b'MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST COMMUNITY COLLEGEA local employer offered insight to this need forCCSSEessential skills during Phase III: Call for Feedback,MississippiGulfCoastCommunityCollege whichallowedconfidentialfeedbackfromalladministers the Community College Survey of Student stakeholders: Engagement (CCSSE), and the QEP Development This proposal seems to understand thatCommittee analyzed this data to verify that it aligned todays employers hire for attitude andwith the data collected from the previously discussed sources. The committee identified questions on the train for skill. - Local employer CCSSE related to several essential skills, including attendance/punctuality, listening, and speakingIn todays global job market, information expandsSee Figure 4.so fast that most hard skills learned today will beWhiletheCCSSEsurveyshowsthat revised or outdated before todays graduate reachesMississippi Gulf Coast Community College the midpoint of his/her career.Many recent graduatesstudents generally meet or exceed national entering the job market consider their need to learnand cohort averages, the committee did ends upon graduation.Employers look for soft skillsidentify some gaps.including effective verbal communication (thinking and expressing themselves clearly and to the point),In relationship to attendance, Question 4(s) of clear writing skills (rapidly being lost in this age ofthe CCSSE asked how often students skip class. texting and emojis), critical thinking skills and, mostAmong respondents, 38.40% indicated that they important, an attitude that enables candidates toskip class sometimes, often, or very often.This result work well with others, with customers, and with theirdemonstrates an opportunity for improvement among supervisors. MGCCC students in regard to attendance.ATTEND LISTEN4.50% 4r. Had serious12.60%Never 4s. Skipped 2.30% conversations with class students who differ Sometimes from youOften 31.60% 20.50% 29.10%61.60%Very Often 37.80%SPEAK4.70% 13.10% 11.50%4a. Asked4b. Made11c. Speaking questionsa classclearly and in class orpresentation 25.80% effectively 28.30%contributed31.30% 31.30%to class23.20% 28.30%discussions32.70% 37.90% 31.90%Figure 4. CCSSE Data on Essential Skills14 MGCCC QEP 2019'