Transition into employment comprises five steps:

• Getting to know yourself
  Prior learning assessment
  Counseling,
  Self-assessment
  
  
• Getting to know the environment
  Labour market information,
  Counseling.
  
  
• Getting ready
  Further education,
  Training,
  Lifelong learning.
  
  
• Getting a job
  Hiring practices (networking),
  Employment equity,
  Job search skills.
  
  
• Getting along in a job
  Work attitudes,
  Organization of work,
  Wage structure,
  Training and lifelong learning.
  
  

These steps are not sequential, but occur simultaneously. They contain interrelated elements that contribute to employability.

The employability enhancement chart (Figure 2) is an attempt to clarify the role and logic of some tools used by the Task Force to develop its framework. It illustrates the relations of various stakeholders to employability. The word JOBS across the figure is to remind us that ultimately a transition system focusing on employability enhancement cannot work properly in the context of a shortage of jobs. The number of jobs available is a crucial determinant of employability.