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Competencies that Build Career Success

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Sample of Competencies Employers Seek

Definitions of Some Specific Competencies

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Competencies That Build Ccareer Success

Sample of Competencies Employers Seek

Competencies
Communication Leadership
Critical Thinking Manage Change
Ethics/Social Responsibility Self-Managed Learning
Information Technology Teamwork
Interpersonal/Diversity Technical Knowledge

(adapted from the following sources: General Motors Engineering Education and Training Advisory Council Job Competencies list; Simon Priest, List of Managerial Competencies submitted to Management Education Discussion on-line, June 1998; Bowling Green State University web site: Competencies Defined; and Competencies Development in the Undergraduate Business Curriculum, Seton Hall University, June 1998)

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