Employer Partners Survey

Tell us what skills you need in graduates

Here at Manchester Met, we are committed to ensuring all our students are furnished with the knowledge and skills that are needed by employers, and it is a priority of the University to ensure that we give real focus to co-developing these talent pipelines in consultation with business.

You may have employed MMU graduates in recent years or graduates from other Universities. Either way, we want to hear the skills you need in your graduate hires. There may be gaps, areas for improvement or areas of strength – all of which we are interested to hear.

Please can you complete the survey to help us ensure we are equipping our graduates with the key skills employers need. It should only take a few minutes

Name (required)

Organisation (required)

Email address (required)

Can you tell us how graduates performed in your recruitment process? (required) Please score each skill.

	Poor	Adequate	N/A	Good	Excellent
Application Form
CV
Psychometric Test
Assessment Centre
Video Interview
Interview

Please add any additional comments on how graduates performed in the recruitment process

Considering the soft skills that are important in your organisation, please score how well graduates performed on each of the skills below. (required) Please score each skill.

	Poor	Adequate	N/A	Good	Excellent
Influencing/negotiating
Taking responsibility
Leadership
Communicating
Interpersonal skills
Team work
Managing up
Dealing with conflict
Enterprising
Taking risks
Divergent Thinking
Originality
Problem-solving
Time management
Commercial Awareness
Digital connectivity
Research
Organisation values
Integrity
Resilience
Lifelong learning
Self Awareness
Independent Working
Decision Making
Taking Initiative

Please add any additional comments on the soft skills of graduates

Moving onto the technical skills required in your organisation, please score how well graduates meet the requirements. (required)

	Poor	Adequate	N/A	Good	Excellent
Adobe Creative Suite
Analysis
Basic IT
Budget Planning
Client Relations
Content Creation
CSS
Data Handling
Data Warehousing
Digital Media
Excel
HTML
Information Security
Interactive Media
Javascript
Marketing Analytics
Photography
Power BI
Presentations
Project Management
Python
Research
Risk Management
SEO
Social Media
SQL
UX Research
Video Creation
Working on your organisation’s CRM or equivalent

Please comment any skills we have not mentioned that you would like to provide further detail on

Which skills do you need but find graduates need to develop, specifically for your organisation?

Is there a skills gap in your business that graduates could fill?

Additional comments

Are you happy for us to contact you to discuss your answers in more detail? (required)

Yes

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