Managerial Skills
To help answer the question about pay differences between managers and other employees, read this section. Managers have to have many skills that put them at the top of the pay scale, including problem-solving skills the average worker doesn't need.
Technical Skills
You'll probably be hired for your first job based on your technical skills – the
ones you need to perform specific tasks – and you'll use them extensively
during your early career. If your college major is accounting, you'll
use what you've learned to prepare financial statements. If you have a
marketing degree and you join an ad agency, you'll use what you know
about promotion to prepare ad campaigns. Technical skills will come in
handy when you move up to a first-line managerial job and oversee the
task performance of subordinates. Technical skills, though developed
through job training and work experience, are generally acquired during
the course of your formal education.