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Making it Count! Proving Your Skills Ygetting a job. Employers are looking for
our skills and abilities are your ticket to
How can you show an employer you have the people who have the skills needed to do the Workforce
KSAs to do the job and more? work, but they expect you to bring a lot more Job Skills
Identify your target job and find out what No. 2
skills, education, and experience it takes to Document your skills with: skills than just what’s on the job description.
get that job. samples of your work on the job Know Your KSAs
Consciously plan to have your part-time documents you’ve created Part of managing your career is knowing what
knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs) you are
jobs, volunteer experiences, extra-curricular letters of recommendation from past
activities, and training experiences help you supervisors and other people who know your learning from each class.
develop the skills needed for your target job. skills KNOWLEDGE – something that you have learned or discovered
SKILL – the ability to perform a task, usually something learned
Building Your Skills projects you’ve done in school or on the job ABILITY – qualities that enable you to perform a task - something you have within
letters detailing volunteer work on projects
Knowing what skills you need begins with you that helps you do the skill.
identifying the ultimate job you’d like to do in your photos of you in action COMPETENCY – the capability to apply or use a set of related knowledge, skills,
career. Higher level jobs take more experience and a list of your skills, signed off on by a teacher and abilities required to successfully perform “critical work functions” or tasks in a
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education, so do your research and identify what or employer defined work setting. ©2017 Learnovation®, LLC
KSAs are required to do that job. Then look at your Assemble your own career portfolio by
current skills and identify the gaps between where organizing these sample by your key skills, and Your Skills Taking Control of
you are now, and where you want to be. Ask yourself then putting them together in a binder that you Explore Your Options
these questions: can use in an interview to prove your skills. The Employer’s View Find out what skills are required
How much education do I need? for different careers at www.
How long will it take me to get the education? Choose Your Jobs With Purpose Employers are looking for people mynextmove.org. Use this site
How will I pay for the training? Make every part-time job, volunteer service, with skills to do the job, who can to research careers or take an
What experience do I need? and extra-curricular activity count towards your contribute to the organization with: interest quiz to help you match
career goal. Identify the hard and soft skills you
Are there certain certificates, licenses or are gaining, and how they will meet the needs 8 unique skills outside the job your current skills to possible
tests required to do the job? of your target job. description jobs. You’ll find:
How much do I really want this job? 8 good communication skills in demand jobs
8 the ability to teach and train types of work they do
others the KSAs, tools, and
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