Essential Employability Qualities

Communicators

Graduates can express ideas and information coherently in writing, orally, interpersonally, and in presentations. They participate in discussions by listening actively and responding constructively while demonstrating competence in engaging with others from cultural backgrounds.

Thinkers and Problem Solvers

Graduates apply critical and creative thinking skills to identify and address complex work-related problems and apply quantitative, financial, data, and technical fluency and demonstrate cultural competence. Graduates demonstrate the ability to understand concepts and perspectives across disciplines and cultures.

Inquirers

Graduates conduct inquiry and research by reviewing, evaluating, verifying, citing, and applying information and perspectives to address work-based problems both independently and collaboratively.

Collaborators

Graduates collaborate with others both in person and virtually and seek a range of points of view, are willing to modify their perspectives, and help resolve conflicts where appropriate. They exhibit multicultural competence in working with others.

Adaptable

Graduates approach new and uncertain situations with openness. They explore, learn, and apply new roles, ideas, perspectives, approaches, tools, technologies, and strategies to support their effective contributions. Graduates can work effectively across a variety of environments, cultures, and perspectives.

Principled and Ethical

Graduates make reasoned, ethical decisions about work-based situations or problems. Graduates act equitably and with integrity and honesty, with a strong sense of fairness and respect for individuals, groups, and broadly diverse communities.

Responsible and Professional

Graduates establish priorities and manage their time to meet the obligations of work assignments with minimal supervision or direction. They carry out their responsibilities consistently, persistently, and reliably. Graduates take responsibility for their actions and the consequences that accompany them.

Learners

Graduates adopt new technologies and strategies for working more effectively, analyzing work-based situations, and making decisions by engaging in formal and informal professional learning opportunities continually and actively apply learning to work.

The EEQs are obtained by students through engagement in coursework, participating in extracurricular activities, engaging with career services, and taking on internships.