Companies are focusing on highly motivated employees, study says. (Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)

    GROSSE POINTE, Mich. _ When managers at big companies sort through the resumes stacked on their desks, they're worried not so much about what applicants know as about what they're willing to do. 
    Rather than focusing on basic skill levels, they're focusing on whether applicants are highly motivated, prepared to shoulder responsibility, adept at working in teams, and ready to listen and respond to customers. 
    They're spending more money to test prospective and current employees for such attributes, since they feel the quality of their applicants is dropping, and that current employees aren't being retrained fast enough to match competitive demands in the marketplace. 
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