Communication skills valued by employers

The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL;  July 28, 2002 ;     544 words ......response to the question was "communication skills." In 2002, the single most common response was also communication skills. A recent study by the National...found that employers ranked communication skills (written and verbal) as...

Communication skills and postgraduate medical training programs

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine;  April 1, 2005 ;     574 words ......acknowledged that doctors require good communication skills to be able to deliver appropriate...doctors in training possess better communication skills than others and that shortcomings...significant improvements in the communication skills of both relatively junior and senior...

Designation of "communication skills" in position listings. (Business...

Business Communication Quarterly;  June 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......EMPLOYERS specifically identify communication skills as a job requirement in position...Research validates the importance of communication skills for job applicants and for career...1995) found both oral and written communication skills to be important regardless of organization...

A Systems Approach to Scaffold Communication Skills Development

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education;  March 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Objectives. To implement a communication skills development (CSD) system and evaluate...set goals for improvement of their communication skills. Students participated in various...performed. Assessment. Students' communication skills improved as evidenced by assessment...

A personal differentiator.(importance of communication skills)

Control Engineering;  February 1, 2007 ;     401 words ......expertise with effective communication skills. says Flink. It is...believes excellent communication skills are not only an asset...Strong oral and written communication skills can improve job performance...

Integrating business communication skills into a buyer-behavior course...

Business Communication Quarterly;  March 1, 1995 ;     700+ words ......strengthening their students' business communication skills. Recruiters routinely consider superior...at improving students' business communication skills through a team-teaching project...traditional approach to strengthening the communication skills of business students has been ...

What communication skills do employers want? Silicon valley recruiters...

Journal of Employment Counseling;  March 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......Silicon Valley employers with the communication skills of newly hired college graduates...Employers reported that oral and written communication skills needed improvement in several areas...Employment counselors are well aware that communication skills are in demand in the ...

Person-centred communication: design, implementation and evaluation of a...

Contemporary Nurse;  February 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......need for nurses to improve their communication skills. Consequently, there is a growing...and implementing these programmes. Communication skills are generally taught in years one...patients and clients. We suggest that a communication skills module should be included in all...

A comparison of MBA students' and employers' perceptions of the value of...

Journal of Education for Business;  March 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......perceptions of the value of oral communication skills (a) among MBA students and (b) between...perceptions of the importance of oral communication skills, both between employers and students...can effectively communicate. Oral communication skills include the ability to listen, ...

Organizational size, company type, and position effects on the perceived...

Journal of Managerial Issues;  March 22, 1995 ;     700+ words ......practitioners have long recognized communication skills are critical to job performance...According to Casady and Wayne (1993), communication skills are becoming increasingly important...10,000 job positions requesting communication skills. Previous research has examined...

No Single Method Works Best To Teach Communication Skills.

OB GYN News;  November 1, 2000 ;     609 words ......search for audiovisual materials on communication skills, he was shocked at how few materials...assistant who teaches a course on communication skills in the physician assistant program...best approach is to teach students communication skills on day one and refine those skills...

Employers complain about communication skills.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh, PA);  February 6, 2005 ;     700+ words ......say at all, and that's not good. Communication skills often top the list of qualities...in college job candidates, good communication skills was first. David Reese, president...think it has gotten worse, he said. Communication skills are particularly key today as work...

Finding Qualified I.T. Staff Members: Technical expertise, communication...

Health Data Management;  August 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......industry. Second, he looks for strong communication skills, one trait he believes is particularly...who does and does not have good communication skills. So, in turn, Emery creates different...Hospital & Health System, places communication skills high on her list when searching...

Selecting pharmacy students with appropriate communication skills

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education;  April 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......assess the appropriateness of students' communication skills. The communication skills of a cohort of pharmacy students in...which rates students on their academic communication skills were compared. Based on the extensive...

FORMER PROFESSOR, WIFE DONATE $1 MILLION TO CONTINUE SUPPORT FOR CAMPUS'...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 24, 2006 ;     566 words ......their support of the Center for Communication Skills that bears their names, announced...and Audrey Nichol Hauth Center for Communication Skills. At the time, it was the largest...professional careers by enhancing the communication skills of thousands of students. We are...