New research by the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) finds 11 key skills gaps among college graduates. These skills include the following:
- Understand Role in the Workplace and Have Realistic Career Expectations
- Recognize and Deal Constructively with Conflict
- Accept and Apply Critique and Direction in the Workplace
- Listen Effectively
- Communicate Accurately and Concisely
- Realize the Effect of Decisions
- Build Professional Relationships
- Navigate Change and Ambiguity
- Identify and Analyze Problems
- Transfer Knowledge from One Situation to Another
- Ask Good Questions
However, employers and college faculty are not always aligned on the relative importance of these skills. For example, setting realistic career expectations was the top employer-identified skills gap, but it ranked only ninth among faculty. APLU recommends that colleges should teach students how to be persistent and how to manage conflict, change, and ambiguity.
For more, see: https://www.aplu.org/library/from-academia-to-the-workforce-executive-summary/file
