Employer Expectations
MSU Recruiting Trends Research 2009/1010
Phil Gardner
Collegiate Employment Research Institute
Michigan State University
Benchmark: 12 Essential Qualities/Skills Employers Seek – These are essential, however, employers want you to take these to a new level. See the New Standards below.
- Developing professional competencies
- Communicating effectively
- Solving Problems
- Balancing Work and life
- Embracing Change
- Working Effectively in a Team
- Working in a Diverse Environment
- Managing time and priorities
- Navigating across boundaries
- Acquiring knowledge
- Thinking Critically
- Performing with integrity
The New Standards
- Build and sustain professional relationships
- Analyze, evaluate and interpret data
- Engage in continuous learning
- Communicate through persuasion and justification
- Plan and manage a project
- Create new knowledge
- Seek global understanding
- Mentor and develop others
- Build a team
- Initiative: The Holy Grail
Fastest Rise in Importance
- Building Relationships
- Analyze Data
- Engage in learning
- Persuasion & justification
- Planning a project
