Employers are desperately seeking people with a combination of skills that seem to fall under the career readiness and employability umbrella.

Employability skills are not typically considered essential qualifications for many job positions and are not necessary for an individual’s employment success at any level.

Employers are not looking for skills that go beyond qualification and experience.

Employability skills are those skills necessary for getting, keeping, and being successful in a job.

Employers demand employees with better customer service skills.

Technical skills change quickly as tools, software, and innovation are introduced in every job across all industries.

Communication skills whether written, oral, listening, and nonverbal are not that important in the workplace.

Volunteering enables employees to develop skills that are beneficial to the business.

Soft skills have more to do with who people are (character traits/personality) rather than what they know.

Hard skills can be learned and perfected over time whereas soft skills are more difficult to acquire and change.

It doesn’t matter how smart you are, you must have social graces in order to get far in your career.

A group of essential abilities that involve the development of knowledge base, expertise level and mindset that is increasingly necessary for success in the modern workplace is called __.

Which of the following are reasons why people are not hired? ______________

Communication, logic, teamwork, and technical skills do not count for much unless you do which of the following: ______________

Which of the following is not an example of non-verbal communication? ______________

A guiding set of moral values is called _______.

Which of the following is not an example of unethical behavior? ___________

Which of the following are examples of transferable skills? _____________

Personal attributes and/or character traits that enable someone to interact effectively and harmoniously with others are called ________________.

Personality-oriented interpersonal skills such as teamwork, flexibility, patience, persuasion, etiquette, time management, getting along with others, and communication are examples of _______________.

Specific, teachable abilities that can be defined and measured which includes but is not limited to typing, writing, math, reading, and the ability to use software programs is called ________.

Which of the following is not an example of a hard skills? _____________

___________ is being able to work efficiently with anyone with different skill sets, personality, work styles or motivation level to achieve a better team result.

Being able to actively listen to others and articulate your ideas in writing, or verbally to any audience in a way that you are heard and you achieve the goals that you intended with that communication is called ___________________.

Which of the following is NOT an employability skill?

Which of the following is considered the most important skill in the workplace?