The most recent jobs report showed that employers added just 64,000 workers in September, local governments cut 95,000 jobs (mostly temporary census employees) and unemployment held steady at 9.6%. Clearly, employers aren’t looking to expand their ranks.
However, new survey data from the American Management Association show employers are looking to expand the skills of the workers they already have. A majority of executives (79%) name communication skills as the top employee development priority for the immediate future, AMA finds.
