1. Work ethic, including self-motivation and time management.
   
   
2. Physical skills, e.g., maintaining one's health and good appearance.
   
   
3. Verbal (oral) communication, including editing and proofing one's work
   
   
4. Written communication, including editing and proofing one's work.
   
   
5. Working directly with people, relationship building, and team work.
   
   
6. Influencing people, including effective salesmanship and leadership
   
   
7. Gathering information through various media and keeping it organized.
   
   
8. Using quantitative tools, e.g., statistics, graphs, or spreadsheets.
   
   
9. Asking and answering the right questions, evaluating information, and applying knowledge.
   
   
10. Solving problems, including identifying problems, developing possible solutions, and launching solutions.

10 Things Employers Want You to Learn in College, Bill Choplin, Author, Syracuse University public affairs professor.