Through a ’Cuse Works experience, we strive for our students to gain one or more of the following professional skills and University Shared Competencies. Employers are encouraged to connect students’ roles and responsibilities to build these important workplace skills.
Professional Skills
Accountability
Being accountable and passing on accountability for one’s own actions and those of colleagues and the organization.
Adaptability
The ability to remain fully functional by adapting to changing circumstances (environment, procedures, people).
Collaboration
The ability to work effectively with others in order to achieve a shared goal – even when the object at stake is of no direct personal interest.
Communication - Oral and Written
Effectively conveys information to an individual or group, either through speaking or in written form.
Conflict Management
The ability to handle conflicting interests diplomatically and to help solve them.
Initiative
The ability to recognize and create opportunities and to act accordingly. Rather starting something than waiting passively for it to happen.
Leadership
The ability to provide direction and guidance to a group of people and to encourage cooperation between team members in order to attain an objective.
Problem Solving
The ability to detect problems, recognize important information, and link various data; to trace potential causes and look for relevant details.
Professionalism
Understands effects of their words, behaviors, and actions on the organization. Selects the appropriate language and behavior to achieve desired result for the individual or group.
Time Management
The ability to determine goals and priorities and to assess the actions, time and resources needed to achieve those goals.
Some information adapted from www.competencylibrary.com.