Employability Skills. What are Employers now a days, really looking for?

Employability Skills

What are Employers

now a days, really looking

for?

Objectives :

To know about various skills, the employers look for in their prospective employees in age of Globalization.

To learn the ways of or strategies for the acquisition of employment skills.

What are employers looking for? LoyaltyCommitmentHonesty and IntegrityEnthusiasmReliabilityCommon SenseSelf-esteemSense of humourBalanced attitude to professional & family lifeAbility to deal with pressureMotivationAdaptability

Personal Attributes

Hard Skills & Soft Skills

Hard Skills :

• The core technical competence of an individual

is called Hard Skills.

• Skills specific to an industry or discipline

e.g. accounting, law, civil engineering

Soft Skills :The skills that help an individual improve his

performance and success rate and the range of his contribution at the work place are generally known or popularly called Soft Skills / Transferable Skills / Employability Skills.

What are employability skills?

…. CommunicationTeamworkProblem SolvingInitiative and EnterprisePlanning and OrganisingSelf ManagementLearningTechnology

Employability SkillsTransferable Skills

Soft Skills

Why are they important?

Technology and globalisation → dynamic labour market

more complex work environments:

•multi-skilled

•multi-disciplinary teams

•workforce restructuring

•increased productivity

•increased pace of change and innovation

How will this affect my career?

Typical career issues and situations:–regular change in job / career–new situations, environments, teams–mix of full-time, part-time, casual, project work–on-going learning

What do employers want?

•Global demand for graduates who can:

–Be adaptable to change

–quickly fit into an organisation

–self-manage their own learning and development

–interact effectively within teams

–analyse & use information from various sources and so on.

How can I Acquire Employability Skills?

•Academic studies

•Other activities on campus

•Employment (i.e. While working)

•Your own interests

List of employability skills

- Communication - Teamwork

- Problem Solving - Planning and Organising

- Self Management - Initiative and Enterprise

- Learning - Technology

1. Communication includes:

• Ability to write and present (speak) the content appropriate to needs of audience.

•Organise and express ideas concisely and clearly (oral & written)

• Taking care of Grammar, Spelling and Punctuation in written correspondence.

•Speaking and writing in languages other than English also, if necessary.

Communication : Some ways to improve ...

•Written assignments and reports.

•Class room presentations, & discussions.

•Active participation in ‘Soft Skills Lab’ activities

2. Team work incorporates...

•Working with others to achieve a common goal

•Working with people of different ages, backgrounds, gender, races, religions, skills

•Sharing information

•Supporting team members

•Resolving conflict

Team work Skill – some tips for achieving it.

•Group project work on assignments at the university

•Involvement in student societies / sports team / any community organisation

•Working as part of a team at the work spot.

•Cope with different work styles.

•Ensure excellent communication among members and so on.

3. Problem solving involves ...

•Analysis of problems for underlying causes,

assessment of options & proposing solutions

•Research and collection of

the required information for solving problems

•Ability to critique and synthesize information.

•Ability to develop creative, innovative solutions

How to attain Problem solving Skill:

•Research projects, case studies and assignments as part of university course

•Industry based learning (IBL) -

internship at any industrial organisation.

or•Working in a customer service environment

4. Planning and organising–What is it?

•Priorities

•Time Management

•Coordinate tasks for oneself and others

•Collect, organise and analyse information

•Anticipate needs, foresee the problems and plan before hand.

•Stress management

How to Plan & Organise effectively?

•Organise the commitments of work & study.

•Develop action plans that includes

goal setting and scheduling of tasks

•Research, collect and organise data •Establish contingency plans

•Involve in project planning or event management

•Organise networking, sporting or social activities

5. Self- Management includes ...

•Articulating own ideas and vision

•Self awareness of own strengths and challenges

•Taking on responsibility for one’s own actions

•To be able to operate independently

Self Management – A few ways to earn this skill

•Your own career development activities

(attending seminars & career- fairs)

•Learn skills outside your degree

•Obtain work experience through placement, internships or vacation work

•Act on feedback and address gaps in the final assessment of your skills and knowledge

6. Initiative and Enterprise involves...

•Adapting to new situations /environs

•Translating ideas into action

•Generating a range of options or innovative solutions

•Initiating change

Initiative and enterprise-How to absorb this skill?

•Travel or study abroad

•Initiate improvement in procedures at work place

•Attend conferences or events to aid own learning

•Volunteer involvement

•Obtain part time job or vacation employment or internship

•Operate own business

•Crave innovation even in the activities of student associations, or teams

7. Learning – what does it mean for an employer?

•Passion for continuous learning for self improvement

•Open to new ideas and change

•Invest personal time and effort in acquiring new skills

•Contribute to learning community at the workplace

•Adaptable to learning environments:

in class, on line, on the job

Learning – How to get this skill?

•Mentoring or coaching activities

•Participate in an interesting group activity

or student society

•Participate in on line learning

•Subscribe to newsletters and updates from professional associations

•Furthermore Learning should be made a HOBBY!

8. Skilful usage of Technology &

Increase in Productivity.

•Proficiency in using computers and telecommunications systems

•Using I.T. as a research tool

•Using I.T. as a management tool

Technology – How to attain this skill?

•Try to obtain information by using

electronic databases

•Specialised software packages for course/occupation

•Use suitable software to plan and manage project timelines

List of employability skills

Personal Attributes Loyalty Commitment Honesty and Integrity Enthusiasm Reliability Personal Presentation Commonsense

Positive Self-Esteem Sense of Humour Balanced Attitude to Work and Home Life Ability to Deal with Pressure Motivation Adaptability

Communication Team Work Problem Solving

Initiative and Enterprise

Planning and Organising

Self Management

Learning Technology

Listening and understanding

Positive influence on others

Develop practical solutions

Adapts to new situations

Time structuring and management

Self awareness Able to manage own learning

Basic computer skills

Speaks clearly and directly, express ideas and feelings and judgment

Work well on own and in a group

Implement action based on data

Able to suspend judgment and explore options

Setting and achieving goals

Evaluates and monitors own performance

Contribute to workplace learning

Relate technology to work

Writes clearly to the needs of an audience

Conflict resolution

Shows initiative in resolving problems

Makes effective use of information

Thoroughness and attention to detail

Operates independently

Enthusiasm to participate in learning

Willing to update skills

Negotiates effectively

Leadership capabilities

Understands basic budgeting

Recognise need for change

Effective decision making

Has personal vision and goals

Open to new ideas

Use IT to organise data

Reads and comprehends well

Be responsible for own work and team goals

Able to estimate and calculate

Transfer ideas and concepts into action

Planning and managing resources

Take responsibility

Invests time and effort into learning

Apply OHS to use of technology

Foreign language competence

Define role in a range of teams

Creative ideas to resolve problems

Develop strategic and long term view

Plan for contingencies

Articulate own ideas

Use a range of mediums to learn

Apply IT as a method of managing work

Uses numerical skills effectively

Coaching, mentoring

Solve problems in a team

Generating a range of options

Collecting and analysing data

Care for self Apply learning to technical issues

Establishing and using networks

Identify team strengths

Test assumptions

Creative Establish project goals

Self confidence Apply learning to people issues

Sharing information, persuading effectively, being assertive

Apply team work skills to a range of situations

Resolve customer concerns

Initiate innovative solutions

Understand basic business systems

Manages personal and professional boundaries

Acknowledge need to learn to manage change

Summary – employability skills• Current Global Scenario – New Changes

• Personal Attributes

• Employability Skills : 1.Communication, 2. Teamwork, 3. Problem Solving, 4. Initiative and Enterprise5. Planning and Organising, 6. Self Management7. Learning, 8. Technology

• Various methods for the acquisition of the

above skills and so on.

Thank You