1. An Introduction to Employability Skills

2. 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 organisation achieve more goals

3. If you were the boss, what sort of skills
would you want your employees to have
if they were a:
• Plumber
• Librarian
• Teacher
• Secretary
• Shop attendant
• Telemarketer
• Hairdresser

4. Employers have identified 8 employability skills as
important.
1. Communication
2. Teamwork
3. Self management
4. Learning skills
5. Problem solving
6. Technology
7. Planning and organisation
8. Initiative & enterprise

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

6. Examples of communication skills?

7. EXAMPLE:
• I phoned my lecturer to let her know I was
going to be late for class today.

8. “TEAMWORK:
a group of people working
together towards a common
goal."

9. TEAMWORK skills - contribute to productive
working relationships and outcomes.

10. Examples of teamwork?

11. EXAMPLE:
• I assisted a classmate with a problem they
were having.

12. SELF MANAGEMENT
Self management
skills - contribute to
employee
satisfaction and
growth

13. Self
management
skills –
examples?

14. SELF MANAGEMENT EXAMPLE:
• I put aside one hour each morning to revise
the previous days notes.

15. Learning Skills

16. Learning skills - contribute to
ongoing improvement and
expansion in employee and
company operations and
outcomes.
Examples of learning
skills ?

17. LEARNING EXAMPLE:
• I asked my teacher for extra work to help me
improve my skills.

18. Problem solving skills

19. Problem solving skills - contribute to innovative
outcomes.
Examples of
problem solving
skills?

20. PROBLEM SOLVING EXAMPLE:
• At work, we spend a lot of time sending emails
between staff members. I devised an internet
blog page to help staff members keep up with
news and make contributions themselves.

21. Technology skills

22. Technology skills - contribute to effective execution of tasks
Examples of skills in technology?

23. TECHNOLOGY EXAMPLE:
• I created a newsletter for my soccer club using
Word, Publisher, and Irfanview. I then
converted it into a PDF files and emailed it to
all the members.

24. Planning and organising skills

25. Planning and organising skills -
contribute to long-term and
short-term strategic planning
Examples?

26. PLANNING & ORGANISING EXAMPLE:
• I was part of a group that organised a
weekend camping trip. I was in charge of
organising suitable accommodation & making
sure everyone paid for it on time. We had a
great time – no accommodation problems.

27. Initiative & Enterprise Skills

28. Initiative and enterprise skills -
contribute to innovative
projects
• Examples?

29. INITIATIVE EXAMPLE:
• At work, we spend a lot of time sending emails
between staff members. I devised an internet
blog page to help staff members keep up with
news and make contributions themselves.
• NOTE; this is the same example as problem
solving. Sometimes these skills overlap).

30. Employers want their workers to have these basic
skills. Which ones do you have? Which ones can
you improve on?
1. Communication
2. Teamwork
3. Self management
4. Learning skills
5. Problem solving
6. Technology
7. Planning and organisation
8. Initiative & enterprise