A convening of regional employers in western Pennsylvania identified soft skills that employers look for in new hires¶
Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · reviewr2·q2
Currency · newest study 2018 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 2023: baselines and conditions change
Subclaims¶
Reading the evidence codes
q is the design tier, i the impact, n the sample, and the kind with its r
the rigour judged within that kind: what each code means.
This claim: no standardized effect is recorded in observations/ for it yet, so no benchmark reading is possible.
q2 i? Employers in western Pennsylvania, convened by REL Mid-Atlantic, described soft skills they look for in new hires. → Mid-Atlantic Regional Educational Laboratory 2018
Evidence¶
Mid-Atlantic Regional Educational Laboratory 2018¶
Mid-Atlantic Regional Educational Laboratory. (2018). You're Hired! The Skills Employers Seek in New Hires. Washington, DC: Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/youre-hired-the-skills-employers-seek-in-new-hires
q2 · i? · review · r2
The publication reports on a convening of regional employers in western Pennsylvania held to "describe soft skills that employers look for in new hires"; the page summarizes the report rather than printing the convening's detailed findings.
"a convening of regional employers in western Pennsylvania to describe soft skills that employers look for in new hires"
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- Peer-reviewed research and industry research describe soft skills that employers seek in new hires — a broader claim this one bears on
Page metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
type |
claim |
id |
western-pa-employer-convening-soft-skills-new-hires |
title |
A convening of regional employers in western Pennsylvania identified soft skills that employers look for in new hires |
description |
A convening of regional employers in western Pennsylvania identified soft skills that employers look for in new hires |
status |
review |
evidence_strength |
weak |
newest_evidence |
2018 |
recheck_by |
2023 |
generated |
by process:wiki-ingest on 2026-10-08 |
trust |
unverified — no one has confirmed this page's content |
sources |
1 — mid-atlantic-regional-educational-laboratory-2018 |
Frontmatter is the page's machine-readable record — see the Schema & Guide.