A presentation on employability skills

introduction to employability skills and its types

1. A PRESENTATION ON EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS

2. INTRODUCTION 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. EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS 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

4. Why it is important?

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

6. IMPORTANT EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS

7. COMMUNICATION & INTERPERSONAL SKILLS 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. TEAM WORK SKILLS 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. SELF MANAGEMENT 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

10. EXAMPLE

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

12. PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS These are the skills contribute to innovative outcomes Some key problem-solving skills include: Active listening Analysis Research Creativity Communication Dependability Decision making Team-building

13. Activity : (No hands cup stacking Challenge)

14. ETHICS 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

15. Enhance Employability skills 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.

16. 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

17. 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 .