This document discusses important skills for employment according to employers. The top five skills employers look for are enthusiasm and initiative, personal presentation, time management and organization, communication and literacy, and numeracy. Five additional important skills are integrity, IT skills, problem-solving and creativity, teamwork, and negotiation and decision-making. The complete skills toolkit outlined includes all of these skills.

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People Skills:
What skills do I need?

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Contents
PS1.1 What are skills?
PS1.2 What top five skills do employers look for?
PS1.3 What are five more skills that employers think are important?
PS1.4 Your complete skills toolkit

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What are skills?
PS1.1

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What top five skills do employers look for?
PS1.2
Enthusiasm
and initiative
Personal presentation
Time management
and organisation
Communication
and literacy
Numeracy

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What are five more skills employers think are important?
PS1.3
Enthusiasm
and initiative
Personal presentation
Time management
and organisation
Communication
and literacy
Numeracy
Integrity
(honesty)
IT
Problem-solving
and creativity
Teamwork
Negotiation and
decision-making

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Your complete skills toolkit
PS1.4
Enthusiasm
and initiative
Personal presentation
Time management
and organisation
Communication
and literacy
Numeracy
Integrity
(honesty)
IT
Problem-solving
and creativity
Teamwork
Negotiation and
decision-making