Employability Skills 1
This employability skill includes speaking clearly, listening carefully, and making eye contact.
What is communication.
This skill requires you to work well with others, even when you disagree
what is TEAMWORK
Showing up to work late repeatedly shows a lack of this skill.
What is time management?
This includes your attitude, dress, and behavior at work.
What is professionalism?
This is the most professional way to respond when your supervisor gives you feedback you don’t like.
What is listening respectfully and responding professionally
Doing your part in a group project demonstrates this important workplace habit.
What is responsibility / teamwork?
Meeting deadlines consistently shows you are this.
What is reliable?
Employers often promote employees who demonstrate integrity and strong ________.
What is work ethic?
True or False: Employability skills don't really help you get and keep a job.
FALSE
True or False: Dishwashing is one of the employability skills that helps you.
FALSE! That is a job-specific skill, sometimes called a "hard skill."
Listening to what is being said and speaking clearly and confidently at work is which employability skill?
Communication
Bob sits around at work all day while his two coworkers do all of the work. Which employability skill does Bob definitely not have?
Teamwork
You are running late for work and you call your boss to give her a heads-up that you will be a few minutes late. This is an example of good __________.
Communication
Resolving disagreements calmly instead of arguing shows strong ________ skills.
What is teamwork or conflict resolution?
Figuring out which tasks need to be done first is an example of what?
Planning, being organized
Putting off tasks until the last minute is called this.
What is procrastination?
Sending emails with slang, no greeting, and no punctuation shows a lack of this.
What is professional communication?
Asking what you can do to help rather than waiting to be told what to do shows whatl?
Initiative, leadership,
Dan has to deal with an angry customer at work. Dan uses his past experience to help him figure out how to make the customer happy and resolve the issue. What employability skill did Dan use?
Problem solving. Way to go, Dan!
Having strong skills but a negative attitude shows a lack of this.
What is professionalism?