Reading and Critical Thinking

Four of ten fresh graduates and young jobseekers are not hired because they lack three key qualities—critical thinking, initiative, and effective communication skills—according to the People Management Association of the Philippines (PMAP) at a job fair in Makati on Friday. 

PMAP director for academe-industry linkages Gigi Alcasid described critical thinking as the ability to solve actual workplace problems usually in multi-tasking situations and priority challenges. She added that initiative is being able to not wait to be told what to do, while effective communication as competence in the language of business.  

Excerpt from Why many fresh college grads don't get hired according to survey of managers

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Why is critical thinking important?
It helps me not to be stupid, not to be gullible, to see all sides, and question the questionable.

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