3. Michigan employability skills profile

Academic skills

• Read and understand written materials
• Understand charts and graphs
• Understand basic math
• Use mathematics to solve problems
• Use research and library skills
• Use specialized knowledge and skills to get a job done
• Use tools and equipment
• Speak in the language in which business is conducted
• Write in the language in which business is conducted
• Use scientific method to solve problems

Personal management skills

• Attend school/work daily and on time
• Meet school/work deadlines
• Develop career plans
• Know personal strengths and weaknesses
• Demonstrate self-control
• Pay attention to details
• Follow written and oral instructions
• Follow written and oral directions
• Work without supervision
• Learn new skills
• Identify and suggest new ways to get the job done

Teamwork skills

• Actively participate in a group
• Know the group's rules and values
• Listen to other group members
• Express ideas to other group members
• Be sensitive to the group members' ideas and views
• Be willing to compromise if necessary to best accomplish the goal
• Be a leader to compromise if necessary to best accomplish the goal
• Work in changing settings and with people of differing backgrounds