What kind of individual is most likely to succeed in life? For a fresh graduate, the first yardstick is when you seek your first employment. The judges here are typically job interviewers and recruitment decision makers. True success, however, involves far more then merely starting ahead. It continues the continual drive to stay ahead. A successful graduate is defines by two distinct set of qualities, abilities and akills that not only allow them to stay ahead in their life-long pursuit of success.

Starting Ahead

Mastery of discipline - specific knowledge with a sound understanding of functional concepts and theries in subject area, evidenced by excellent academic record.

Mastery of people skills, evidenced by ability to relate to interviewers and refree.

Mastery of self, evidenced by self composure, confidence, enthusiasm, ease with self.

Staying Ahead

Cognitive Abilities

Foundations and skills for life-long learning.
- Learns autonomously.
- Able to acquire and manage information.
- Ability to comprehend a wide vareity of literature.
- Awareness of contemporary global skills.

Problem solving skills
- Defines issues or problems well.
- Analyses problems comprehensively.
- Applies knowledge efficiently and applies theory to practise.
- Able to arive at workable and effective solutions.

Soft skills

- Communication skills - ability to speak and write well and able to organise, synthesise and present information effectively.
- Interpersonal skills - understands team dynamics, power of teams and teamwork, able to work with others in a team and able to assume leadership in small and/or big groups.
- Intrapersonal skills - ability to manage time effectively, understands the role of personal image and professionalism at work and works independantly in context of tasks to be completed.
- Cosmopolitan thinking and intercultural competence - Froms opinions and articulates views from a global perspective, awareness of and sensitivity to cross cultural diference.
- Technology savvy - executive keyboarding and effective use of ICT and related technologies.