Core Skills

Core skills is a term that was originally introduced by the German pedagogue Dieter Mertens for knowledge, abilities and skills necessary for the job. These are qualifications that are not subject of school education - it is in particular:

• Ability to solve problems
• Creativity
• Ability to learn
• Ability to justify and evaluate
• Ability to work with information
• Ability to cooperate
• Ability to work with people
• Ability to work in a team
• Ability to take responsibility
• Self-reliance and performance