Employability Skills Profile
The skills you need to enter, stay in and progress in the world of work - whether you work on your own or as part of at team.
Print out this checklist to help you sharpen your employability skills.
Project Management Skills
Canadian Employers need a person who can demonstrate:
Positive attitudes and behaviours.
- Self-esteem and confidence
- Honesty, integrity and personal ethics
- A positive attitude toward learning, growth and personal health
- Initiative, energy and persistence to get the job done.
Responsibility
- The ability to set goals and priorities in work and personal life
- The ability to plan and manage time, money and other resources to achieve goals
- Accountability for actions taken.
Adaptability
- A positive attitude toward change
- Recognition of and respect for people's diversity and individual differences
- The ability to identify and suggest new ideas to get the job done - creativity
Continuous Learning
- Assess personal strengths and areas for development
- Set your own learning goals and plan to achieve them
- Identify and access learning sources and opportunities
Working Safely
- Be aware of personal and group health and safety practices and procedures and act in accordance with theses
Teamwork Skills
Canadian employers need a person who can:
Work with Others
- Understand and contribute to the organization's goals
- Understand and work within the culture of the group
- Plan and make decisions with others and support the outcomes
- Respect the thoughts and opinions of others in the group
- Exercise "give and take" to achieve group results
- Seek a team approach as appropriate
- Lead when appropriate, mobilizing the group for high performance.
Participate in Projects and Tasks
- Plan design or carry out a project or task from start to finish with well defined objectives and outcomes
- Develop a plan, seek feedback, test revise and implement
- Select and use appropriate tools and technology for a task or project
- Continuously monitor the success of a project or task and identify ways to
Fundamental Skills
Canadian employers need a person who can:
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.
- Share information using a range of information and communication technologies
Think and Solve Problems
- Think critically and act logically to evaluate situations, solve problems and make decisions
- Understand and solve problems involving mathematics and use the results
- Use technology, instruments, tools and information systems effectively
- Seek different points of view and evaluate them based on facts
- Identify the root cause of a problem
- Be creative an innovative in exploring possible solutions
- Evaluate, implement and act on opportunities for improvement
Manage Information
- locate, gather and organize information using appropriate technology and information systems
- Access and apply specialized knowledge from various fields (eg. skilled trades, technology, physical sciences, arts and social sciences)
Use Numbers
- Decide what needs to be measured and calculated
- Observe and record data using appropriate methods, tools and technology
- Make estimates and verify calculations