An Introduction to Employability Skills

Employability Skills... • ...enable you to apply your technical skills to a

variety of jobs.

They - • Help you perform better in the workplace• Can be used in any future job • Help your organization achieve more goals

Employers have identified 8 employability skills as important.

1. Communication2. Teamwork3. Self management4. Learning skills5. Problem solving6. Technology7. Planning and organization 8. Initiative & enterprise

COMMUNICATION

Communication skills – Ability to explain what you mean in a clear and concise way through written and spoken means.

COMMUNICATION

Communication skills - contribute to productive and harmonious relations between employees and customers.

“TEAMWORK: Working well with other

people from different disciplines, backgrounds, and expertise to accomplish a task

or goal.

TEAMWORK skills - contribute to productive working relationships and outcomes.

SELF MANAGEMENT

Self management skills - contribute to employee satisfaction and growth

SELF MANAGEMENT

Self management skills – Showing a strong personal drive and not waiting to be told to do things.

Learning Skills

To be enthusiastic about your work and to identify ways to learn from your mistakes for the benefit of both you and your employer.

Learning skills - contribute to ongoing improvement and expansion in employee and company operations and outcomes.

Problem solving skills

Ability to identify procedures, obtain resources, interpret information and correct errors.

Problem solving skills - contribute to innovative outcomes.

Technology skills

Technology skills - contribute to effective execution of tasks

Planning and Organizing skills

Able to plan work to meet deadlines and targets. Monitoring progress of work to ensure you are on track to meet deadlines.

Planning and organizing skills - contribute to long-term and short-term strategic planning

Initiative & Enterprise Skills

New ideas of your own which can be made into reality.

Initiative and enterprise skills - contribute to innovative projects

Other Employability Skills

• Perseverance-Continuing a difficult task until it is completed.

• Interpersonal skills-Listen and relate to other people, and to act upon key information/instructions.

• Numeracy-Ability to use data and mathematics to support evidence or demonstrate a point.

Other Employability Skills II

• Diversity-Understanding and being considerate of the different needs of different individuals.

• Negotiation-To take into consideration other people’s feelings and express your own requirements in an unemotional clear fashion to achieve a win-win outcome.