1. External approach
Key competencies and skills
required from students
Students interest and values
Employment issues

2. Key Questions
Key 21st century
competencies?
Employers needs in
times of youth
unemployment?
Youth Values?

3. „Learning in
21st century”
Key 21st century
competencies
Management
skills
„Personal” skills
Human and
social skills

4. MANAGEMENT SKILLS
• Proficient in ICT: information management
for gathering, integrating and creating new
knowledge;
• Financial economic and business literacy
• Leadership skills: setting business direction;
aligning and motivating others; delivering
results
• Juggling multiple responsibilities, making
decisions on their own, project-based work

5. „PERSONAL” SKILLS:
• Life-long flexible learning ability: practical
learning and learning outside of usual
environment, by internships and projects with
people from other age groups;
• Adapting to changing needs
• Real world-problem solving;
• Standards for excellence
• Competencies: self-esteem, sociability, selfmanagement, integrity, honesty
• Technology skills

6. HUMAN AND SOCIAL SKILLS
• Global Awareness - using all competencies in
order to adress global issues as a part of
global environment (ability to cooperate with
this diverse environment in a proper way)
• Ability to analize and transform information in
order to interact effectively with others
• Living in digital society
• Team work

7. Key Questions
Key 21st century
competencies?
Employers needs in
times of youth
unemployment?
Youth Values?

8. Key Questions
Employers needs in
times of youth
unemployment?

9. Employers needs in times
of youth unemployment?

15. Key Questions
SGH & EY
Report
What are the most
important competences
for employers?
What is current image
of graduate ?

16. Most valuable competencies
for Employers in 2012
Effective
communication
Open-minded and
willing to develop
Engagement
• Creation and
explaination
Ethic in work
Responsibility
Effective timemanagement &
organization of
work
Flexibility
Language skills
Prioritetizing
Ability to work in
team

17. Current state students 
among
Open-minded and willing to develop
Ability to work in multicultural team
Usage of IT tools
Language skills
Logical thinking
Striving for results
Creativity
Diploma, Certificates,
Ethic in work
Responsibility
Only 4 from 10 of competences
mentioned fullfill the needs of
employers. There is a big gap
between what students have and
what is being needed at current
market.

18. Comparison
Effective
communication
Open-minded and
willing to develop
Engagement
• Creation and
explaination
Ethic in work
Responsibility
Effective timemanagement &
organization of
work
Flexibility
Language skills
Prioritetizing
Ability to work in
team
Can AIESEC fill this gap ?

19. Ideal candidate
Effective communication
Open minded & willing to develop
Proactivity & Engagement in work
Flexibility
Ability to cooperate in
team
Language skills
(especially English)
How can we connect employers
needs and educate students
about current market ?

20. Key Questions
Młodzi na rynku
pracy 2012
What are the most
important competences
for employers?
Employer needs in
times of youth
unemployment?
Youth values?

21. Key 21st century competencies?
• ability to adjust to changing environment,
• awareness of working market,
• hard-working attitude,
• activity (in job seeking),
• time management,
• thinking out-of-the-box,
• willingness to work abroad

22. Employers needs in times of
youth unemployment?
• hard-working
• availability
• teamwork
• creativity
• resistance to stress
• work under time pressure

23. Youth values?
• interpersonal relations
• stability and safety
• personal development
• self-awareness and self-confidence
• flexibility

26. Thank you for reading! 