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employability skills framework part five skills

Personal attributes that contribute to overall employability: • Loyalty • Enthusiasm • An ability to deal with pressure • Reliability • A sense of

humour• Commitment • Common sense • Positive self-esteem • Motivation • Honesty &

integrity • Personal

presentation • A balance attitude to work &

home life • Adaptability

Skill COMMUNICATION .. that contributes to productive & harmonious relations across employees & customers

Skill TEAM WORK ..that contributes to productive working relationships and outcomes

Skill PROBLEM SOLVING ..that contributes to productive outcomes

Skill SELF MANAGEMENT ..that contributes to employee satisfaction and growth

Element* Element* Element* Element* Listening and understanding

Speaking clearly and directly

Writing to the needs of the audience

Negotiating responsively

Reading independently Empathising Speaking and writing in languages other than English

Using numeracy effectively

Understanding the needs of internal and external customers

Persuading effectively Establishing and using networks

Being assertive

Sharing information

Working effectively with people of different age, gender, race, religion and political persuasion

Working as an individual and as a member of a team

Knowing how to define a role as part of the team

Applying team work skills to a range of situations, eg. futures planning, crisis problem solving

Identifying the strengths of the team members

Coaching, mentoring and giving feedback

Developing creative, innovative solutions

Developing practical solutions

Showing independence and initiative in identifying problems and solving them

Solving problems in teams

Applying a range of strategies to problem solving

Using mathematics including budgeting and financial management to solve problems

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 projects issues

Having a personal vision and goals

Evaluating and monitoring own performance

Having knowledge and confidence in own ideas and visions

Articulating own ideas and visions

* Facets of the skill that employers identified as important noting that the mix and priority of these facets would vary from job to job

Skill PLANNING & ORGANISING .. that contributes to long - and - short-term strategic planning

Skill TECHNOLOGY ..that contributes to effective execution of tasks

Skill LEARNING ..that contributes to ongoing improvement & expansion in employee & company operations & outcomes

Skill INITIATIVE AND ENTERPRISE ..that contributes to innovative outcomes

Element* Element* Element* Element* Managing time and priorities - setting time lines, coordinating tasks for self and with others

Being resourceful

Taking initiative and making decisions

Adapting resource allocations to cope with contingencies

Establishing clear project goals and deliverables

Allocating people and other resources to tasks

Planning the use of resources including time management

Participating in continuous improvement and planning processes

Developing a vision and a proactive plan to accompany it

Predicting – weighing up risk, evaluating alternatives and applying evaluation criteria

Collecting, analysing and organising information

Understanding basic business systems and their relationships

Having a range of basic IT skills

Applying IT as a management tool

Using IT to organise data

Being willing to learn new IT skills

Having the OHS knowledge to apply technology

Having the physical capacity to apply technology, eg. manual dexterity

Managing own learning

Contributing to the learning community at the workplace

Using a range of mediums to learn – mentoring, peer support, networking, IT, courses

Applying learning to ‘technical’ issues (eg. learning about products) and ‘people’ issues (eg. interpersonal and cultural aspects of work)

Having enthusiasm for ongoing learning

Being willing to learn in any setting – on and off the job

Being open to new ideas and techniques

Being prepared to invest time and effort in learning new skills

Acknowledging the need to learn in order to accommodate change

Adapting to new situations

Developing a strategic, creative, long-term vision

Being creative

Identifying opportunities not obvious to others

Translating ideas into action

Generating a range of options

Initiating innovative solutions