The project SUCCESS aimed to give a realistic description of the current situation in the post-pandemic period. Besides, the project identifies effective strategies to improve engineering students' awareness of communication and digital communication skills and shows examples of training them to advance these essential skills to adapt to a continuously fluctuating job market. Finally, the project suggests that integrating communication training into engineering curricula and providing opportunities for applied practical App, feedback, and clear patterns can help students to feel more confident and increase their overall performance in communicating technical knowledge and information to others. To ensure effective communication and prepare high-quality specialists whose academic skillset is accompanied by various essential soft skills required by employers, it is crucial to integrate a balanced proportion of multiple soft skills into curricula and/or the content of each separate subject or organize on the annual basis the cross-disciplinary international hackathons/forums.
Modern society is experiencing a high demand for engineering graduates, as employers are increasingly connected to rapidly advancing fields such as IT, mechanics, telecommunications, and electronics. This creates a call to action for all higher education institutions (HEIs) to focus on meeting labor market needs for highly skilled future employees. HEIs worldwide are tasked with preparing engineers in the best possible way to ensure they can successfully integrate into companies and contribute meaningfully to achieving organizational goals. The partners involved in this project have spent years working to increase its international recognition and presence, as well as developing frameworks that connect HEIs with global academic and non-academic partners, including representatives from the labor market. We firmly believe that communication competencies of engineering students and professionals should be enhanced by fostering open dialogue and integrating new methods into existing study programs. By promoting creative learning and teaching practices, the project contributes to various sectoral and horizontal objectives, enhancing the exchange of expertise and best practices across the EU.