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Skills Gap In America
Skills (the tools that pearls use to get out of poverty) are also are also tools that employers of all sizes in every industry use to grow their businesses. But many at-risk high school students do not receive the core soft skills they need for employment.     

Center For Education and Workforce

A 2017 report highlights the soft skills gap in America and presents suggested solutions


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Managing The Skills Gap
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According to the 2018 poll of more than 500 senior executives by Adecco, a leading HR solutions agency with 450 offices serving a variety of industries, there is a severe skills gap in our workforce.


92%
of the business executives surveyed think Americans are not as skilled as they need to be.





44%
of the business executives surveyed think Americans lack soft skills such as communications, critical thinking and collaboration.