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Employers today are looking for that perfect employee

Finding a good employee-someone who has basic office skills and is willing to learn-can be a frustrating task. Employers today are looking for that perfect employee. But what, really, is a perfect or even a good employee? What skills do businesses

By Rick Koza | Updated on December 31, 2003

Finding a good employee-someone who has basic office skills and is willing to learn-can be a frustrating task. Employers today are looking for that perfect employee. But what, really, is a perfect or even a good employee? What skills do businesses require, and what skills do good prospective employees possess? The answer to these questions may be as close as your local high school or college. In 1991 U.S. Secretary of Labor Lynn Martin commissioned a study of businesses across the country to help determine what workplace competencies and basic skills are required for effective job performance. Survey results were reported in the Secretary’s Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS) report, which defined and linked the competencies and skills. SCANS focused on one important aspect of schooling, which the report referred to as the “learning a living” system. The initial report was titled “What Work Requires of Schools.” As outlined in that report, a high-performance workplace requires workers who have a solid foundation in the following five key skill areas:

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