1. Inspire employers next
Lead a society now…
Inspire employers next
Andy Morris, Careers and Employability

6. Skills are…
An ability and capacity acquired through deliberate, systematic, and sustained effort to smoothly and adaptively carryout complex activities or job functions involving ideas (cognitive skills), things (technical skills), and/or people (interpersonal skills)
The Business Dictionary
Try it out
Practice it
Get good at it
Deliberately use it
Create success with it

7. Why are skills so important for finding work?
Job application form
Role
Title
Context
Tasks
Person spec
Person Specification
Essential Desirable
Qualification Qualification
Knowledge Knowledge
Experience Experience
Skills Skills

8. What is the value of knowing your skills to employers?
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9. What are the skills of a society committee member?

10. A selection of skills of a society committee member?
Strong team-working skills
Effective electronic communication skills
Patience
Passion
The ability to work under instruction
Resourcefulness
Negotiation
The ability to take initiative
Ability to work flexibly
Ability to prioritise tasks
Effective hand written communication skills
Ability to work alone
Strong verbal communication skills
Ability to meet deadlines
Multi tasking
Attention to detail
Manage complex details
Strong level of accuracy in one’s own work
Motivating others
Conflict resolving skills
Report writing skills
Numerical Competence
Internal /external relationship building skills
Empathy
Ability to accept responsibility
Impartiality
Ability to report and record data
Ability to take responsibility for making and implementing decisions
The ability to work under pressure while maintaining standards of service
Strong problem-solving skills
Ability to give advice
Trustworthy
Vision
Strategic thinking
Planning skills
Leadership skills
Ability to chair meetings
Time Management
Representation and advocacy
People Management
Monitoring and evaluating skills
Effective record keeping
Provide support
Creativity
Logistics
Networking
Delegation skills
Organisational skills
Ability to work efficiently
Resilience

11. What is employability?

12. Employability is…
‘a set of achievements – skills, understandings and personal attributes – that make graduates more likely to gain employment and be successful in their chosen occupations, which benefits themselves, the workforce, the community and the economy’
Professor Mantz Yorke (2004) 'Employability in Higher Education: what it is - what it is not', Higher Education Academy/ESECT

13. Connecting your society work to employability

14. Reflection time

15. What’cha gonna do about it?

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