On the Job Skills

​Unit 2: Identifying Your Job Skills

Learning Objectives

1. how to identify job skills.

2. how to write a list with detailed descriptions of job responsibilities.

Table of Contents

0. Introduction to the Unit2 "Identifying Your Job Skills"

1. What are skills and why are they important?

2. How can job seekers learn what skills will impress prospective employers?

3. Underlying key words in qualification section and job responsibilities exercises

4. Writing a list with detailed descriptions of job responsibilities

5. Various exercises related to writing a list with detailed descriptions of job responsibilities

• Having high expectations of applicants for their job vacancies.

Demanding Employers

​​Relevant Job Skills

​​Good Academic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher degree in Education

• 3 years experience in teaching

• A Teacher

• Teaching skills

• Communication skills

• Problem solving skills

​(Chumworatayee, 2018, p.42)

1) What are skills and why are they important?

Multiple Select

What are skills?

(Only one choice here is incorrect.)

• Something you've learned how to do.

• An ability to

  do something

• A form of currency

• Knowledge that you have developed

• ​Something you've learned how to do.

• An ability to do something.

• Knowledge that you have developed through education, job experience, hobbies, community activities, and any daily-life experiences.

1.1) What are skills?

• ​What skills will job seekers bring to the job?

• What can you do?

• You must be able to identify and give examples of your skills that are the most attractive to your prospective employers.

​​1.2) Why are skills important?

​​(Chumworatayee, 2018, p.42)

• Skills learned through past experience and education

• Such as accounting skills, computer programming skills, and financial skills

​​1. Knowledge-Based Skills

• Skills you bring with you to any job

• Such as analytical skills, communication skills, problem-solving skills, and time management skills,

​​2. Transferable or Portable Skills

• Things that make you who you are

• Such as positive attitude, dedication, flexibility, self-confidence, and quick learner.

3. Personality traits

​3 Categories of Skills

​(Chumworatayee, 2018, p.43)

Multiple Choice

1.) Please select the choice that represents knowledge-based

skills.

(Only one correct answer.)

• problem-solving skills

• self-improvement

• Thai language skills

• friendliness

Multiple Choice

2.) Please select the choice that represents transferable or portable skills.

(Only one correct answer.)

• responsibility

• team leader skills

• research

  skills

• positive attitude

Multiple Choice

3.) Please select the choice that represents personality traits.

(Only one correct answer.)

• negotiation skills

• communication skills

• good

  sense of humor

• writing skills

2) How can job seekers learn what skills will impress prospective employers?

• To learn what skills will impress your employers, you should ...

1. Read the job vacancy advertisement carefully.

2. Ask yourself what job skills your prospective employer would

   want from you.

​(Chumworatayee, 2018, p.43)

3.) Underlying key words in qualification section and job responsibilities exercises

(PP. 44 - 54)

4.) Writing a list with detailed descriptions of job responsibilities

• I arranged airline and hotel reservations. (Omit the I)

• Handled complaints.

• Inspired confidence in others.

• Listened attentively.

• Wrote news

4.2) Past Simple (V2)

(Indicating Your Past Job Responsibilities)

• I arrange airline and hotel reservations. (Omit the I)

• Handle complaints.

• Inspire confidence in others.

• Listen attentively.

• Write news

4.1) Present Simple (V1)

(Indicating Your Present Job Responsibilities)

Using Verb Phrases to Show Your Performance to Prove that You Have Such Skills to Perform the Required Duties

Exercise 3

(P.57 - 59)

Multiple Choice

Directions: Match each of the following skill areas with its job responsibilities.

1.) Assess/ed and evaluate/d situations effectively

• Analytical Skills

• Communication and

  Writing Skills

• Creativity Skills

• Marketing/Sales Skills

Multiple Choice

Directions: Match each of the following skill areas with its job responsibilities.

2.) Combined a variety of resource materials into a final copy

• Team-leader Skills

• Information Management

  Skills

• Creativity Skills

• Marketing/Sales Skills

Multiple Choice

Directions: Match each of the following skill areas with its job responsibilities.

3.) Communicate/d facts and ideas clearly, both orally or in writing

• Team-leader Skills

• Human Relations

  Skills

• Creativity Skills

• Communication and Writing Skills

Multiple Choice

Directions: Match each of the following skill areas with its job responsibilities.

4.) Create/d new processes or products using science, math, and/or imagination

• Team-leader Skills

• Product-development Skills

• Computer Skills

• Time Management

  Skills

Multiple Choice

Directions: Match each of the following skill areas with its job responsibilities.

5.) Delegate/d tasks and responsibilities

• Leadership Skills

• Self-motivation Skills

• Computer Skills

• Teaching Skills

Multiple Choice

Directions: Match each of the following skill areas with its job responsibilities.

6.) Demonstrate/d flexibility and commitment to change and learning

• Human Relations

  Skills

• Self-motivation Skills

• Computer Skills

• Flexibility Skills

Multiple Choice

Directions: Match each of the following skill areas with its job responsibilities.

7.) Design/ed posters and flyers to attract customers

• Creativity Skills

• Self-motivation Skills

• Negotiation Skills

• Stress Management Skills

Multiple Choice

Directions: Match each of the following skill areas with its job responsibilities.

8.) Devise/d means of dealing with extra stress

• Goal-oriented Skills

• Self-motivation Skills

• Negotiation Skills

• Stress Management Skills

Multiple Choice

Directions: Match each of the following skill areas with its job responsibilities.

9.) Display/ed understanding of, and respect for, people from diverse backgrounds

• Human Relations

  Skills

• Self-motivation Skills

• Negotiation Skills

• Stress Management Skills

Multiple Choice

Directions: Match each of the following skill areas with its job responsibilities.

10.) Encourage/d effective teamwork

• Self-improvement

  Skills

• Self-motivation Skills

• Team-leader Skills

• Problem-solving Skills

Multiple Choice

Directions: Match each of the following skill areas with its job responsibilities.

11.) Exhibit/ed self-motivation and a positive attitude

• Self-improvement

  Skills

• Self-motivation Skills

• Goal-oriented Skills

• Problem-solving Skills

Multiple Choice

Directions: Match each of the following skill areas with its job responsibilities.

12.) Handle/d complaints and customer discrepancies, conferring with senior personnel in an effort to resolve problems promptly

• Self-improvement

  Skills

• Marketing/Sales Skills

• Goal-oriented Skills

• Negotiation Skills

Multiple Choice

Directions: Match each of the following skill areas with its job responsibilities.

13.) Learn/ed and use/d various computer programs and other information technology

• Computer Skills

• Marketing/Sales Skills

• Goal-oriented Skills

• Self-improvement

  Skills

Multiple Choice

Directions: Match each of the following skill areas with its job responsibilities.

14.) Manage/d time efficiently and effectively through scheduling and prioritizing

• Goal-oriented Skills

• Marketing/Sales Skills

• Time Management

  Skills

• Self-improvement

  Skills

Multiple Choice

Directions: Match each of the following skill areas with its job responsibilities.

15.) Meet/Met with prospective customers and educated them on program offerings

• Customer-oriented

  Skills

• Marketing/Sales Skills

• Goal-oriented Skills

• Self-improvement

  Skills

Multiple Choice

Directions: Match each of the following skill areas with its job responsibilities.

16.) Meet/Met with prospective customers and educated them on program offerings

• Teaching Skills

• Marketing/Sales Skills

• Goal-oriented Skills

• Self-improvement

  Skills

Multiple Choice

Directions: Match each of the following skill areas with its job responsibilities.

17.) Set goals and follow/ed through

• Teaching Skills

• Self-improvement

  Skills

• Goal-oriented Skills

• Self-improvement

  Skills

Multiple Choice

Directions: Match each of the following skill areas with its job responsibilities.

18.) Solve/d problems creatively, logically, and practically

• Problem-svloing Skills

• Problem-solivng Skills

• Problem-solving Skills

• Prbolem-solving Skills

Multiple Choice

Directions: Match each of the following skill areas with its job responsibilities.

19.) Strengthen/ed communication skills by volunteering for special projects

• Self-ipmrovement

  Skills

• Self-improvement

  Skills

• Self-imprvoement

  Skills

• Self-improvmeent

  Skills

Multiple Choice

Directions: Match each of the following skill areas with its job responsibilities.

20.) Teach/taught, supervise/d, and train/ed others using easy-to-understand concepts, and hands-on experience

• Techahing Skills

• Teahcing Skills

• Tecahing Skills

• Teaching Skills