This document discusses increasing youth employability by focusing on three main types of employability skills: basic academic skills like reading and writing; higher-order thinking skills such as problem solving and decision making; and personal qualities including self-confidence, social skills, and a good work attitude. It notes that the real challenge for employers is finding workers with these job readiness skills and recommends teaching employability skills through involving parents, providing opportunities to observe workplaces, and designing classrooms to mimic real work settings.

1. I N C R E A S I N G T H E YO U T H E M P LOYA B I L I T Y
Idea By:
Rahul
Naveen Malik
Naeem Akhtar
Pankaj Sharma
Hardeep Rohilla

3. WHAT ARE EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS?
Employability skills are those basic skills necessary for getting, keeping,
and doing well on a job.
1 . BASIC ACADEMIC SKILLS
2. HIGHER – ORDER THINKING SKILLS
3.PERSONAL QUALITIES

4. BASIC ACADEMIC SKILLS
· Reading
· Writing
· Academic knowledge
· Oral Communication
· Listening

5. HIGHER-ORDER THINKING SKILLS
· Learning
· Reasoning
· Thinking Creatively
· Decisions Making
· Problem Solving

6. · Responsible
· Self Confidence
· Self Control
· Social Skills
· Honest
· Have Integrity
· Adaptable and
Flexible
· Team Spirit
· Punctual and
Efficient
· Self Directed
· Good Work Attitude
· Well Groomed
· Cooperative
· Self Motivated
· Self Management
PERSONAL QUALITIES

7. “The real problem is
finding workers who have
the employability skills or
job readiness skills . . .”

8. HOW TO ACHIEVE SKILLS?
1. Employability skills are teachable
2. Parents need to be involved in goal setting
3. opportunity to observe the type of work place behavior
4. classrooms should replicate the features of real work settings.
5. Teach, don’t tell.