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Employers are looking for certain key skills when hiring. These include: communication (70-80% of employers say it's important), listening skills, teamwork skills, problem solving abilities, and written communication skills. Critical thinking, collaboration, communication and creativity (the "4Cs") are also important transferable skills sought by employers. Qualities like reliability, a positive attitude, honesty and loyalty are also valued. Employers use interviews to determine if a candidate has these skills and would be a good fit for their workplace.
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- 1. Ready for work?What job skills are employers looking for? Learning objectives: Determine which skills and qualities are necessary for employability Decide which are most valued by employers Make the connection that these skills and qualities are looked for during the application process because they are required in the workplace Martin Cooke 27 Aug 2015
- 2. Ready for work?What job skills are employers looking for? the main resources can be found on the padlet Padlet http://padlet.com/wall/ejk7vn9flqpr
- 3. HOT jobs, COLDjobs Do you think this job is growing or declining ? Drag each job to the HOT jobs, COLD jobs boxes. Any you are not sure about leave where they are – you still get feedback. Admin assistant Printer Forensic analyst Recycling Officer Engineer social media executive Factory worker Social worker Fighter pilot Supermarket checkout Healthcare nurse Theme park attendant Legal professional Travel information advisor Personal trainer Physics teacher
- 4. HOT jobs, COLDjobs
- 5. Ready for work?What job skills are employers looking for? http://ed.ted.com/on/pk706erm Video Watch the video - one minute Answer the questions
- 6. What the employeris looking for • to get to know you • to find out about your personality, qualities and skills • to see if you would fit in What are you looking for? Think of one thing and put it in chat
- 7. you have startedyour own business eg web design, testing computer games, baby sitting It is so successful you want someone to work with you. Group X list the qualities/ attitudes you will expect from your employee Group Y list things a poor employee might do that would let you down compare lists and summarise qualities.
- 8. 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 What skills employerswant % of employers % Which of the skills you have looked at would be the biggest, according to most employers?
- 9. 90 80 80 70 70 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 speakinglistening team working written communication problem solving What skills do employers want? %age of employers most important skills
- 10. 4Cs communication, collaboration, creativityand critical thinking All employability skills will be included somewhere in the 4 Cs can you map the skills to the 4 Cs ? Go to next slide reliability answering the telephone teamwork interviews showcasing and CVs attitude new ideas commercial know-how loyalty honesty travel + independence skills create communicate collaborate critical thinking
- 11. reliability answering the telephone teamwork interviews showcasingand CVs attitude new ideas commercial know-how loyalty honesty travel + independence skills create communicate collaborate critical thinking
- 12. Interview skills Good vBad Interview http://ed.ted.com/on/E1i6ibnr Watch the video and answer the questions
- 13. Interview preparation skills •Know when and where it is • Plan your journey and timings • Research the job and the company • Plan some good answers • Have a smart outfit ready and clean • Make sure you’re clean and neat • Read your CV • Be positive and show you’re interested Can you think of one more item that you could be thinking about? Type your idea into chat.
- 14. How would youshow an employer you have this skill? Communication and literacy Speak up! join in with discussions express your opinions thoughtfully but also listen to what others have to say. If you’ve done a presentation at college, explain how you presented it and why.
- 15. http://splasho.com/upgoer5/ How to answerthe telephone using the UP-GOER5 text editor Task: Can you explain how to answer the telephone using only the 1000 most used words? You are writing for learners with learning difficulties. Make your activity easy read with this text editor. You can copy paste the results and then add any words you feel you must have. It will encourage you to restrict your vocabulary but add any vocabulary you feel is necessary to make it more easy to understand. You might also want to add images to the finished resource. Use any software you wish: docs, blogs, storyboard, presentation etc
- 16. How would youshow an employer you have this skill? Team work Have you taken part in a • team sport • drama production • Duke of Edinburgh • Summer camp • some other activity ? Show how you can get on well with others. Do you listen to what people say? Say clearly what you think
- 17. Team work: Whichtype are you? http://doodle.com/xa7sgbwttefnduey Leader Arguer Comic Smoother Listener ? You might be more than one. Discuss with your neighbour. What do they think? Now how do you feel?
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- 19. Duke of EdinburghAward Independence skills Put the boxes in the correct order by dragging the boxes to the correct place. Expedition Decide your goals Celebrate and showcase Meet team to plan Assessor makes report Choose your activities Map reading session Upload photos to website Decide your goals
- 20. How would youshow an employer you have this skill? online presence Have you Googled your name? What if the employer were to do the same? Think about what you put up on Facebook. Do you know how to change the privacy settings? Explain to someone with learning difficulties what to do.
- 21. Using your gumption Difficultdecisions. Be careful. Think before you speak. Discretion: avoid causing offence or revealing confidential information. "she knew she could rely on his discretion" synonyms: circumspection, care, carefulness, caution, wariness decide what should be done in a these two situations: You dont do what you are told BUT Must use your initiative Get on well with people BUT Don’t chat at work Discuss with your neighbour. Get your brain in gear before opening your mouth
- 22. Access You Tubehttp://accessyoutube.org.uk/ If you are using YouTube why not try this easy search site. Like Google search it has no distractions and the results are all visual.
- 23. Create your own wordpicture https://tagul.com
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- #8 Group Y they don’t turn up for work when they don’t feel like it they are often off sick they arrive late they are rude or indifferent to customers their appearance and manner are not professional they don’t take pride in the job and make silly/ unnecessary mistakes they cheat on you – perhaps use your goods, make telephone calls etc they don’t do what they are told they don’t show any initiative they won’t be flexible – eg helping out/ staying a little longer when unexpectedly busy they argue with you! they don’t learn what you tell them they complain when you give them more work they are miserable rather than cheerful you just don’t get on well together The qualities you want your employee to possess: Reliability Dependability Honesty
- #18 Did you come up with any new words or characteristics? • work together in pairs or groups of 4 to discuss each word and identify an example of behaviour that demonstrates that attribute, eg what behaviour might someone display which is typical of a caring person? • pick one word discussed and present your thoughts to the class. Identify which behaviours are typical of you or of each other if you know each other well. Why do you think you’d be good in this role?
- #22 Group Y they don’t turn up for work when they don’t feel like it they are often off sick they arrive late they are rude or indifferent to customers their appearance and manner are not professional they don’t take pride in the job and make silly/ unnecessary mistakes they cheat on you – perhaps use your goods, make telephone calls etc they don’t do what they are told they don’t show any initiative they won’t be flexible – eg helping out/ staying a little longer when unexpectedly busy they argue with you! they don’t learn what you tell them they complain when you give them more work they are miserable rather than cheerful you just don’t get on well together The qualities you want your employee to possess: Reliability Dependability Honesty