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EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS

FRAMEWORK

The following skills are the ones that employer groups said that they looked for in employees.

You can use this list to keep track of the skills you are learning. Write down times when you have shown
these skills either at school or at home. This then becomes a great start to your resume.

Skill Element (facets of the skill that Some evidence or
employers identified as important, events where you
noting that the mix and priority of these have demonstrated
facets would vary from job to job) these skills

• Listening and understanding
• Speaking clearly and directly
Communication • Writing to the needs of the audience
that contributes • Negotiating responsively
to productive • Reading independently
and harmonious • Empathising
• Using numeracy effectively
relations • Understanding the needs of internal and external customers
between • Persuading effectively
employees and • Establishing and using networks
customers • Being assertive
• Sharing information
• Speaking and writing in languages other than English

• Working with people of different ages, gender, race,
Teamwork that religion or political persuasion
contributes • Working as an individual and as a member of a team
to productive • Knowing how to define a role as part of a team
working • Applying teamwork skills to a range of situations, eg.
relationships and futures planning, crisis problem solving
outcomes • Identifying the strengths of team members
• Coaching, mentoring and giving feedback

• Developing creative, innovative solutions
• Developing practical solutions
• Showing independence and initiative in identifying
problems and solving them
Problem solving • Solving problems in teams
• Applying a range of strategies to problem solving
that contributes • Using mathematics including budgeting and financial
to productive management to solve problems
outcomes • Applying problem-solving strategies across a range of areas
• Testing assumptions taking the context of data and
circumstances into account
• Resolving customer concerns in relation to complex project
issues

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