The document defines generic skills as skills that can be used across multiple occupations and situations. Generic skills include teamwork, time management, problem solving, and strong numerical abilities. They are different from technical skills and refer more to personality traits, social skills, communication abilities, and personal habits. Having strong generic skills is important for students and graduates to succeed in their careers. It allows them to adapt to different jobs and work environments. The document also discusses different types of generic skills and provides strategies for developing skills like creativity, self-management, communication, and teamwork.

1. By : Er . Gurbakshish Singh

2. Definition
 Theskills which can be used
over a large number of
different occupations and
applied to in a number of
different situations.

3. The Australian Chamber of Commerce
defines generic skills as
 “…….skills required not only to gain
employment, but also to progress
within an enterprise so as skills are
also sometimes referred to as generic
skills, capabilities or key to achieve
one’s potential and contribute
successfully to enterprise strategic
directions.”

4. The global challenge now a days making the
competition for a job is particularly high. Any
organizations need all-round candidates that
can bring the company ahead of others.
Graduates with high generic skills are the
most preferable for taking on a job. Generic
skills
are also known as skills, qualities and trait
that an individual has to master in order to
succeed in their studies and career. This
quality defined as also team-work, time
management, problem solving, and sharpen
numerical skills.

5. Generic skills are different
from technical skills refer
to personality ,traits,
social graces
,communications and
personal habits which
makes a man perfect.

6. Skills that someone requires to become
self sufficient and successful.
Which develop imaginative and
intellectual powers.
Skills needed for better , cooperative
communication and collaborative team
work.
Skills required for time management and
self evaluation.

7. Why generic Skills Required?
 International Job Scenario.
 Employers seeks persons which
can fill Gaps between management
and workers.
 To compete with International
Market.
 Ensuring Success in education,
Job and social life.

8.  To place the right people with the right
skills in the right jobs for the right cost
at the right time....’
 The phrase above reflects the concern
of employers today. Basis of
recruitment for prospective employees
will be on the skills that they possess
besides their academic qualifications

9. Personal
Fundamental
Business oriented
Classification
People oriented
conceptual

10. Fundamental Generic Skills
Literary.
Using numbers.
Using technology.

11. People oriented Generic
Skills
 Communication.
 Interpersonal.
 Team work
 Customer service

12. Conceptual Generic Skills
 Collectinginformation
 Problem solving
 Planning
 Organizing

13. Business oriented
Innovation
Enterprise skills
Marketing
Managerial

14. Personal Generic Skills
 Responsible  Leadership
 Resourceful  Self
esteemed
 Flexible  Risk taker

15. Generic skills which one
should Acquire
 Communication  Critical thinking
 Summarization  Team work
 Mathematics  Problem solving
 Computer  Innovative
 Research  Time management
 Delegation  Adaptability

16. Importance of Generic Skills
in Personnel Development
 To remain competitive.
 To acquire new knowledge and
information.
 To interact and socialize among
one another in an inter-dependent
world.
 The demands of the workplace.

17. Generic Skills improve
 Quality of Work
 Team Performance
 Improves the capacity to deal with
changes.
 Improves the use of new technology.
 Probability of organization.
 Improves the work environment.

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Then Question arises how it can be
achieved ?

19. Generic skills can be
Soft Skills Creativity Personal
Grooming
achieved by
Team Work
Time
management

20. ‘Dreams leads to Creativity’
and
‘Creativity Leads to
Innovations’
There Is a Myth
That Creativity is in born
Communication is in born Skill

21. Then which makes creative
 Group Discussions
 Learning Habits
 Attitude
 Incentives
 Freedom of work
 Informative Knowledge
 Technical Skills

22. Concept of Creativity
 Creativity
may be defined as
Discovery of something novel, but
also useful ,economical, elegant
or valuable.

23. A fact is discovered and
theory is invented but a
masterpiece is created.
Example
 Columbus discovered the West.
 Bell invented the Telephone
 But Shakespeare Created
‘Othello”

24. ng
gi
a na elf Physically
M S
Intellectually
Psychologically

25. Ph
ys i
MANAGING SELF ca l
ly
‘Jaan Hai To Jahan Hai ’
Means Personal grooming.
Cleaning Maintaining and grooming
of body parts.
Time management

26. Grooming of body
Personal hygiene
Managing health
Food habits
Fitness and exercise

27. Personal
Grooming
 Communication Skills
listening Writing
Speaking

28. Grooming Self Mentally
 Learning Skills
 Writing Skills
 Listening
 Soft Skills

29. Time You should catch
management the bus or train
next day but once a
time lost or spent ,
it will never come
back.
So time management is the key
factor to improve your Generic
Skills

30. Steps to successful time
management
Prepare a plan for all aspects of your
work.
Plan each work in advance .
Do a time log at least once.
Do ‘to do’ list every single day.
Become your own manager.
Allocate chunks of time yourself.
Be Realistic ( work can expand than
allocated time )

31. In
t ell
MANAGING SELF e ct
u all
y
Collection of information
Because “learning is a life
long process.”

32. Sources of information
Print Media.
Documentary Sources
Non documentary sources
Non Print media
Electronic media

33. Psychologically
It mainly deals with the environment
in which man can work. in this
process he makes demands to put
pressure on the environment and the
environment too makes similar
pressure on him.
Or in simple means it is
‘Stress management’

34. Team management
 Before we understand concept of team
lets go through two
‘Pigeons and a fowler’
And
‘ farmer and five Sons’

35. Definition

‘A team is a small number of
people may be different
skills ,whom are committed
to a common purpose ,set of
common goals and
approach for which they
hold themselves mutually
accountable.’

36. Characteristics of team
 Team should have clearly
stated Goal.
 Each member have clearly
defined role.
 Yet they function as a whole.

37. For any team to Succeed
 Member may ask
Clarification.
 Express opinion freely.
 Do not resort Aggressions.
 Give and Take Feedback.
 Share Information.

38. Problem solving
Problem is an obstacle which makes
difficult to achieve desired goals.
Problem solving is a natural part of our
life.
 in any business, the ability of an
employee to solve problems can make
difference between success and failure.

39. Golden Rule to
Solve Problem
‘There is no other way to solve a
problem but to attack it with all
your wisdom and might.’

40. Identify Problem
Evaluate Explore
Steps
Set Goals
Implement
Solution Look Alternates