introduction to employability skills and its types

2.  Your education & experience may make you
eligible to apply for the job but to be successful
in most roles, you will need skills that should be
developed
 Some will be specific to the job but the vast
majority will be so called “soft skills” that can
be used in any job or employment sectors
 These skills are “EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS”-
what makes you employable

3.  Enables the person to apply technical skills to a
variety of jobs
 These are the basic/generic skills which helps us
to do various jobs & tasks

5.  They help you to perform better in the
workplace
 Can be used in any future job
 Help to achieve organizational as well as
personal goals
 Help us to develop our skills what our
employers want

7. Communication Skills : contribute to
productive and harmonious relations
between employees and customers
The ability to explain what you mean in a
clear and concise way through written &
spoken means , to listen and relate to
other people and to act upon key
information / instructions.
Activity :(BLIND FOLD –WOOL WEB)

8.  Working well with other people from
different disciplines, backgrounds & expertise
to accomplish a task or goal
 A group of people working together towards
a common goal
 Activity : (Tie a knot)

9.  These are the skills which contribute to
employee satisfaction and growth
 Self-management skills are those
characteristics that help an employee to feel
and be more productive in the workplace
 It includes behavior, attitude, Results, Goals &
Actions

12. LEARNING SKILLS
Contribute to ongoing
improvement and
expansion in employee
and company
operations & outcomes

13.  These are the skills contribute to innovative
outcomes
 Some key problem-solving skills include:
1. Active listening
2. Analysis
3. Research
4. Creativity
5. Communication
6. Dependability
7. Decision making
8. Team-building

14. Activity : (No hands cup stacking Challenge)

15.  Workplace ethics is important as it enables
management to treat all employees as equal
and think from their perspective as well
 Workplace ethics are, by definition, the
moral principles that guide a person's actions
in the workplace

17. 1. Be up to date
 To sustain in this business scenario, you need to have well-honed life
skills together with educational qualifications.
2. Adjust your CV to the job description
 To get picked by top employers for a certain positions, your CV needs
to be modified accordingly.
3. Emphasize your soft skills
 Today, businesses are rapidly transforming around soft skills. Skills
like team work, time management etc. are becoming more critical
than ever. Hence, employers are emphasizing these skills.

18. 5. Put yourself in an employer’s shoes
 To get noticed by prospective employers, you need to
understand their requirements.
6. Be a social media butterfly: get yourself out there
 Since many employers these days use social media platforms
to find the right candidates, you should put every effort to get
noticed on Facebook,Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest and Google+
 For example, LinkedIn

19. 7. Prepare smartly
 Finally, solid preparation for an interview has
become more important than ever.
 Remember that you’ll only have one chance to
prove yourself as a prospective candidate. First, you
need to understand your target employer very
clearly: the industry it belongs to, the services or
products it offers, etc.