What Employers Are Looking For
January 14, 2025
One of the key strengths of a Bachelor's Degree is the breadth of your skills and experience.
Your degree is designed, in part, to prepare you for jobs that don't yet exist and so that you can adapt to the job market shifts with new technologies and changes. It isn't all about acquiring hands-on skills, but also the continual development of soft skills that develop your career and you as an individual. Some of the top areas in which you're developing translate directly to employable skills below:
Highlighted Skills Canadian Employers Look For | Ways to Improve or Gain Experience |
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| Personal Learning and Development Developing yourself through continual personal and professional reflection/self-awareness and learning |
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| Communication Exchanging information and perspectives with others effectively |
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| Critical Thinking Adapting and being resourceful to different situational contexts using logical analysis |
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| Equity & Inclusion Practicing inclusivity of people from diverse local and global cultures |
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| Leadership Taking initiative on personal and team organizational goals |
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| Professionalism Adapting to work environments through proper work habits with the consideration for the larger work community |
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| Teamwork Working towards common goals and considering others' perspectives to achieve collaborative outcomes |
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| Technological Fluency Completing tasks and goals by ethically and effectively utilizing technologies |
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*The skills above are presented in random order and do not indicate rank of importance.
Adapted from National Association of Colleges and Universities (2023) and UBC Career Centre (2023)
