The Huffington Post – Lisa S. Coico
“Where a student attends college (regardless of the field of study) and what he or she makes of college life have a lifelong impact, but not necessarily in ways that most students think. A recent survey by The National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE), a nonprofit group that links college career placement officers with employers, recently surveyed hiring managers about the top skills they look for when recruiting from the class of 2015. While majors and graduate degrees were important, the top skills that matter most are leadership, the ability to work in teams, and communication…Whether incoming, outgoing, or somewhere in between, students would do well to leverage all campus assets to develop essential communications, team player and problem solving skills. They may not appear on a college diploma, but they will most certainly be what employers seek in a college-educated person.”(more)