Employability Skills Profile

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Employability Skills Profile
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Introductory Note

• Please review the following skills very
  carefully.
• Over the next few classes, you will be doing much
  self-evaluation to determine how employable you
  currently are, and how you can develop these
  skills within yourself to increase your
  employability.

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Academic Skills

• Those skills which provide the basic foundation
  to get and keep a job, and achieve the best
  results in that job.

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Canadian Employers need a person who can...
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Communicate

• Understand and speak the languages in which
  business is conducted.
• Listen to understand and learn.
• Read, comprehend and use written materials,
  including graphs, charts and displays.
• Write effectively in the languages in which
  business is conducted.

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Think

• Think critically and act logically to evaluate
  situations, solve problems and make decisions.
• Understand and solve problems involving
  mathematics and use the results.

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Think continued...

• Use technology, instruments, tools and
  information systems effectively.
• Access and apply specialized knowledge from
  various fields.

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Learn

• Continue to learn for life.

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Personal Management Skills

• The combination of skills, attitudes and
  behaviors required to get and keep a job, and
  achieve the best results in that job.

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Canadian Employers need a person who
demonstrates...
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Positive Attitudes and Behaviours

• Self-esteem and confidence.
• Honesty and integrity.
• Positive attitude toward learning, growth and
  personal health.
• Initiative, energy and persistence to get the job
  done.

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Responsibility

• Ability to set goals and priorities in work and
  personal life.
• Ability to plan and manage time, money and other
  resources to achieve goals.
• Accountability for action taken.

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Adaptability

• Positive attitudes towards change.
• Respect for peoples diversity and individual
  differences.
• Ability to identify and suggest new ideas to get
  the job done creatively.

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Teamwork Skills

• Those skills needed to work with others on a job
  and achieve the best results.

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Canadian employers need a person who can...
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Work with others

• Understand and contribute to the groups goals.
• Understand and work within the culture of the
  group.
• Plan and make decisions with others and support
  the outcomes.

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Work with Others continued...

• Respect the thoughts and opinions of others in
  the group.
• Exercise give and take to achieve group
  results.
• Seek a team approach when appropriate.
• Lead when appropriate, mobilizing the group for
  high performance.

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Please Note

• The previous information can be found on the
  Employability Skills Profile Poster distributed
  by the NB Department of Education