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Man: So what role do these skills have?
那么，這些技能都扮演著什么樣的角色呢？
Woman: Well, take numeracy.
就拿計算能力來說吧。
The sort of people who reach the upper levels of organisations are all highly numerate.
機構的高層人員都具備優秀的計算能力。
They have the ability to work with numbers at a very sophisticated level.
他們有能力和極其復雜的數字打交道。
So it's important that people can understand numbers and spot a mistake very, very quickly -
因此，能夠理解數字并十分迅速地找到錯誤是很重要的——
even if there are a lot of noughts at the end.
即便后面有一堆零。
Man: What other findings of the committee were important to you?
委員會有沒有其他發現對您來說十分重要？
Woman: Another finding was recognising the importance of work experience.
另一個發現是：意識到工作經驗的重要性。
I think it's true to say that graduates with work experience are much more likely to get a job than those without.
我認為，擁有工作經驗的畢業生比那些沒有的更有可能得到工作。
At Robertson's we employ 25,000 students throughout the country and we're looking to increase that.
我們羅伯森在全國范圍內雇傭了25000名學生，而且我們希望增加這一數字。
We need people with experience of working with others - this makes a big difference.
我們需要有經驗的人，與別人合作過的經驗——這會帶來巨大變化。
Oh, and the third important finding was recognising the importance of applied research.
哦，第三個重要的發現是：意識到應用研究的重要性。
One problem is the gap between the discovery of certain innovations and actually putting them into practice.
一個問題是，某一創新的發現與其實際應用之間存在鴻溝。
That's where，as a country, we don't do as well as some of our competitors.
從國家的角度看，這就是我們沒有一些競爭者做的好的地方。
We've got a wonderful record for pure research but it isn't translated into economic growth.
我們的純理論研究做的很好，但它沒有轉換成經濟增長。
That's where we need to build better links between business and industry, and higher education.
我們需要在企業、產業和高等教育之間建立更好的聯系。在這一點上，我們需要做出努力。
