Over the past two decades, the skills needed to be successful in the workplace have expanded beyond technical skills to include 21^st‐century soft skills such as critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity. A structural equation model of the ATC21S^TM was used to investigate the relationship between 21^st‐century soft skills and numeracy for employed and non‐employed Americans (N = 3,948) included in the Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) data. Higher numeracy scores predicted employment while 21^st‐century soft skills did not. The results of this study may indicate a greater need to focus on numeracy in compulsory education as well as adult basic education.

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就业和失业美国人的算术分数与软技能之间的关系

在过去的二十年，是成功的职场所需的技能已经超出了技术技能扩展到包括21^日-century软技能，如批判性思维，沟通，协作和创造力。所述ATC21S的结构方程模型^TM被用于研究21个之间的关系^ST为采用和不采用美国人（-century软技能和算术Ñ包括在计划成人竞争力的国际评估（PIAAC）= 3948）的数据。较高的算术分数可预测21^岁时的就业情况-世纪软技能没有。这项研究的结果可能表明，更需要将重点放在义务教育和成人基础教育中的算术上。