What Employers Want

Employers expect job-seekers to have some critical skills in addition to job-related skills and regardless of their major. These "tranferable" or "soft"skills may include oral and written communication, problem-solving, teamwork, flexibility/adaptability, research and analytical skills, technical and computer skills, time and multitasking management. You may already have many of these skills developed through course work, jobs, internships, volunteering, and life experience.

Selected Online Resources

Important Qualities/Skills for a Job Candidate (NACEWeb)
Transferable Skills Survey (from the University of MN-Duluth)
Skills Employers Seek (Loughborough University, UK)
Your Transferable Liberal Arts Skills (Evergreen College)
Employability Uncovered! (Prospects UK)

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