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The table summarises the survey’s data about the importance of
communication
skills needed for various occupations in 1997 and 2006. Overall, both for internal and external
communication
the percentage of
people
who find a particular skill essential increased. As for
communication
outside of the company, dealing with
people
is considered to be the most valuable employee characteristic. From 1997 to 2006 the importance of
this
skill
had
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increased from 60 to 65
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. The
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knowledge of particular
product
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or services and advising or caring about the clients.
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of
people
marking these skills as essential grew by 6 and 3
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points to 41% and 39% respectively. For internal
communication
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the most popular category is listening carefully to colleagues, which went up by 9
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points and reached
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peak at 47% in 2006.
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share of respondents voted for instructing or training
people
(30% in 2006) and analysing problems together with others (26% in 2006). The least important skill in both external and internal
communication
is making speeches or
presentation
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- the maximum value of 11
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was reached in 2006.
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