Tuesday, 18 November 2008

7. Generic employability skills...

Some of the key generic employability skills, and how they contribute to my business, are:

Communication: the ability to listen, to understand and to learn; reading, comprehending and using written materials (e.g. graphs, charts and displays); sharing information and ideas can lead to productive and harmonious relations between staff and customers.

Team work: the skills needed to work well with colleagues, clients and suppliers. Being able to encourage, support and promote productive working relationships to affect positive outcomes. The willingness to "give and take" in order to complete projects.
My team work can be demonstrated in at least two areas of the course so far. Firstly, in the work I have done on Personal Project 6 (the Brighouse Pride calendar) and,secondly, in the work done to date, and for future work planned, on my collaboration with Louise Doubble and Joanna Flynn for our Major Project, designing an identity for the band "Freefall".

Problem-solving: productive business outcomes.

Initiative/enterprise: seek out innovative ideas and build towards successful outcomes.

Planning and organisational: the ability to plan and support the long-term or short-term strategies required for the success of my business.

Personal management: the combination of skills, attitudes and behaviours required to get, keep, and progress on a job and to achieve the best results. It refers to people who can demonstrate positive attitudes and behaviours, responsibility and adaptability and can result in employee satisfaction, individual and business wide rewards, and enhanced career prospects

Learning / Academic: skills which provide the basic foundation to get, keep, and progress on a job to achieve the best results. The phrase is used to refer to people who can communicate, think, and continue to learn all their lives and provides the means for self improvement for employees which can lead to successful opportunities expansion for the business.
 
Technology:  leads to greater effectiveness and helps achieve successful working practices.

Creative thinking: identifying and suggesting new ideas and means in which to get the job done; thinking, both critically and logically, develops understanding and provides the means by which problems are solved.

PMA: a "positive mental attitude" - having honesty, integrity and personal and business ethics.

Adaptability: be willing to try new avenues, seek out new suppliers or markets. This is closely related to having a positive attitude towards change.

Responsibility: you should be accountable for any actions you have undertaken. exerting a high level of effort and perseveres towards goal attainment.

Leadership: to lead by example or by instruction as and when appropriate, helping to mobilizing the business towards better performance and rewards.

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