• Why do employers increasingly focus on the skills that job applicants (must) possess?
• What are the generic (transferable) skills they are typically looking for? Are those skills taught at school or acquired through work?
• Who is responsible for skills acquisition? Students? Professors? Trainers? Employers?
• Do people generally need to know more about skills, how to gain them, how to evaluate mastery of skills, and how to let employers know about their skills?