The Financial Times recently published the results of its second annual survey of top employers regarding the skills they think are most important when recruiting for MBA talent—as well as those that are hardest to find.
According to the Financial Times employer survey published last week, these are the top five most important skills among business school graduates:
- The ability to work in a team
- The ability to work with a wide variety of people
- The ability to solve complex problems
- The ability to build, sustain, and expand a network of people
- Time management and the ability to prioritize
As for the skills most difficult to find among recent grads, here’s that list:
- Ability to use social media to benefit business
- Ability to train and coach
- Financial forecasting
- Big data analysis
- Brand storytelling skills
“Soft skills rate highest, and big data analysis is among the most difficult to find,” the FT analysis noted. “Employers and graduates agree on four out of the five most important skills, but companies value the ability to network more and graduates find the ability to influence others more important.”
Read the full article here.
