Employability Skills Inquiry Worksheet

The video mentions which of the following as the 10 employability skills?

• Communication, Teamwork, Problem-solving, Initiative, Planning and organizing, Self-management, Learning, Technology, Adaptability, Leadership

• Mathematics, Cooking, Painting, Singing, Dancing, Acting, Swimming, Driving, Gardening, Knitting

• Programming, Data Analysis, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Cloud Computing, Cybersecurity, Blockchain, Quantum Computing, Virtual Reality

• Writing, Reading, Drawing, Sculpting, Photography, Filmmaking, Carpentry, Plumbing, Electrical work, Tailoring

Which of the following tasks involves reflecting on three skills, explaining what each means to you, and giving an example of how you might use each in school or a future job?

• Choose three skills, describe their meaning to you, and provide examples of their use in school or a future job.

• List all the skills you know and rate them from easiest to hardest.

• Pick one skill and write a story about it.

• Select three skills and draw a picture of each.

Which of the following is a key step in creating a personal action plan to develop an employability skill?

• Identify the skill you want to improve and list three specific ways to develop it.

• Focus only on your strengths and ignore areas for improvement.

• Wait for feedback from others before taking any action.

• Develop all employability skills at the same time without a plan.

Having strong employability skills can help you stand out from other job candidates by:

• Making you more adaptable and valuable to employers in the future workplace.

• Guaranteeing you will always get the job you apply for.

• Allowing you to avoid teamwork and collaboration.

• Ensuring you never need to learn new skills again.

Which of the following activities involves interviewing classmates about their understanding of employability skills and writing down three interesting insights?

• Interview three classmates about their understanding of employability skills and write down three interesting insights.

• Write an essay about your favorite employability skill.

• Create a poster about employability skills without interviewing anyone.

• List employability skills from a textbook without talking to classmates.

Research one successful person in a career you're interested in. Which of the following best explains how their employability skills contribute to their success?

• Employability skills help them adapt, communicate, and solve problems effectively in their career.

• Employability skills are not important for career success.

• Employability skills only matter in entry-level jobs, not for successful people.

• Employability skills are only about technical knowledge, not soft skills.

The most surprising thing I learned about employability skills from this worksheet was:

• That employability skills are just as important as technical skills.

• That employability skills are only needed for certain jobs.

• That employability skills cannot be learned or improved.

• That employability skills are not valued by employers.