employability skills audit 2(1)
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Employability Skills Audit
Employability Skill Rate
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Your evidence for rating, example of using tis skill
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$ommunication
The ability to express yourself clearly and
condently
Delivered in a clear manner, avoiding jargon and
pitched at an appropriate level, so that it is
received and understood
Examples: delivering presentations, debating,
writing essays, reports and dissertations,
powerpoint presentations, emails and blogs, orbecoming a Student mbassador!
%eam "orking
To wor" e#ectively and condently within a
group to achieve a common goal or tas"
$nderstand your role within the team and the
contribution you ma"e
%isten to and support other team members
Examples: group wor" within your classes, through
sporting activities, placement, or volunteering
projects!
Emotional &ntelligence
The ability to recognise your own emotions,
understand what they&re telling you, and how
they a#ect people around you
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lso involves your perception of others: when
you understand how they feel, this allows you to
manage relationships more e#ectively
Examples: dealing with di'cult customers or
situations, motivating others, empathising with
someone experiencing di'culties!
'eadersip
The ability to motivate, ta"e responsibility for
and lead other people, in order to achieve set
goals and objectives
Examples: leading a sports team, organising a
student event, managing a group project!
(egotiation skills
The ability to discuss and then reach a mutually
satisfactory agreement! This involves wor"ing
together with other people and building trust!
Examples: negotiating your salary in a job, or
organising an overdraft with your ban"! (egotiating
an extension for your assignment with a course
tutor!
Self reliance skills
Self a"areness To identify your own s"ills, achievements,
abilities, interests, values, motivations and
wea"nesses
)dentify ways to develop yourself
*now how to articulate your strengths and s"ills
when ma"ing applications
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Examples: compiling your +, meeting with your
Employment or +areers dviser to discuss your
career goals and aspirations, compiling a personal
career plan!
)ersonal management
-resent a professional image which commands
the respect of others Show that you can be relied upon, and are
committed and conscientious
Show that you are proactive and resourceful
.illing to learn, re/ective, see" personal
development
(et"orking
The ability to ma"e and sustain contacts in order
to gather advice and information, and to develop
your career
bility to build professional relationships
Examples: ma"ing contacts on placement, attending
a $niversity networ"ing event, ma"ing speculative
applications!
*eneral employment skills
Analysing and problem solving
bility to gather information in a systematic way
from a variety of sources in order to establish
facts
Ability to take a logical and analytical approach to
solving problems and resolving issues
Able to approach problems from different angles
Examples: solving subject0based problems in your
classes, deciding which subject and university to
attend, improving systems in your job, dealing with
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customers problems, underta"ing mar"et research!
$ommercial a"areness
To have an awareness of the business issues that
a#ect the sector you are interested in, and to
understand the environment in which it operates
in relation to customers and competitors
Entrepreneurial: "now about the technicalaspects and ongoing challenges of setting up a
business and "eeping it sustainable
Examples: wor"ing with customers, meeting sales
targets, coming up with ideas to maximise prot,
wor"ing with a budget!
Adaptability and +exibility
bility to adapt to di#erent situations and
environments and to respond to the changing
needs, wishes and demands of others
Examples: wor"ing overtime or covering someone
else&s shift, moving away from home to attend
university, agreeing to learn new ways of wor"ing by
attending new training, wor"ing with people of
di#erent ages1culture!
&% skills
The ability to use a range of computer pac"ages
and software including email, word0processing,
databases, spreadsheets, and the )nternet
Examples: compiling a spreadsheet to manage your
nances, using )T to give presentations, putting
together reports, lea/ets and newsletters!
#rganisation and planning
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bility to manage self and1or others, resources
and time in order to complete goals and tas"s to
schedule
ble to plan action and prioritise
Examples: compiling a study plan, managing a
household budget, balancing studies and home life,
meeting deadlines for assignments and projects,
organising a charity event!
&nitiative
Ta"e responsibility and ownership of own wor"
)dentify opportunities and be proactive in putting
forward own ideas
Examples: learn a new s"ill or ta"e part in a training
session in order to be more productive, putting
forward a new idea, improving a basic process to
improve a product or service, setting up a new
student group1committee!
)roect management
Examples: wor"ing to a brief 2such as a group
project3, allocating and managing tas"s, meeting
deadlines, putting plans into practice, evaluating
outcomes!
&nnovation and creativity
The ability to generate new ideas and solutions,
and to produce something new that has value to
others
Examples: introducing a new methodology to solve
a problem, designing a new product or service for
customers to meet a need!
+areers and Employment Service 2based on resource by $niversity of 4olton +areers Service3 5anuary 6789