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1. CAREER COMPETENCIES IN
CANADA
AVAILABILITY AND FLEXIBILITY
Prepared and Presented by:
Prof. Peivand Pirouzi, Ph.D., MBA, CCPE, Cert.
Psychiatry
Lead Education and Career Mentor
2018
Prof. Peivand Pirouzi, 2018

2. Universal Employability
Skills
1. Leadership/Management Skills
2. Communication Skills
3. Teamwork Skills
4. Self-Motivated/Ability to work with little or no supervision
5. Problem-Solving/Decision-Making, Reasoning/Creativity
skills
6. Dedication/Hardworking/Work Ethic
7. Planning/Organizing Skills
8. Dependability/Reliability/Responsibility
9. Adaptability
10. Availability/Flexibility
11. Honesty/Integrity/Morality - Character Counts!
12. Computer/Technical Skills
13. Interpersonal Abilities
Prof. Peivand Pirouzi, 2018

3. Universal Employability
Skills
13. Self Presentation Skills
14. Multi-Tasking Skills
15. Positive Attitude/Motivation/Energetic
16. Self-Confidence
17. Leadership/Management Skills
18. Multicultural Sensitivity/Awareness
19. Loyalty
20. Professionalism
21. Willingness to Learn
22. Customer Service Skills
23. Common Sense
Prof. Peivand Pirouzi, 2018

4. Employability Characteristics
 1. Positive Attitude - Do not criticize others.
 2. Cooperative - Shows respect for employer.
 3. Accepting and using Feedback- Shows you
want to learn and are willing to improve.
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5.  4. Flexibility - Accept change and adapt to new
situation.
 5. Life-long learning - Able to learn new skills
(Regulations, Administration, Registration,
Communication).
 6. Leadership - Able to make decisions and solve
problems. Shows others respect and people want to
work with you.
Employability Characteristics
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6. How to Build Employability Skills?
 Conflict Resolution - Look for ways to reduce
conflict with peers and communicate more
effectively with them.
 Set Educational Goals - Create a plan to get
necessary certificates for becoming qualified
to apply for jobs.
 Be Active in networking – attend Events, Fairs,
Team sports, and more.
 Participate In Some Form of Community
Service - Dedicate your time and energy
toward improving the community.
Prof. Peivand Pirouzi, 2018

7. AVAILABILITY AND
FLEXIBILITY
Prof. Peivand Pirouzi, 2018
Flexibility: Accept change and adapt to
new situation.
Availability: The quality or state of being
available.
Example: Flexible for hours or work, and
Available for new challenges

8. When looking at Job
Description, check for the
following:
 What are the responsibilities?
 What kind of education or training is
required?
 What is the pay range?
 What is the work environment?
 Where is the job?
 What are they expecting from me?
 Flexibility
 Availabilities
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9. Availability and Flexibility:
7 Reasons Why Employees Don’t Workand What
We Can Do About It
Reason #1: Many employees
don’t know what’s expected of
themat work
 One of the primary reason employees don’t perform well is that
they aren’t aware of the work standards they should maintain.
Managers don’t help them set goals and thus there is no
motivation to achieve them. Without clear guidelines about the
expectations, employees don’t feel inclined to take initiative and
perform at higher levels.
 Why? Flexibility to adapt to a new environment.
 What to do about it?Ref: https://businesstown.com/7-reasons-why-employees-dont-work-and-what-
you-can-do-about-it/ Prof. Peivand Pirouzi, 2018

10. 7 Reasons Why Employees Don’t Workand
What We Can Do About It
Reason #2 Employees are
hesitant to share their
problems
 The problem here is that most managers don’t
understand how employees think.
 Why? We don’t make ourselves available for
discussions
 What to do about it? Manager may want to assign new
projects to everyone as per their potential and to show
them the work process while learning about each other
performances. Prof. Peivand Pirouzi, 2018

11. 7 Reasons Why Employees Don’t Workand
What We Can Do About It
Reason #3 Employees don’t
know what’s in it forthem
 One of the primary reason employees don’t perform well is that
they aren’t following the work standards they should maintain.
 Why? Lack of flexibility for adjusting with new rules
 What to do about it? Giving workers the choice to
pursue a project that they are passionate about. Not
only will they know what they are going to do, but also
have a stake in what the final results of their work .
Prof. Peivand Pirouzi, 2018

12. 7 Reasons Why Employees Don’t Workand
What We Can Do About It
Reason #4 Employees lackthe
skills needed forthe job
 Human resources did hire a recent graduate without
the necessary qualifications.
 What to do about it? Make sure that your HR get the
right employees with the required skillset for a certain
position.
 Offer on-the-job training
Prof. Peivand Pirouzi, 2018

13. 7 Reasons Why Employees Don’t Workand
What We Can Do About It
Reason #5 Employees not
willing to work
 Your employee may simply lack the will to do the work that is
assigned. There is no simple solution to this problem. One
reason behind employees being unwilling to perform at their job
could be rapid changes in the work environment. (Flexibility)
 What to do about it? Make the effort to help employees in
making the transition with the business. This will prevent
disruptions and hopefully employees make positive contributions
to the success of the organization.
Prof. Peivand Pirouzi, 2018

14. 7 Reasons Why Employees Don’t Workand
What We Can Do About It
Reason #6 The work
environment does not support
teameffort
 It is often the case that while managers don’t encourage
individual work load, they don’t encourage team work either.
When this happens, any efforts made by employees to form
teams result in conflict.
 What to do about it? A liaison may be appointed to facilitate
messages and resources between workers and the manager to
ensure the workers feel supported and are able to cooperate
amongst themselves.
Prof. Peivand Pirouzi, 2018

15. 7 Reasons Why Employees Don’t Workand
What We Can Do About It
Reason #7 Directives don’t
line up with theirlevel of
capability
 If an employee feels that their level of competency is far above
that which is required of them, they either think that they are
underestimated as subordinates, or that their managers are not
up to the mark.
 What to do about it? Create a collaborative environment to work
in, so that employees’ motivation levels will stay at the optimum.
Prof. Peivand Pirouzi, 2018

16. Examples of Flexibility interview
questions I
 How do you adjust to changes you have no
control over? (e.g. A person from your team
decides to quit.)
 If your coworkers had a “this is how we do it”
attitude to learning something new, how would
you try to convince them to follow a different,
more effective method of working?
Prof. Peivand Pirouzi, 2018

17. Examples of Flexibility interview
questions II
 What are the biggest challenges you’re facing
when starting a new job?
 You have been working on a client’s project
for a while, when your manager informs you
that the project’s requirements changed
suddenly. What would you do?
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18. Examples of Flexibility interview
questions III
 How do you re-adjust your schedule when
your manager asks you to prepare a report
within an hour? How do you make sure you
don’t fall behind your regular tasks?
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19. Group Exercise I
 Ask this interview question from your class
partner who will then respond to you:
 Tell me about a time you had to learn how to
use a new tool at work. How long did it take
you to understand its features use it daily?
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20. Group Exercise II
 Ask this interview question from your class
partner who will then respond to you:
 Describe a time you were assigned new tasks
(e.g. due to job enrichment or promotion.) How
did you adapt?
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21. Conclusion
 What did you learn today from the lecture and
the group exercise?
 Do you have availability and flexibility
examples?
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22. Thank you.