Key competences development in building of managerial staff

Having The Key Competences is a necessary requirement when applying for an attractive job today. Constantly increasing competition in all branches of economy caused increase of required skills at all job levels. Not only managing a large team of people, but also working in small project groups requires employees to communicate effectively, work as a team, being creative and entrepreneurial. This paper presents the partial results of long-term studies conducted among students of technical universities,pointing at their Key Competences. Attention was directed to the need of achieving learning outcomes useful in the real life market and the necessity to expand the recruitment process as a very important element of human resources management.