• 15 Traits Sought By Employers
• 10 "Hottest" Skills Any Major Can Acquire
• Strategies To Acquire Competencies

15 Traits Sought By Employers

1. Ability to communicate
2. Flexibility
3. Intelligence
4. Interpersonal Skills
5. Willingness to accept responsibility
6. Self-knowledge
7. Initiative
8. Ability to handle conflict
9. Leadership
10. Competitiveness
11. High energy level
12. Goal achievement
13. Imagination
14. Vocational skills
15. Direction

10 "Hottest" Skills Any Major Can Acquire

1. Budget management
2. Speaking
3. Supervising
4. Writing
5. Public relations
6. Organizing/managing/coordinating
7. Coping with deadline pressure
8. Interviewing
9. Negotiating/arbitrating
10. Teaching/Instructing

How To Acquire Competencies

• Volunteer work
• Part-time/summer jobs
• Participation in activities--school or community
• Study/work/travel overseas
• Internships
• Seek out new experiences, new friends, new places
• Specific skill courses - at your college or university, a vo-tech school, an adult education program.