Super Skills

Technical skills and knowledge that engineering students gain at university are invaluable, but equally important are Super Skills. They make you stand out from the crowd and give you confidence in both the interview process and workplace, in terms of understanding what employees are looking for and what behaviours you should express. These skills complement your technical ability to make up a ‘well rounded’ engineer.

The Youth & Community team at RS are focused on empowering youth in the engineering and technology space. We support and develop engineering students and young people across the globe, helping them bridge that education and experience gap, between university and the workplace. In short, we help young people get 'work ready.'

These skills are often referred to as soft skills but we call them Super Skills as they are essential to your success in the workplace.

Employers often cite the fact that they are more inclined to hire graduates who have some of these skills in place before joining the company. They will look for evidence that you demonstrate these skills in interviews and assessment centres as different employers look for different skills.

We will provide training in all these skills for free!

We have a wide selection of courses ready to rollout to universities around the world. Topics covered include:

• Emotional Intelligence
• Goalsetting
• Mentoring & Coaching
• Communications Skills
• Time Management
• Assertiveness
• The Power of Storytelling when presenting
• Personal Branding
• Conflict Management
• Management & Leadership
• Resilience
• People Solving

There are also opportunities for students to become ‘Ambassadors’ for Super Skills. We can train individuals to deliver training on relevant topics within your own communities or student networks. A real learning and development opportunity for students, whilst enhancing your CV at the same time!

If any of the above interests you, or you’d like to find out a little bit more about any of the Super Skills topics, please contact us by emailing YouthCommunity@rs.rsgroup.com.

We'd love to hear from you and help in any way that we can.