Overview

In this session we look at what employers are looking for in graduates, how important academic achievement and technical skills are compared to the ‘softer’ skills of communication, teamwork etc. We define what we mean by employability skills.

What is in this session?

• PowerPoint presentation – what do employers want? - Powerpoint
• Employability skills checklist - Exercise
• ‘Which skill?’ - Exercise
• Analysing vacancies ‘Reading between the lines’ - Exercise

What you will learn?

• • Increase your awareness of what employers are looking for
• • Understand how to ‘read between the lines’ of job advertisements to work out an employer’s requirements
• • Find examples of employability skills from your own experiences