Employability Skills Checklist - DOC - DOC

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Part AInstructions

There are 2 elements to employability skills: personal attributes (soft skills) and
tangible skills (hard skills).

Personal Attributes
On page 2 there is a list of attributes identified as desirable by employers.

At this stage in your life you may not have all these attributes. However please tick off
those attributes you consider you have and then choose 3 of your attributes and describe
how you have displayed them in your work life or community activities.


Employability Skills (hard skills) are skills that you have acquired through your
formal studies, previous work experience and /or community activities or volunteer work.

Increasingly employers are expecting potential employees to be able to identify their
employability skills. These skills cover 8 areas and include:

       Communication
       Team work
       Problem solving
       Using initiative & enterprise
       Planning and organising
       Self management
       Learning
       Technology

On pages 3 to 7 each employability skill has a list of sub-points which will help you to
identify what skills you have under each skill area. You may have all or only some of
these sub-points depending upon your experience. You are to read the guidelines given
and then reflect upon your experience and identify skills that you have.

It is expected that you will download the Employability Skills Checklist (Part B) and
then fill it out as required and then print it out and hand to your teacher.




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Part B

Below is a list of personal attributes

Tick off those attributes which you believe you have and then
choose 3 attributes and explain how you have displayed these attributes:

    loyalty                                        positive self-esteem

    commitment                                     sense of humour

    honesty/integrity                              balanced attitude to work & home life

    enthusiasm                                     ability to deal with pressure

    reliability                                    motivation

    personal presentation                          adaptability

    commonsense


Attribute                 How have you displayed this attribute?




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1. Communication

        Sub-skill                     How have I demonstrated this?
Listening & understanding Eg responding to customers enquiries; answering telephones
                          in a business/community environment




Speaking clearly &            Eg using the telephone in a business/community situation;
directly                      responding to customer enquiries




Writing to the needs of the   Eg composing correspondence, writing a telephone message
audience




Understanding the needs       Eg Responding to customer or fellow worker enquiries
of internal & external
customers




Sharing information           Eg distributing information via email




Speaking & writing in         Eg list other languages spoken
languages other than
English




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2.    Teamwork
         Sub-skill                        How have I demonstrated this?
Working with people of        Eg identify instances of when you have worked in teams in
different ages, gender,       these circumstances eg your classes at VU; work or
race, religion or political   volunteer work
persuasion




Working as an individual
and as a member of a team




Identifying the strengths     eg describe a situation where you have had to identify team
of team members               member strengths to get the job done




3.    Problem solving
        Sub-skill                        How have I demonstrated this?
Developing practical
solutions




Solving problems in teams




Resolving simple              Eg describe a situation where you have helped a customer
customer concerns




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4.     Initiative and enterprise
        Sub-skill                      How have I demonstrated this?
Adapting to new situations Eg provide evidence of when you have managed to adjust to
                           new situations eg moving to a new country/job and
                           adjusting to different circumstances



Identifying a range of       Eg provide evidence of coming up with a range of options to
options in a particular      deal with a particular situation et work or school
situation


Being creative/resourceful   Eg provide evidence of where you have used creativity or
                             resourcefulness to get the job done




Taking initiative and        Eg provide evidence of where you have used your initiative
making decisions             and made decisions to get the job done.



5.       Planning and organising
         Sub-skill                  How have I demonstrated this?
Managing time and         Eg how do you manage yourself eg diary, to do lists etc;
priorities- setting       how do you manage study & part-time work/family
timelines, coordinating   commitments
tasks for self & others




Establishing clear goals    Eg provide evidence of where you may have set a goal and
and a plan to achieve these worked out plans to achieve the goal eg in work/community
goals                       or personal setting




Collecting, analysing and
organising information




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6.      Self management

       Sub-skill                         How have I demonstrated this?
Have personal goals           Eg what goals have you already achieved or what goals do
                              you have for the future




Evaluate and monitor own      eg provide examples of where you have assessed your
performance                   progress with goals and any adjustments you may have
                              made to goals etc



Take responsibility           Eg provide examples of how you take responsibility for
                              your actions eg always punctual for class with required
                              books etc, ensure that homework is done etc; always on time
                              for work, notify teachers or employer of absences or
                              lateness etc



7.      Learning

Being prepared to invest      Eg provide examples of study or learning you have
time & effort in learning     undertaken to improve your skills
new skills




Being willing to learn in     eg provide evidence of different settings you may have used
any setting, on and off the   to learn new skills
job




Using a range of mediums      Eg provide examples of different ways you have learnt new
to learn – mentoring, peer    skills
support, networking,
information technology,
courses



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8.     Technology
Have a range of basic IT   Eg list the skill level of computer packages you know, email
skills                     use, internet research skills etc




Use IT to organise data    Eg describe your file management techniques




Have the occupational      Eg how do you apply OHS to technology use?
health and safety
knowledge to use
technology




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