The document discusses the importance of employability skills for job applicants. It notes that employers value skills like problem solving, collaboration, communication, and adaptability over academic grades alone. It identifies developing these skills through involvement in extracurricular activities, being punctual and organized, asking questions, and maintaining humility. The document promotes Kloodle as a tool to help users assess their skill development through a badging framework and creating an online profile.

1. THE IMPORTANCE OF
EMPLOYABILITY

2. OVERVIEW
• Why are employability skills important?
• How can you develop yours?
• How can Kloodle help?

3. WHY ARE EMPLOYABILITY
SKILLS IMPORTANT?
“We don’t hire for knowledge - we can train for that. We
hire people with the right attitude and employability skills”
- CEO, large company, Manchester

4. GRADES VS SKILLS
GRADES SKILLS

5. WHAT ARE EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS?
4,000 managers in USA surveyed…..
• Ability and willingness to learn new skills (84%)
• Critical thinking and problem solving (82%)
• Collaboration and team work (74%)
• Interpersonal communication (72%)
• Ability to analyse and synthesise information (69%)

6. HOW CAN YOU DEVELOP THESE
SKILLS?
Get INVOLVED!!!!!!!

7. EASY WAYS TO STAND OUT
Turn up on time
Be organised
“Pick up the brush”
Ask questions
Be HUMBLE

8. HOW CAN KLOODLE HELP
Kloodle provides a framework to help you think about your
skill development
We do this through badging.

21. CREATING AN ACCOUNT
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