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2013 年必备的四项工作技能 Must-Have Job Skills in 2013 Even as employers remain cautious next year about every dollar spent on employees, theyll also want workers to show greater skills and results. 尽管企业明年仍将对花在员工身上的每个子儿斤斤计较，但他们同时也希望员工表现出更高 超的技能和更好的业绩。 For employees who want to get ahead, basic competency wont be enough. 对于希望获得成功的员工而言，仅仅拥有基本的能力是不够的。 To win a promotion or land a job next year, experts say there are four must-have job skills: 专家说，为了在明年获得晋升或找到工作，有四项工作技能是必备的： 1. Clear communications 1. 清晰沟通 Whatever their level, communication is key for workers to advance. 不管在哪个层级的岗位上，沟通技能都是员工晋升的关键。 This is really the ability to clearly articulate your point of view and the ability to create a connection through communication, says Holly Paul, U.S. recruiting leader at PricewaterhouseCoopers, the accounting and consulting firm based in New York. 总部位于纽约的会计咨询公司普华永道（PricewaterhouseCoopers）的美国招聘负责人霍利• 保罗(Holly Paul)说：“这实际上就是清晰表达你的观点的能力和通过沟通建立关系的能力。” For job seekers in particular, clear communication can provide a snapshot of their work style to employers. I can walk away from a five-minute conversation and feel their enthusiasm and have a good understanding of whats important to them, Ms. Paul says. 尤其是对求职者而言，清晰沟通可以给雇主留下有关他们工作风格的初步印象。保罗说：“我 凭五分钟的对话就能感受到他们的热情，并充分理解什么对他们来说是重要的。” As office conversations increasingly move online, some workers are losing or never developing the ability to give a presentation, for example. Others may be unable to write coherently for longer than, say, 140 characters. 例如，随着职场沟通越来越多地转移到网上，有些员工丧失了或根本没有培养出做报告的能 力。还有人不能写出超过──比如说，140 字──的流畅文字。 Technology in some ways has taken away our ability to write well. People are in such a hurry that they are multitasking, and they skip basics such as spelling and proofing, says Paul McDonald, senior executive director of Robert Half Internat