Develop Skills for the Workplace

Make the most of your time while in higher education to identify your existing skills and develop new skills for the workplace. You can do this through your course, through paid and voluntary work, placements and other activities in which you may be involved.

When recruiting graduates, employers are looking for personal transferable skills in addition to academic/technical skills. You just need to look at recruitment literature including that in the careers information room and on line, application forms and attend interviews to learn the importance of these skills.

What are personal transferable skills and how are they developed?

• Non-specialist or non-technical skills
• Developed in a wide range of activities
• "Core skills" required by employers for all types of occupations
• transferable from one type of situation to another