Transcript overarching skills and qualities

Education and Career Guidance
(ECG)
Helping our students realise their dreams
Jun 2014 Issue (Secondary)
Transferable Skills
Building up our students’ capacities to
thrive in the world of work
What are Transferable Skills?
• Skills acquired during any activity in life, that can be
applied at a later stage in new situations i.e. they
can be transferred.
• We can acquire these skills through all sorts of
activities e.g. classes, projects, voluntary work,
hobbies, CCAs.
• They make us employable and assist us in all parts
of our lives.
Why Are Transferable Skills Important?
• We need to cultivate skills that go beyond the skills
necessary for a specific job.
• Identify our skills and articulate how they can be
used in any occupation.
• In resumes and during interviews, portray our skills
and experience as applicable to the job we seek.
• An employer requires us to have these skills in
order to be successful in our jobs.
Why do Employers look for?
• Once we have a desired skill, employers know we
potentially have the capacity to transfer it into
their organisation and to develop it further i.e.
Skill Progression.
• In our CVs and at Interviews, employers look for
concrete evidence that we have the skills they are
looking for i.e. Skill Match
SKILL
ACQUISITION
Acquired via sports,
employment,
projects, voluntary
work, hobbies
SKILL MATCH
Employer looks
for concrete
evidence in CV
and at Interview
Transferable
Skill Cycle
SKILL
PROGRESSION
Skills can be
developed & improved
in new situation
SKILL
TRANSFER
Skills acquired in
any situation
applied to new
situation
What are the
Transferable Skills
for Most Career Choices ?
Communication
The skillful expression, transmission and interpretation
of knowledge and ideas
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Speaking effectively
Writing concisely
Listening attentively
Expressing ideas
Facilitating group discussion
Providing appropriate feedback
Negotiating
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Perceiving nonverbal messages
Persuading
Reporting information
Describing feelings
Interviewing
Editing
Research and Planning
The search for specific knowledge and the ability to conceptualize
future needs and solutions for meeting those needs.
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Forecasting, predicting
Creating ideas
Identifying problems
Imagining alternatives
Identifying resources
Gathering information
Solving problems
• Setting goals
• Extracting important
information
• Defining needs
• Analyzing
• Developing evaluation
strategies
Human Relations
The use of interpersonal skills for resolving conflict, relating to
and helping people.
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Developing rapport
Being Sensitive
Listening
Conveying feelings
Providing support for others
Motivating
Sharing credit
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Counseling
Cooperating
Delegating with respect
Representing others
Perceiving feelings, situations
Asserting
Organization, Management
and Leadership
The ability to supervise, direct and guide individuals and groups
in the completion of tasks and fulfillment of goals.
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Coaching
Counseling
Promoting change
Selling ideas or products
Decision making with others
Managing conflict
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Initiating new ideas
Handling details
Coordinating tasks
Managing groups
Delegating responsibility
Teaching
Work Survival.
The day-to-day skills that assist in promoting effective production
and work satisfaction.
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Implementing decisions
Cooperating
Following policies
Being punctual
Managing time
Attending to detail
Meeting goals
Enlisting help
Accepting responsibility
Setting and meeting deadlines
Organizing
Making decisions
• Entrepreneurial skills… These skills
include the capacity to be a selfstarter, the ability to manage
projects, and a talent for
marketing oneself.
• Confidence
• Critical thinking and problemsolving skills
• Flexibility
• Ability to acquire new technical,
analytical, computer or foreignlanguage skills quickly
• Creative problem-solving talents
Take Time to Reflect
Read Slides 7-12 again
Think about the career you would like in the future
and which Transferrable Skills you will need in order
to be successful? Why?
If you are not sure about your future career, which
three Transferrable Skills do you believe will be most
helpful to have and why?
How can I develop
Transferable Skills?
• Identify the Transferrable Skills you would like to
work on developing and improving now?
• Identify ways you could develop these skills now:
e.g. Through CCAs, group memberships, volunteer
positions, work attachments, part-time jobs.
Start by building up some of
these skills today…
Teamwork Skills
• Everyone needs to make a team work well by:
– Contributing ideas openly
– Staying focused
– Feeling safe enough to ask questions
– Actively seek information and opinions
– Following directions
– Proactively solving problems
Communication Skills
• Listening/verbal/written skills are:
– Asking/giving directions
– Deliver a speech
– Advising a close friend
– Discussing your future plans
– Contributing your ideas to a group
– Making an important phone call
• Are you able to communicate well with others?
• Do you feel confident in your ability to communicate
your thoughts? Why?
Leadership Skills
• You have this skill if you are able to lead, inspire and
develop others
• These skills would help you do things like:
– Organise a school event such as the annual prom
night
– Be captain of a sports team
– Organize group members for a project
– Be a Team Supervisor and/or Manager
Acknowledgements
Contents in these sides adapted from
http://www.ucc.ie/en/careers-work/students/before/
Suggestions/ Feedback
Should you have any suggestions or feedback, please
contact our ECG Guidance Officer,
Lee Jun Feng at:
[email protected]
Thank you!