1. SKILLS LEARNED IN SCHOOL
How do you act?

2. TRANSFERABLE SKILLS
The skills that can be used in many different jobs;
Those learned through life and school;
Ex:
Communication
Organization
Decision making
Problem solving

3. TECHNICAL SKILLS The skills which are learned on the job or at school;
These are specific to one task or occupation;
Performed in a limited number of circumstances in daily life;
Ex:
blue-print reading
Accounting
Mechanics

4. PERSONAL SKILLS The skills which are developed throughout your life;
These are reflective of your personality and attitude;
Your overall impression given to others;
Ex:
Dependable
Reliable
Honest

5. PERSONAL MANAGEMENT SKILLS
These are personal skills that allow you to control and understand your behaviours;
The means by which you control your habits and attitudes;
How you choose to learn new skills or concepts;
What you draw on to develop new habits or attitudes;

6. POSITIVE ATTITUDE AND BEHAVIOUR
Controlling your own behaviours and attitudes through thought and habit;
SELF-DISCIPLINE
Controlling habits or actions; improving a skill or preventing a behaviour that is undesirable;
SELF-MOTIVATED
Ability to encourage your own actions through positive attitude; your inner drive to complete a task;

7. POSITIVE ATTITUDE AND BEHAVIOUR
SELF-ASSESSMENT
Ability to determine the importance or value of your potential or your actions; evaluating your own behaviour;
SELF-DIRECTION
Ability to develop all your attitudes and behaviours to achieve a goal you have selected;

8. RESPONSIBILITY
Skill which allows you to set goals and manage your time and efforts to achieve those goals;
Accepting accountability for your own actions;
GOAL SETTING
Being able to see potential in all circumstances and commitment to improvement;

9. RESPONSIBILITY TIME MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTABILITY
Understanding the importance of organization and setting priorities; being able to act based on that understanding;
ACCOUNTABILITY
Ensuring that for every one of your actions you are aware of the reactions and consequences and are prepared to face them;

10. ADAPTABILITY
Skill which enables you to change your understanding, roles and attitudes in order to improve circumstances;
STRESS MANAGEMENT
Internal/personal response to an external circumstance; too much stress can negatively affect our performance and too little can cause complacency and laziness;

11. ADAPTABILITY RECOGNIZE DIVERSITY CREATIVITY
Ability to not only be aware of differences between people and ideas, but be able to understand how to address those differences in a respectful manner;
CREATIVITY
Ability to determine a potential solution that is providing a different means to an end; to allow for creativity/unconventional solutions;

12. PERSONAL MANAGEMENT ASSIGNMENT
Using the chart provided, determine what responsibilities you have in each of the areas;
Briefly explain your accountability in each as well;

13. PERSONAL MANAGEMENT SKILLS
PROBLEM SOLVING
Part of having a positive attitude toward work is being able to complete the simplest problem solving tasks;
Even if the steps are not always laid out in the formal arrangement for every situation, each solution is achieved in the same manner;

14. PROBLEM SOLVING STEPS 1. Identify the problem
2. Gather and organize the information about the problem.
3. Develop solutions to the problem.
4. Evaluate the solutions.
5. Select the best solution.
6. Implement the solution.
7. Evaluate the effectiveness of the solution.

15. PROBLEM SOLVING ASSIGNMENT
Complete a flow chart to determine solutions to the following problems:
I cannot find a job.
My marks in ????? are too low this semester.
I am always fighting with my parents.

16. KNOWING HOW TO LEARN
Part of the competitive business and academic world is having skills that “move with the times;”
The success you will enjoy in high school and in work is a result of your level of commitment to being a “lifelong learner;”
It is no longer feasible for a student or an employee to only learn 50% of the material;

17. KNOWING HOW TO LEARN
Students who only wish to “pass” a course or just take little or no extra training for jobs will be downsized or laid off;
This is because of their lack of commitment to learning in an ever changing environment;
Students and employees should always attempt to achieve the most out of a course or training in order to continue to increase their abilities and grow with the company;

18. ASSIGNMENT #1
Complete the Employability Skills Profile, the My Abilities Profile, and the Skills and Characteristics Chart (fill in YOUR understanding of what each word means);