SKILLS LEARNED

IN SCHOOL
How do you act?

TRANSFERABLE SKILLS

The skills that can be used in many

different jobs;
Those learned through life and
school;
Ex:
Communication
Organization
Decision making
Problem solving

TECHNICAL SKILLS

The skills which are learned on the job

or at school;
These are specific to one task or
occupation;
Performed in a limited number of
circumstances in daily life;
Ex:
blue-print reading
Accounting
Mechanics

PERSONAL SKILLS

The skills which are developed

throughout your life;
These are reflective of your personality
and attitude;
Your overall impression given to others;
Ex:
Dependable
Reliable
Honest

PERSONAL MANAGEMENT
SKILLS

These are personal skills that allow

you to control and understand your
behaviours;
The means by which you control
your habits and attitudes;
How you choose to learn new skills
or concepts;
What you draw on to develop new
habits or attitudes;

POSITIVE ATTITUDE
AND BEHAVIOUR

Controlling your own behaviours and

attitudes through thought and habit;
SELF-DISCIPLINE

Controlling habits or actions; improving a

skill or preventing a behaviour that is
undesirable;

SELF-MOTIVATED

Ability to encourage your own actions

through positive attitude; your inner drive
to complete a task;

POSITIVE ATTITUDE
AND BEHAVIOUR

SELF-ASSESSMENT
Ability

to determine the importance or

value of your potential or your
actions; evaluating your own
behaviour;

SELF-DIRECTION
Ability

to develop all your attitudes

and behaviours to achieve a goal you
have selected;

RESPONSIBILITY

Skill which allows you to set goals and

manage your time and efforts to achieve
those goals;
Accepting accountability for your own
actions;
GOAL SETTING

Being able to see potential in all

circumstances and commitment to
improvement;

RESPONSIBILITY

TIME MANAGEMENT
Understanding the importance of

organization and setting priorities;

being able to act based on that
understanding;

ACCOUNTABILITY
Ensuring that for every one of your

actions you are aware of the reactions

and consequences and are prepared to
face them;

ADAPTABILITY

Skill which enables you to change your

understanding, roles and attitudes in
order to improve circumstances;

STRESS MANAGEMENT

Internal/personal response to an external

circumstance; too much stress can
negatively affect our performance and too
little can cause complacency and laziness;

ADAPTABILITY

RECOGNIZE DIVERSITY

Ability to not only be aware of differences

between people and ideas, but be able to
understand how to address those differences
in a respectful manner;

CREATIVITY

Ability to determine a potential solution that

is providing a different means to an end; to
allow for creativity/unconventional
solutions;

PERSONAL MANAGEMENT
ASSIGNMENT

Using the chart provided,

determine what responsibilities you
have in each of the areas;
Briefly explain your accountability
in each as well;

PERSONAL MANAGEMENT
SKILLS

PROBLEM SOLVING
Part of having a positive attitude

toward work is being able to complete

the simplest problem solving tasks;
Even if the steps are not always laid
out in the formal arrangement for
every situation, each solution is
achieved in the same manner;

PROBLEM SOLVING STEPS

1. Identify the problem

2. Gather and organize the information
about the problem.
3. Develop solutions to the problem.
4. Evaluate the solutions.
5. Select the best solution.
6. Implement the solution.
7. Evaluate the effectiveness of the
solution.

PROBLEM SOLVING
ASSIGNMENT

Complete a flow chart to determine

solutions to the following problems:

I cannot find a job.

My marks in ????? are too low this
semester.
I am always fighting with my
parents.

KNOWING HOW TO LEARN

Part of the competitive business and

academic world is having skills that
move with the times;
The success you will enjoy in high
school and in work is a result of your
level of commitment to being a lifelong
learner;
It is no longer feasible for a student or an
employee to only learn 50% of the
material;

KNOWING HOW TO LEARN

Students who only wish to pass a

course or just take little or no extra
training for jobs will be downsized or
laid off;
This is because of their lack of
commitment to learning in an ever
changing environment;
Students and employees should always
attempt to achieve the most out of a
course or training in order to continue to
increase their abilities and grow with the
company;

ASSIGNMENT #1

Complete the Employability Skills

Profile, the My Abilities Profile,
and the Skills and Characteristics
Chart (fill in YOUR understanding
of what each word means);