consultant and Chief Scientist at Pearson Talent Assessment, had this to say about the importance of critical thinking, "America needs to make sure that our students and our employees are thinking critically, thinking independently and making judgments. If we don't, there are other countries out there that are investing the time and energy, and we could fall behind."

If there's one lesson we could learn from the economic downturn of the past couple of years, it's that critical thinking is an essential skill. If employees are being developed and hired with critical thinking in mind, many problems within a company can be remedied at faster paces than before.

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