Employability Skills

The Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST), the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) and the Business Council of Australia (BCA) have developed the following list of employability skills :

1.Initiative
• Adapting to new situations : Adaptability
• Developing a strategic long-term vision : Goal Setting
• Being creative : Creativity and Innovation
• Identifying opportunities : Vision
• Translating ideas into action : Pro activeness

2.Communication
• Listening Skills : Non-verbal Communication
• Speaking clearly and directly : Assertiveness
• Identifying the understanding level of the audience : Anticipation
• Negotiation Skills
• Empathy : Emotional Intelligence
• Numerical abilities
• Understanding the needs of internal and external customers:Leadership Skills
• Persuasion Skills
• Network building ability
• Sharing of information
• Ability to Speak and write in various languages: Linguistic Skills

3.Teamwork
• Ability to work comfortably with people of different ages, gender, race, religion or political opinion
• Ability to work as an individual and as a member of a team with equal ease
• Ability to identify and define a role while working in a team
• Ability to identify strengths of each member of the team and communicate accordingly
• Ability to coach, mentor and give feedback.

4.Technology
• Knowledge of basic IT applications
• Applying IT as a management tool
• Using IT to organise data
• willingness to update IT skills on a regular basis
• Knowledge of occupational health and safety measures before application of new technology.

5.Problem Solving
• Ability to develop creative,innovative and practical solutions
• Ability to identify problems and solve them
• Ability to apply a range of strategies to problem solving
• Ability to apply problem-solving strategies over a range of areas
• Ability to test assumptions, taking the circumstances into account


6. Self-Management
• Vision OF future and goal setting Skills
• Ability to evaluate and monitor own performance
• Conviction and confidence in own ideas and vision
• Ability to articulate own ideas and vision : Assertiveness
• Taking responsibility for own decisions.

7.Planning
• Managing time and priorities
• Ability of being resourceful
• Ability to take initiative and make decisions
• Ability to establish clearly defined goals
• Ability to allocate people and resources to their respective tasks
• Ability to utilize resources effectively including time
• Strive for continuous improvement through learning new skills
• Pro activeness
• Ability to predict and anticipate risks
• Ability to collect, analyze and organize information

8. Learning
• Ability to manage self learning
• Contributing learning towards community development
• Enthusiasm for continuous growth and progress
• Willingness to learn in any set up, be it on or off the job
• Openness towards new ideas and techniques
• Preparedness in investing time and effort towards gaining new skills
• Acknowledging the need to update knowledge in order to accommodate change.