Employability Skills: The Critical Skills Needed in the Canadian Workplace?
Academic Skills Those skills which provide the basic foundation to get, keep and progress in a job and to achieve the best results. Personal Management Skills The combination of skills, attitudes and behaviours required to get, keep and progress in a job and to achieve the best results. Teamwork Skills Those skills needed to achieve the best results.
National Business and Education Centre, The Conference Board of Canada,
Communicate:
  • Understand and speak the language in which business is conducted
  • Listen to, understand and learn
  • Read, comprehend and use written materials, including graphs, charts and displays
  • Write effectively in the language in which business is conducted
Think
  • Think critically and act logically to evaluate situations, solve problems and make decisions
  • Understand and solve problems involving mathematics and use the results
  • Use technology, instruments, tools and information systems effectively
  • Access and apply specialized knowledge from various fields (e.g., skilled trades, technology, physical sciences, arts and social sciences)
Learn
  • Continue to learn for life
Positive Attitudes and Behaviours
  • Self-esteem and confidence
  • Honesty, integrity and personal ethics
  • A positive attitude toward learning, growth and personal health
  • Initiative, energy and persistence to get the job done
Responsibility
  • The ability to set goals and priorities in work and personal life
  • The ability to plan ad manage time, money an other resources to achieve goals
  • Accountability for actions taken
Adaptability
  • A positive attitude toward change
  • Recognition of and respect for people's diversity and individual differences
  • The ability to identify and suggest new ideas to get the job done creatively
Work with Others
  • Understand and contribute to the organization's goals
  • Understand and work within the culture of the group
  • Plan and make decisions with others and support the outcomes
  • Respect the thoughts and opinions of others in the group
  • Exercise "give and take" to achieve group results
  • Seek a team approach as appropriate
  • Lead when appropriate, mobilizing the group for high performance