Man: So what role do these skills have?
那么，这些技能都扮演着什么样的角色呢？
Woman: Well, take numeracy.
就拿计算能力来说吧。
The sort of people who reach the upper levels of organisations are all highly numerate.
机构的高层人员都具备优秀的计算能力。
They have the ability to work with numbers at a very sophisticated level.
他们有能力和极其复杂的数字打交道。
So it's important that people can understand numbers and spot a mistake very, very quickly -
因此，能够理解数字并十分迅速地找到错误是很重要的——
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?
委员会有没有其他发现对您来说十分重要？
Woman: Another finding was recognising the importance of work experience.
另一个发现是：意识到工作经验的重要性。
I think it's true to say that graduates with work experience are much more likely to get a job than those without.
我认为，拥有工作经验的毕业生比那些没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.
我们罗伯森在全国范围内雇佣了25000名学生，而且我们希望增加这一数字。
We need people with experience of working with others - this makes a big difference.
我们需要有经验的人，与别人合作过的经验——这会带来巨大变化。
Oh, and the third important finding was recognising the importance of applied research.
哦，第三个重要的发现是：意识到应用研究的重要性。
One problem is the gap between the discovery of certain innovations and actually putting them into practice.
一个问题是，某一创新的发现与其实际应用之间存在鸿沟。
That's where，as a country, we don't do as well as some of our competitors.
从国家的角度看，这就是我们没有一些竞争者做的好的地方。
We've got a wonderful record for pure research but it isn't translated into economic growth.
我们的纯理论研究做的很好，但它没有转换成经济增长。
That's where we need to build better links between business and industry, and higher education.
我们需要在企业、产业和高等教育之间建立更好的联系。在这一点上，我们需要做出努力。