1. Basics of Employability
BOSS-Wellness and Empowerment Curriculum Module

2. Basic Employability Training Objectives:
Participants will be familiar with the skills and personal qualities needed for basic employability.
Participants will be able to complete a self assessment of personal employability skills and qualities.
Participants will have the tools to develop a personal employability staff development plan with their supervisor.

3. The Three Categories of Employability Skills
Basic Academic Skills
“Higher” – Order Thinking Skills
Personal Qualities
Employers are looking for these skills no matter what the job might be.
The assumption: If you have these skills, the ability to perform specific job functions can be developed with training.

4. What are “Basic” Academic Skills?
How do you demonstrate these basic academic skills in your day to day work?
Reading and comprehension
Writing skills
Oral Communication; listening and speaking
Basic Arithmetic/Math

5. In What Ways are Basic Academic Skills Important for Employability?
In what way are
Reading and comprehension
Writing skills
Oral Communication; listening and speaking
Basic Arithmetic/Math
Important for employability, in your position?
What things are problematic without these basic academic skills?

6. “Higher” Order Thinking Skills
The ability to think, reason, and make sound decisions.
Thinking Critically.
Act logically
Creative, innovative thinking
Problem solving and decision making.
Planning, organizing tasks and responsibilities.
How are “Higher” Order thinking skills important for successful employment. In your position?

7. Higher Order Thinking
What does the use of these higher order thinking skills look like to others/ to an employer.
Thinking critically
Acting logically
Creative, innovative thinking
Problem solving and decision making.
How are “Higher” Order thinking skills important to employability?

8. Personal Qualities
Lets define what the basic employability personal qualities look like from an action standpoint.
“What does the quality or characteristic look when seen in action?”
Think about what that quality looks like to you. What actions would you be seeing that tells you the person has the quality or characteristic?

9. Personal Qualities for Basis Employability
Responsible & Accountable
Self Confidence
Self Control
Social Skills
Honesty & Integrity
Adaptable and Flexible
Efficient
Openness to learn
Team Spirit
Punctual
Self Directed
Good Work Attitude
Well Groomed
Cooperative
Self Motivated
Self management ability

10. Employability Self Assessment
To have good employability skills, one must first want to work and perform one’s job well.
The personal qualities of honesty, integrity, good work attitude, self motivation and management are essential qualities for completing a useful basic employability self assessment.

11. Your Employability Self Assessment
Rate your basic academic skills using the following scoring system.
1= I have excellent
2= I meet basic employability skills in this area
3= I need some improvement.
4= This is an area that needs more attention and focus.

12. Your Employability Self Assessment
Rate yourself 1-4 in each of the following Basic Academic Skills
Reading
Comprehension
Writing
Listening
Speaking effectively
Basic Math/Arithmetic
Rate yourself 1-4 in each of the following Higher Order Thinking Skills.
Ability to think critically
Acting Logically
Creative and innovative thinking
Problem Solving
Decision Making
Rate yourself 1-4 in the following Personal Qualities related to employability.
Responsible and Accountable
Self Confidence
Self Control
Social Skills
Honesty and Integrity
Adaptable and Flexible
Efficient
Team Spirit
Punctual
Self Directed
Openness to learning
Well Groomed
Cooperative
Self Motivated
Self management ability

13. Self Directed/Motivated Assessment Response
The self assessment is for your use. As such, it is important to be honest with yourself and look critically at your skills and qualities and at the areas that could be improved.
To make this assessment useful, develop an action plan to develop the skills and qualities that are in needed of development.
Your plan can be both an individual development plan and a plan that involves your BOSS performance appraisal staff development plan.
BOSS follow up objective: In a monthly performance appraisal within the next two months, employee and supervisor will integrate the action plan into the staff skill development support plan.
These employability skills cross work sites, career paths and employment settings. Person employment development can improve your long term employability and open doors to whatever career path you choose.