Take a look at http://www.monster.com, a job search website, and enter Excel as a search criterion. You will find the number of jobs that actively list Excel as a required job skill is very large. On one day, in which 3,274 new jobs were posted, 1,016 had Excel listed as a requirement. That's almost 30% of the jobs listed, second only to the number requiring Word.

Why do you think Excel skills are so important in the job market today?

Discuss how you are using Excel in your present position or how you expect to use Excel in your future career field and in your personal lives.  Provide specific examples.