What Skills Are Employers Looking For?
Personal Reflection Paper
The current job market can be quite competitive. With the unemployment rate at 7.9 %(Fontes, 2013), many individuals are going back to school to earn their degree. This is in part from employers requiring potential hires to think critically. ("What Skills Are Employers Looking For?," 2013). Employers will appreciate the hard work that goes into earning a degree, but if one cannot think critically, the chances of landing that job are slim.
To determine a definition for critical thinking, one must think critically about the various forms of mental process. Examples of these are remembering, imagining, reading a textbook, day-dreaming, and critical thinking. The simple act of remembering will bring facts or events to light, yet unless one will stop to develop these thoughts as one would …show more content…
As the course is ending, I have moved to the stage of a practicing thinker. At this stage I have begun to see and recognize the thought process of others and attempt to understand an opinion other than my own. I believe that this change in stages has occurred from thinking critically about relevant topics.
To move to the final stage of master thinker, I must keep an open mind even though I do not agree with a certain statement or position. Developing new habits in my thought process will need to happen such as listening and observing more. The urge to speak my mind will be a tough habit to break but a necessary one. Thinking critically will be lifelong venture that will take hard work and determination. The benefit will be there as this skill will help in all aspects of life, especially in a career. To continue the improvement of this skill, I will need to remain open and keep a critical
The current job market can be quite competitive. With the unemployment rate at 7.9 %(Fontes, 2013), many individuals are going back to school to earn their degree. This is in part from employers requiring potential hires to think critically. ("What Skills Are Employers Looking For?," 2013). Employers will appreciate the hard work that goes into earning a degree, but if one cannot think critically, the chances of landing that job are slim.
To determine a definition for critical thinking, one must think critically about the various forms of mental process. Examples of these are remembering, imagining, reading a textbook, day-dreaming, and critical thinking. The simple act of remembering will bring facts or events to light, yet unless one will stop to develop these thoughts as one would …show more content…
As the course is ending, I have moved to the stage of a practicing thinker. At this stage I have begun to see and recognize the thought process of others and attempt to understand an opinion other than my own. I believe that this change in stages has occurred from thinking critically about relevant topics.
To move to the final stage of master thinker, I must keep an open mind even though I do not agree with a certain statement or position. Developing new habits in my thought process will need to happen such as listening and observing more. The urge to speak my mind will be a tough habit to break but a necessary one. Thinking critically will be lifelong venture that will take hard work and determination. The benefit will be there as this skill will help in all aspects of life, especially in a career. To continue the improvement of this skill, I will need to remain open and keep a critical