My employability skills assessment Entrepreneurship ULMS252
Employability skills refer to those types of skills and attributes that are required in virtually any form of employment. These include:
• Communication skills
• Team work
• Problem solving
• Self management
• Planning and organising
• Use of technology
• Learning ability
• Initiative and enterprise
Instructions
The following worksheet contains a series of statements related to each of these categories for your personal assessment.
1. Using a highlighter, highlight those statements in each category which you believe represent an area of strength for you.
2. From all the statements you’ve highlighted list below your 5 strongest skills
3. At the top of the worksheet page you will see a number of personal attributes listed. In the space below, list the 3 personal attributes which are most like you.
4. Having mapped your personal employability strengths and transferable skills, briefly explain how those skills and experiences will be an asset to an employer in the sector you wish to build a career in. Try to use less than 500 words and reference scholarly works accordingly.
Employability skills framework*
Personal attributes that contribute to overall employability include:
• Loyalty
• Commitment
• Honesty & integrity • Enthusiasm
• Reliability
• Personal presentation • Commonsense Positive self-esteem
• Sense of humour
• A balanced attitude to work & home life • An ability to deal with pressure
• Motivation
• Adaptability
Communication Team work Problem solving Self management Planning & organising Technology Learning Initiative & enterprise
…that contributes to productive & harmonious relations across employees & customers …that contributes to productive working relationships and outcomes …that contributes to productive outcomes …that contribute to employee satisfaction and growth …that contribute to long- and short-term strategic planning …that contributes to effective execution of tasks …that contributes to ongoing improvement & expansion in employee & company operations & outcomes … that contribute to innovative outcomes
Element**
• Listening & understanding
• Speaking clearly
& directly
• Writing to the needs of the audience
• Negotiating responsively
• Reading independently
• Empathising
• Speaking & writing in languages other than English
• Using numeracy effectively
• Understanding the needs of internal & external customers
• Persuading effectively
• Establishing & using networks
• Being assertive
• Sharing information
Element**
• Working effectively with people of different age, gender, race, religion & political persuasion
• Working as an individual & as a member of a team
• Knowing how to define a role as part of a team
• Applying team skills to a range of situations e.g. Futures planning, crisis problem solving
• Identifying the strengths of the team members
• Coaching, mentoring & giving feedback Element**
• Developing creative, innovative solutions
• Developing practical solutions
• Showing independence & initiative in identifying problems & solving them
• Solving problems in teams
• Applying a range of strategies to problem solving
• Using mathematics including budgeting & financial management to solve problems
• Applying problem solving strategies across a range of areas
• Testing assumptions taking the context of data & circumstances into account
• Resolving customer concerns in relation to complex project issues Element**
• Have a personal vision & goals
• Evaluating & monitoring own performance
• Having knowledge & confidence in own ideas and visions
• Articulating own ideas & visions
• Taking responsibility Element**
• Managing time & priorities – set time lines, coordinate tasks for self & with others
• Being resourceful
• Taking initiative & making decisions
• Adapting resource allocations to cope with contingencies
• Establishing clear project goals & deliverables
• Allocating people & other resources
• Planning use of resources including time management
• Participating in continuous improvement & planning processes
• Developing a vision & a proactive plan to accompany it
• Predicting – weighing up risk, evaluating alternatives & applying evaluation criteria
• Collecting, analysing & organising information
• Understanding basic business systems & relationships Element**
• Having a range of basic IT skills
• Applying IT as a management tool
• Using IT to organise data
• Being willing to learn new IT skills
• Having the OHS knowledge to apply technology
• Having the capacity to apply technology eg. Manual dexterity Element**
• Managing own learning
• Contributing to the learning community at the workplace
• Using a range of mediums to learn – mentoring, peer support, networking, IT, courses
• Applying learning to ‘technical’ issues (eg. learning about products) & ‘people’ issues
(eg. Interpersonal & cultural aspects of work)
• Having enthusiasm for ongoing learning
• Being willing to learn in any setting – on & off the job
• Being open to new ideas & techniques
• Being prepared to invest time & effort in learning new skills
• Acknowledging the need to learn in order to accommodate change Element**
• Adapting to new situations
• Developing a strategic, creative, long-term vision
• Being creative
• Identifying opportunities not obvious to others
• Translating ideas into action
• Generating a range of options
• Initiating innovative solutions