Job Skills ’98

What skills are a must to compete in the workplace in 1998? What skills are less of an asset? A look at some skills that are hot and some that are not for the new year, according to consulting firm Watson Wyatt Worldwide:

What’s hot?

1. Getting things done in an environment of change

2. Knowing how to access the Internet

3. Innovation and creativity

4. Getting value from big integrated systems

5. Getting the most out of people

What’s cooling off?

1. Knowing how to manage in a regulated monopoly

2. Needing procedures, structure and direction

3. Process re-engineering

4. Systems implementation

5. Administration

Source: Watson Wyatt Worldwide