Assignment #16 - Employability Skills
This half of Planning 10 will focus on Employability, Career and Finances. A lot of what you learn, and the assignments you do, can be used for your future Grad Transitions (a 4 credit requirement for Graduation).
Let's start by looking what is meant by the term; employability skills. In order to do a job well you need both specific skills and training (hard skills) and people skills (soft skills). The following video quickly defines the difference between Hard skills and Soft skills.
Hard Skills vs. Soft Skills
The link below shows a list of employability skills - "skills you need to enter, stay in, and progress in the world of work -whether you work on your own or as a team."
Employability Skills
ASSIGNMENT (10 marks)
1. Take the Employability Skills Quiz found at the link below.
Employability Skills Quiz
2. What rating did you receive for each category of the employability skills quiz?
3. If you were to interview for a job, one of the most common interview questions is: "What are your greatest strengths?". If you were just focussing on your "soft skills" - what would you say to this question in an interview setting, if you only had 1 minute to answer this question?
