Employability skills are skills that employers find wanted and needed in the workforce. This website was created to show and explain these skills. Wanted skills include skills such as communication, self-management, planning, decision making and problem solving.People can work and build onto theses skills, so they are more employable. According to Dictionary.com the definition of employability is being "capable of holding a job and available for hire". This means in order to have a job, you can't just do mediocre work. To have a job you must excel, and that's what employability skills can do for someone seeking a job. These skills include:
- Communication- The ability to convey information to another effectively and efficiently.
- Problem solving- The process of working through details of a problem to reach a solution.
- Initiative and self-motivation- An individual's action that begins a process.
- Working under pressure- Even in tense situations a person can succeed.
- Organizational- The ability to use your energy, time, and resources so the individual is able to be successful.
- Team working- Able to communicate and effectively with other team members and team leadership.
- Ability to learn and adaptation- Changing to better suit a task or obstacle.
- Numeracy- Ability to not only do, but excel in basic mathematics.
- Valuing diversity and difference- An individual should value minds, people, and iideas that are not the same a their own.
- Negotiation skills- Discussing something with someone untilo you meet an agreement.