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Results 17 Companies are convinced that communicative skills will become even more important in the future. Social skills and ability to interact with others also rank high. Worth noticing is that some skills that rank low or very low in a recruitment situation today – such as language skills and intercultural competence – are ranked a lot higher in what is considered to become important in 10-15 years. There are also differences based on the size of the company. Larger companies are more inclined to consider communicative skills as becoming important in 10-15 years than smaller companies, who in turn believe responsibility will become more important. Authorities also believe communicative skills will become more important in the future, and in general are more prone to believe that skills that are in some way “international” will become more important. Figure 13 – Are there any personal skills in employees that will become increasingly important in the coming 10-15 years? If so, which? (authorities) Communicative skills Intercultural competence Language skills – English Problem solving capacity Language skills – other languages Social skills Momentum[/endurance] Leadership skills Analytical skills Stress handling capacity Knowledge of relevant subject Flexibility Ability to handle customers Creativity Tolerance Initiative skill Responsibility Self-confidence Ambition 12% 12% 28% 27% 27% 27% 25% 25% 24% 23% 21% 18% 32% 32% 39% 38% 44% 50% 55% 0% 20% 40% 60% Communicative skills is still considered the most important skill in the future, but immediately following are a number of “international” skills, among them intercultural competence and language skills (both English and other languages). 4.4 Which skills do students develop during studies abroad? Employers were also asked to rate which skills/qualities they believe students develop during studies abroad. The questions that were asked were the same as in the previous two sections. Among companies, language skills and intercultural competence scored highest, followed by communicative skills, flexibility and self-confidence. The <strong>view</strong> that students do not develop any skills at all is uncommon, though analytical skills ranks lowest among the alternatives given to employers in the survey. Svenskt Näringsliv
Results 18 Figure 14 and 15 – To what extent do you believe persons with experience from studies or work practice at university level abroad develop the following skills/qualities? (Companies) Language skills – English 72% 16% 1% 1% 10% Intercultural competence 52% 32% 6% 1% 10% Language skills – other languages 51% 25% 8% 1% 14% Communicative skills 44% 36% 7% 1% 12% Self-confidence 42% 38% 5% 2% 13% Flexibility 41% 38% 8% 1% 12% Social skills 37% 42% 8% 1% 12% Tolerance 32% 39% 13% 3% 14% Momentum[/endurance] 28% 39% 13% 5% 15% Initiative skill 24% 43% 13% 4% 16% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Skill developed significantly Skill developed well Skill developed somewhat Skill not developed Don’t know Ambition 20% 48% 12% 4% 16% Ability to handle customers 19% 40% 21% 4% 16% Responsibility 17% 44% 18% 5% 16% Creativity 17% 39% 20% 5% 18% Problem solving capacity 16% 45% 19% 5% 15% Knowledge of relevant subject 14% 37% 27% 6% 16% Stress handling capacity 13% 40% 23% 7% 18% Leadership skills 10% 36% 30% 7% 17% Analytical skills 9% 38% 27% 9% 17% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Skill developed significantly Skill developed well Skill developed somewhat Skill not developed Don’t know Svenskt Näringsliv
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