Considering the current challenges concerning the insertion in the work context and the growing valorization of the interpersonal competence by employers, this paper describes a group program of social skills training with ten undergraduates attending the final stages of their courses, all in the area of exact sciences. The program, with A-B-A design, lasted thirty-six hours, with two weekly sessions of about two hours each. The whole program was planned in theoretical and practical modules, both occurring in a single session. The program was evaluated with the application of a self-report inventory (HIS-Del-Prette) before and after the intervention and with a peer evaluation at the final session. The results indicated significant differences (Wilcoxon test) between the first and final intervention scores for most of the participants with peer positive evaluations about these changes.
social skills training; interpersonal relationships at work; social competence; professional preparation
