Employability Skills
What are Employability Skills?
Employability Skills can be defined as the transferable skills needed by an individual to make them ‘employable’. Along with good technical understanding and subject knowledge, employers often outline a set of skills that they want from an employee. These skills are what they believe will equip the employee to carry out their role to the best of their ability. Employability depends on your knowledge, skills and attitudes, how you use those assets, and how you present them to employers.The Common Employability Skills (CES) Framework defines foundational skills needed to succeed in any career or industry. It includes 6 core competencies.
Employability Skills can be defined as the transferable skills needed by an individual to make them ‘employable’. Along with good technical understanding and subject knowledge, employers often outline a set of skills that they want from an employee. These skills are what they believe will equip the employee to carry out their role to the best of their ability. Employability depends on your knowledge, skills and attitudes, how you use those assets, and how you present them to employers.The Common Employability Skills (CES) Framework defines foundational skills needed to succeed in any career or industry. It includes 6 core competencies.
- Participation & Good Choices
- Teamwork & Achievement
- Responsibility & Reasoning
- Time Management & Tech Management
- Decisiveness & Adaptability
- Innovation
What are some examples of Employability Skills that are needed everyday?
Teamwork
Part of teamwork simply knowing your role in a team and being able to work with various people. It also shows your ability to listen, learn, and collaborate. The power of collaboration cannot be underestimated. Well-organized teams can achieve much more than any of its members could if they went solo.
Communication
Being able to communicate in any job is extremely important. If you want to succeed in your professional (and personal) life, you need to be able to effectively communicate with others.
Time Management
If you’re unable to plan your time efficiently, you’ll have problems with delivering results. But it doesn’t end here. Bad time-management may lead to work-life imbalance and ultimately transform into professional- and personal-life related issues.
Adaptability
Being able to adapt and problem solve are critical to being successful in Agriculture. In the 21st century change is the name of the game. This is why companies look for people who can quickly adjust to the ever-shifting business landscape. New technologies, new kinds of competition, new business models—all these require you to think on your feet and have the courage to propose new, yet-to-be-tested solutions.
Tech Management
In this day and age, it’s obvious that technology pervades all aspects of our lives and will continue to do so. To stay employable you must keep alongside the technologies relevant to your profession. This means if your job doesn't require you to have your phone out to DO your job, then you probably shouldn't have it out DURING your job.
Teamwork
Part of teamwork simply knowing your role in a team and being able to work with various people. It also shows your ability to listen, learn, and collaborate. The power of collaboration cannot be underestimated. Well-organized teams can achieve much more than any of its members could if they went solo.
Communication
Being able to communicate in any job is extremely important. If you want to succeed in your professional (and personal) life, you need to be able to effectively communicate with others.
Time Management
If you’re unable to plan your time efficiently, you’ll have problems with delivering results. But it doesn’t end here. Bad time-management may lead to work-life imbalance and ultimately transform into professional- and personal-life related issues.
Adaptability
Being able to adapt and problem solve are critical to being successful in Agriculture. In the 21st century change is the name of the game. This is why companies look for people who can quickly adjust to the ever-shifting business landscape. New technologies, new kinds of competition, new business models—all these require you to think on your feet and have the courage to propose new, yet-to-be-tested solutions.
Tech Management
In this day and age, it’s obvious that technology pervades all aspects of our lives and will continue to do so. To stay employable you must keep alongside the technologies relevant to your profession. This means if your job doesn't require you to have your phone out to DO your job, then you probably shouldn't have it out DURING your job.
