This document contains examples of Sophie Byrnes' employability skills, including learning to surf, communicating with a store to check inventory, and planning and organizing a drama game with teams. It demonstrates skills in learning new tasks, communicating effectively, planning, organizing, teamwork and attention to detail.

1. My Best Employability Skills
By Sophie Byrnes

2. Learning
Situation: Learn how to surf.
Task: Stand up on the board.
Action: I practised on the beach first as to how to get up
and what technique I need to use to not fall off. Once I
did that I went into the water to see if I could do it!
Result: It took me a long time to get it but I finally stood
up!

3. Communication
Situation: I wanted to know if JB-Hi-Fi had the cd
that I wanted in stock.
Task: Find out if they did.
Action: Looked up on their internet site to get the
stores number that was closest to me. I then rang
the number.
Result: They had the cd in stock and held it until I
could pick it up.

4. Planning and Organising
Situation: Organise a drama game.
Task: Put all the kids in teams so we could put
together a skit.
Action: I let them know what they had to do (e.g. I
gave them a piece of paper to write down their
characters, then I gave them a little piece of paper
with the situation their characters had to be in.)
Result: The teams all made up a skit with their
characters and situation they were given.

5. Team Work
Situation: Making sure that everyone has
remembered their lines for our play.
Task: remember all your lines you have to say.
Action: Practise lines with everyone so we know who
is going to speak when so we stay to the script and
don’t get mixed up.
Result: Everyone puts in the hard work, remembers
their lines then we will have a successful play.