Employability Skills Key Terms - 7th

What are the three employability skills needed for employment success?

• Transferable Skills, Basic Skills, Thinking Skills
• Foundation skills, Workplace-specific skills, Transferable skills

What foundation skills are needed by all and are developed early in life?

• Organizing, planning and teamwork
• Interpersonal (people), Information, Resources, Systems and Technology
• Basic, Personal qualities and Thinking

Skills needed by all people and are developed early in life.  Reading, writing, math, listening and speaking.

• Thinking
• Basic
• Personal Qualities

Ability to receive and process internal and external information. Creativity, decision making, problem solving, and seeing things in the mind’s eye (human ability to visualize in the mind), knowing how to learning, and reasoning.

• Thinking
• Basic
• Personal Qualities

Traits necessary for healthy, safe, and productive existence in society. Ex. Responsibility, self-esteem, sociability, self-management, integrity and honesty.

• Thinking
• Basic
• Personal Qualities

Skills needed for employment success.  Skills you learn on the job.  Ex. Negotiating, understanding and selecting technology, making work schedules, taking x-rays, updating computer systems, preparing budgets, and repairing cars.

• Workplace Specific Skills 
• Foundational Skills
• Basic Skills

What are the 5 areas of Workplace Specific skills?

• Communication, listening, problem-solving, decision making and teamwork
• Basic, thinking, personal qualities and resources
• Interpersonal (people), Information, Resources, Systems and Technology
• All of these

A worker must work with others effectively.  Ex. Collaborate with a group member to solve a problem, train a colleague, deal with a dissatisfied customer, etc.

• Interpersonal (people)
•  Information 
• Resources
• Systems

A worker must be able to acquire and use information.  Ex. Research and collect data from various sources, develop a form to collect data, produce a report using graphics, etc.

• Interpersonal (people)
•  Information 
• Resources
• Systems

a worker must identify, organize, plan, and allocate resources effectively. Ex. Time, money, materials, and human resources. Ex. Use computer software to plan a project, prepare a budget, etc.

• Interpersonal (people)
•  Information 
• Resources
• Systems