Activity 5.2.1 A Review of Employability Skills

Purpose

To assess current employability skills

Materials

Handouts–

• (1) Self-Review of Employability Skills
• (2) Skill Improvement Planning Chart

Time

30 mins

Method

1. Brainstorm with participants on what they believe would be the most important employability skills. The facilitator may make a note of these on a flipchart or blackboard for discussion.
2. Facilitators may want to review the handout first with participants before they fill it out. Ask participants to read the handout carefully and tick the box that matches their current skills at a previous job or in their course.
3. After participants have completed filling in the handout, ask if there were any areas that they believe could be improved upon. Discuss how these can be achieved.
4. Participants can use the planning chart provided to record their own ideas on how to improve specific skills.