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TWC Workplace Engagement
1976-2016 Graduates
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Adaptability
skills
Communication
skills
Workplace
skills
Networking
skills
Work
ethic
Problem-solving
skills
Teamwork
skills
Leadership
skills
Interviewing
skills
Agree or Strongly Agree
!e TWC experience helped me to develop my…
According to its participants, the TWC experience helped them develop critical skills for workplace
success. When asked about particular skills, over eight in 10 TWC participants agree or strongly
agree that the experience helped them develop their adaptability skills. Additionally, about the same
percentage of TWC participants agree or strongly agree that the TWC experience helped them
develop their communication (81%), workplace (80%) skills.
For skills that TWC respondents agreed or strongly agreed they developed as part of the TWC
experience, respondents were asked to rate which skill has been most impactful to their career.
Among the various skills participants developed during their TWC experience, networking skills,
adaptability and workplace skills were rated the most impactful to TWC participants' careers.
Development of these types of workplace skills is particularly important because recent research
has shown that businesses believe graduates lack basic workplace skills, such as the ability to
effectively communicate and solve problems.
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1 The Chronicle of Higher Education and American Public Media's Marketplace, 2013.
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skills
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ethic
Problem-solving
skills
Teamwork
skills
Leadership
skills
Interviewing
skills
Agree or Strongly Agree
