Employability Skills

“Future Fit” a document produced by the Universities UK and the CBI defined
Employability Skills as –  “A set of attributes, skills and knowledge that all labour market participants should possess to ensure they have the capability of being effective in the workplace – to the benefit of themselves, their employer and the wider economy”

They include –  
 

• Self-Management – readiness to accept responsibility, flexibility, resilience, self-starting, appropriate assertiveness, time management, readiness to improve own performance based on feedback/reflective learning.
• Team working – respecting others, co-operating, negotiating/persuading, contributing to discussions and awareness of interdependence with others.
• Business and customer awareness – basic understanding of the key drivers for business success – including the importance of innovation and taking calculated risks – and the need to provide customer satisfaction and build customer loyalty.
• Problem solving – analysing facts and situations and applying creative thinking to develop appropriate solutions.
• Communication and literacy – application of literacy, ability to produce clear, structured written work and oral literacy – including listening and questioning.
• Application of numeracy – manipulation of numbers, general mathematical awareness and its application in practical contexts (eg. measuring, weighing, estimating and applying formulae)
• Application of information technology – basic IT skills, including familiarity with word processing, spreadsheets, file management and use of Internet search engines.

Cool Blue have also delivered these courses to learners with disabilities to help them back into the work place, so far this has proved a highly successful programme.

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