Key competencies and skills

required from students

Students interest and values

Employment issues

External approach

Key Questions

Key 21st centurycompetencies?

Employers needs intimes of youth

unemployment?

Youth Values?

Key 21st centurycompetencies

„Learning in 21st century”

Management skills

„Personal” skills

Human and social skills

MANAGEMENT SKILLS

• Proficient in ICT: information management for gathering, integrating and creating new knowledge;

• Financial economic and business literacy

• Leadership skills: setting business direction; aligning and motivating others; delivering results

• Juggling multiple responsibilities, making decisions on their own, project-based work

„PERSONAL” SKILLS:

• Life-long flexible learning ability: practical learning and learning outside of usual environment, by internships and projects with people from other age groups;

• Adapting to changing needs

• Real world-problem solving;

• Standards for excellence

• Competencies: self-esteem, sociability, self-management, integrity, honesty

• Technology skills

HUMAN AND SOCIAL SKILLS

• Global Awareness - using all competencies in order to adress global issues as a part of global environment (ability to cooperate with this diverse environment in a proper way)

• Ability to analize and transform information in order to interact effectively with others

• Living in digital society

• Team work

Key Questions

Key 21st centurycompetencies?

Employers needs intimes of youth

unemployment?

Youth Values?

Key Questions

Employers needs in times of youth

unemployment?

Employers needs in timesof youth unemployment?

Key Questions

What are the most important competences

for employers?

What is current image of graduate ?

SGH & EY Report

Most valuable competencies

Effectivecommunication

Language skillsOpen-minded and willing to develop

Engagement

Ability to work in team

Prioritetizing

• Creation and explaination

Ethic in work Responsibility

Effective time-management & organization of

work

Flexibility

for Employers in 2012

Current state

Open-minded and willing to develop

Ability to work in multicultural team

Usage of IT tools

Language skills

Logical thinking

Striving for results

Creativity

Diploma, Certificates,

Ethic in work

Responsibility

among students

Only 4 from 10 of competencesmentioned fullfill the needs ofemployers. There is a big gapbetween what students have andwhat is being needed at currentmarket.

Comparison

Effectivecommunication

Language skillsOpen-minded and willing to develop

Engagement

Ability to work in team

Prioritetizing

•Creation and explaination

Ethic in work Responsibility

Effective time-management & organization of

work

Flexibility

Can AIESEC fill this gap ?

Ideal candidate

Effective communication

Open minded & willing to develop

Proactivity & Engagement in work

Flexibility

Ability to cooperate in team

Language skills

(especially English)

How can we connect employersneeds and educate studentsabout current market ?

Key Questions

What are the most important competences

for employers?

Employer needs in times of youth

unemployment?

Młodzi na rynku pracy 2012

Youth values?

Key 21st century competencies?

• ability to adjust to changing environment,• awareness of working market,

• hard-working attitude,• activity (in job seeking),• time management,

• thinking out-of-the-box,• willingness to work abroad

Employers needs in times of youth unemployment?

• hard-working• availability• teamwork• creativity

• resistance to stress• work under time pressure

Youth values?

• interpersonal relations• stability and safety

• personal development• self-awareness and self-confidence

• flexibility

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