Table 1.

Taxonomy of employability skills required for new graduates by Ornellas et al. (2019)

	Skill	Definition
Cognitive	Analytical thinking	Gathering, analyzing and articulating information from different sources for solving problems and decision making
	Creative thinking	Thinking outside the box in order to bring new ideas to solve problems
	Foreign language	Intercultural understanding and performing in a language different from the native language
Methodological	Learning to learn	Effectively managing one’s own learning process and needs
	Problem solving	Engaging in the actions or thoughts necessaries to find solutions to a difficult or complex question or situation and resolve conceptual problems
	Decision making	Thinking of several choices, relevant information and predicting the consequences
	Digital skills	Being digitally competent in 4 areas (Vuorikari et al. 2016): information and data literacy; communication and collaboration; digital content creation; and safety
	Results-oriented performance	Ability to make organizational efforts according to the goals pursued (Haselberger et al., 2012)
	Self-management	Setting goals and priorities through the selection and distribution of tasks and resources. Time management, organization, responsibility, and self-reliance
Social	Communication and interpersonal skills	Articulating, transmitting, and effectively defending arguments, ideas, feelings, or information. Listening, understanding and being receptive to others
	Teamwork	Working collaboratively with others both face-to-face and online
	Cross-cultural and diversity competence	Working with people of different ethnicities, religions, cultural background, genders, etc
	Ability to cope with changes	Dealing with changes and uncertainty and adapting to new situations
	Conflict management	Taking control of a conflict between two or more parties in an assertive way Stress management
	Stress management	Showing endurance in complicated or stressful situations, workloads while maintaining the same quality level in the tasks accomplished (Haselberger et al., 2012)
	Course specific	The set of knowledge and abilities required to successfully perform a specific occupation (i.e., lawyer, accountant, and teacher)