Key Skills

You are going to leave University with a degree. So what? So will loads of other people this summer! Make sure you've got something to offer the world that they haven't!.

What Are Key Skills? They are skills you have acquired during any activity of your life - jobs, classes, projects, parenting, sports, hobbies, virtually anything - that are transferable and applicable to what you want to do in your next job.

They are skills that are commonly cited as the most important skills graduate recruiters look for candidates to demonstrate when they are looking at application forms and assessment centres.

The Student Leaders Personal Development Seminars feature some of the topics listed below. Click here to find out more.

Communication Skills	Effective communication - written and verbal - at all levels.
Assertiveness	This is the ability to use a range of interpersonal and personal skills to confidently assert needs.
Presentation Skills	This is the ability to plan and communicate using interpersonal skills to present information
Team Development	This is about developing an understanding of the purpose of teams and how a person can confidently contribute to the work of a team.
Meeting Skills	This involves using communication skills, negotiation skills, problem solving skills, planning skills, assertiveness and decision making skills to effectively participate in meetings.
Negotiation Skills	This involves feeling confident in using communication, problem solving and assertiveness skills to negotiate successfully in a range of different situations.
Dealing with Conflict	This involved feeling condfident in your ability to undertand your own and others' contribution to conflict and apply a range of skills when dealing with conflict.
Time Mangement	The ability to feel confident in managemeing time and facilitating and understanding of what time management entails.
Stress Management	This entails developing an understanding of what stress management is, how it manifests itself and how to manage stress confidently.
Leadership	This is feeling confident in your ability to develop knowledge, skills and attributes as leaders.
Problem Solving	This is the ability to confidently apply a range of personal and interpersonal skills in the process of problem solving.