Essential Skills - THE STUDENT COMPASS

THE STUDENT COMPASS

Essential Human Skills

1. Critical Thinking:
Identify problems and access available information to come up with a novel solution.

2. Collaboration:
Help other people and work with them in effective ways, using communication, coordination, empathy/perspective taking, trust, service orientation, conflict resolution, and negotiation.

3. Accountability:
Consistently follow through on one’s responsibilities and be seen as reliable.

4. Ingenuity:
Create novel ideas by cleverly combining existing constructs.

5. Cross-Cultural Skills:
Meaningfully connect with a diverse population of individuals and groups in a variety of different settings.

6. Technology Skills:
Identify different types of media, understand the messages they’re sending, and use them agilely.

7. Initiative and Self-Direction:
Independently create and follow through on a goal one is motivated to achieve.

8. Social Skills:
Meaningfully engage with people in one-on-one and group situations.

9. Productivity:
Create systems to complete tasks as efficiently and quickly as possible.

10. Media/Communication Literacy:
Seamlessly adapt to and communicate through emerging digital environments.

11. Flexibility and Adaptability:
Effectively and appropriately respond to any changes that may occur.

12. Responsibility:
Act independently and make the correct decision without needing authorization.