Reina Fernandez
English 1001
E2 Rough Draft
10/19/16
“Bosses Seek ‘Critical Thinking,’ but What is That?” Ideas Critique According to the career-search website indeed.com, job postings that mention the skill critical thinking have doubled from 2009 to 2014. This skill is becoming more critical for incoming workers, but why? And what exactly does it mean? Melissa Korn, writer for the Wall Street Journal, looks deeper into this to give us more insight on the subject and to try to answer these questions. “Bosses Seek ‘Critical Thinking,’ but What Is That?,” by Melissa Korn, is an article that explains how many employers want their employees to think critically and what that might mean. Many employers complain that colleges don't produce well rounded critical thinkers, yet they don't know exactly what skills make up critical …show more content…
One aspect I agree with is when she talks about the term “critical thinking” having no exact definition. Korn quotes Dan Black, Americas director of recruiting at the accounting firm and consultancy EY, when he says there are 50 different ways to define critical thinking (Korn). What this means is that critical thinking is such a broad term and everyone has their own definition of it. Along with this, Korn gathers a few examples of critical thinking definitions. The one that I comply with is to make use of information that’s available in your journey to arrive at a conclusion or decision (Korn). One last segment of the article that I go along with is that bosses don't really want critical thinkers. According to educational psychologist and the president of the Foundation for Critical Thinking, Linda Elder, what employers really want is problem solvers, not critical thinkers since critical thinkers tend to challenge the status quo (Korn). I agree with this because most bosses would prefer for their employees to follow the rules rather than venture away from them as critical thinkers
English 1001
E2 Rough Draft
10/19/16
“Bosses Seek ‘Critical Thinking,’ but What is That?” Ideas Critique According to the career-search website indeed.com, job postings that mention the skill critical thinking have doubled from 2009 to 2014. This skill is becoming more critical for incoming workers, but why? And what exactly does it mean? Melissa Korn, writer for the Wall Street Journal, looks deeper into this to give us more insight on the subject and to try to answer these questions. “Bosses Seek ‘Critical Thinking,’ but What Is That?,” by Melissa Korn, is an article that explains how many employers want their employees to think critically and what that might mean. Many employers complain that colleges don't produce well rounded critical thinkers, yet they don't know exactly what skills make up critical …show more content…
One aspect I agree with is when she talks about the term “critical thinking” having no exact definition. Korn quotes Dan Black, Americas director of recruiting at the accounting firm and consultancy EY, when he says there are 50 different ways to define critical thinking (Korn). What this means is that critical thinking is such a broad term and everyone has their own definition of it. Along with this, Korn gathers a few examples of critical thinking definitions. The one that I comply with is to make use of information that’s available in your journey to arrive at a conclusion or decision (Korn). One last segment of the article that I go along with is that bosses don't really want critical thinkers. According to educational psychologist and the president of the Foundation for Critical Thinking, Linda Elder, what employers really want is problem solvers, not critical thinkers since critical thinkers tend to challenge the status quo (Korn). I agree with this because most bosses would prefer for their employees to follow the rules rather than venture away from them as critical thinkers