Soft Skills for a Successful Engineering Graduate Career

This article focuses on soft skills that are needed for young engineers starting their professional careers. The objectives of the study were: 1) to determine most in demand among employers; 2) assess importance successful start graduates’ career; 3) necessary conditions development engineering bachelor’s degree educational process. methods expert assessment, written survey, oral conversation, decomposition, statistical and structural-logical analysis were used study. A review foreign domestic studies focusing assessment work technical personnel various fields activity is made. results an empirical showed which assessed by heads industrial enterprises as highly demanded university career start. On basis, optimal grouping was compiled, meets requirements training many types activities. authors adduce a comparative highlighted skills, based assessments made teachers disciplines, departments enterprises, well senior students degree. It found representatives especially managers more graduates comparison with students. An explanation discrepancies obtained proposed. difficulties bachelor process determined. substantiates key role studentcentered approach teaching corresponding learning technologies basis different including specialized practice-oriented ones profile. formulate conclusions about features development, can be improve personnel.