The two pie charts illustrate the proportions of qualities considered important in students aged 18-22 and 23-50.
Overall, it is readily apparent that younger students placed the greatest emphasis on being easy to talk to, whereas older learners attached more importance to trustworthiness and negotiation skills. Another striking feature is that knowledge of local traditions accounted for the smallest proportion in both groups.
Turning first to students aged 18-22, being easy to talk to accounted for the largest share, at 32%, followed by being a good speaker, which made up 24%. Meanwhile, the figures for being trustworthy and being able to handle negotiations stood at 20% and 15%, respectively. By contrast, knowledge of local traditions represented a mere 9%, making it the least valued characteristic.
With regard to students aged 23-50, the distribution became considerably more balanced. Trustworthiness emerged as the most highly valued quality, accounting for 26%, while being easy to talk to and being a good speaker each represented 22%. Similarly, negotiation skills comprised 22%, whereas knowledge of local traditions remained the least preferred option, at only 10%.