What are Informal Transversal Skills?
Every person has Informal Transversal Skills, which are learned in an environment outside the formal learning – often through voluntary courses, travel, socialisation, peers, etc.
Employers and employment services are recognising more and more the importance of these skills for matching jobs and employees, for successful career development and personal satisfaction.
Typical examples are teamworking skills, interpersonal skills, language skills, digital skills, leadership skills, and many more.
Informal Skills
Definition by CEDEFOP (European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training)
“Learning resulting from daily activities related to work, family or leisure. It is not organised or structured in terms of objectives, time or learning support. Informal learning is in most cases unintentional from the learner’s perspective.”
Transversal Skills
Definition by ESCO (European Skills/ Competences, qualifications and Occupations)
“Transversal knowledge, skills and competences are relevant to a broad range of occupations and sectors. They are often referred to as core skills, basic skills or soft skills, the cornerstone for the personal development of a person.”