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You worked hard throughout your life. You excelled at academics and graduated with flying colors, but your struggle isn’t quite over yet. In fact, you will now have to give some serious thought to your career if you want equally impressive results in your job career. But tackling the job career goals isn’t quite the same as your academics. It’s completely different when it comes to career competency. Obviously, everybody thinks they are competent, but the reality can be quite the opposite.

It matters less what you would rate your career competency. What an employer thinks of your competency is what matters the most. Not to mention, students often regard their skills as highly exceptional and that often falls short of what their employers expected. Let’s take a look at the statistics of 8 competencies that will define whether you are ready for some serious career growth.

Professionalism/Work Ethic

In a career, your work ethic will speak volumes about how professional you are.

89.4% of students rated themselves proficient in work ethics, but employers don’t believe the same. In fact, only about 42.5% of employers rated new grads as proficient.

Oral/Written Communications

Have you been a speaker or a host at any school festival? Expressing yourself or speaking fluently in front of an audience is quite a skill. A whopping 79.4% of students rated themselves proficient in this, whereas only 41.6% of employers found that to be the case when it comes to recruitment/job vacancies.

Critical Thinking/Problem Solving

Critical thinking is crucial in many industries, including the tech field. 79.9% of students rated themselves as a critical thinker. However, only 55.8% of employers had the same view. 

Teamwork/Collaboration

Teamwork and Collaborative skills can be a great boost to your career. 85.1% of students believed themselves to be team players, but only 77% of employers seem the share the same enthusiasm. 

Leadership

Leaders have to have a certain charisma that can motivate the team in moving through hurdles to achieve success. 70.5% of students believe they have what it takes to be a leader. However, only 33% of employers had the same belief about recruitment.

Digital Technology

Students who are proficient in handling modern devices and technologies are usually preferred by employers. About 59.9% of students think they know what there’s to know about digital technologies. But, 65.8% of employers believe that the new grads have what it takes to be at the forefront of digital technology.

Career Management

Career management skills are also equally important. Being new recruits, only 40.9% of students rated themselves as proficient in career management. However, 17.3% of employers think the same about new graduates.

Global/Intercultural Fluency

Working in a new place will teach you a lot about new cultural experiences. Roughly about 34.9% of students believe themselves to be culturally fluent, whereas only 20.7% of employers feel the same way. To learn more about such interesting trends in recruitment, visit Reecruit.