Professional skills required by employers from confinement

Abstract

This article aims to raise awareness among recently graduated students and professionals about the development of competencies currently required by employers originated by the global contingency. As such, the following research is focused on identifying and developing new competencies that young people can utilize during an interview process, which will ultimately help them find successful job opportunities. Throughout the article, some of these competencies are mentioned as part of a survey that was conducted with ten business executives.  To collect the information, an online questionnaire with ten questions was sent to each participant, and afterwards they were interviewed regarding these questions. The research tries to include underlying themes that were extracted from the discussions with the participants by referring to these new and necessary competencies, which will help graduates add professional value to their CV.