Employability Skills Profile

Canadian Employers need a person who can demonstrate the following skills:

Personal Management Skills:

• Positive Attitudes and Behaviours
  • Self-esteem and confidence
  • Honesty, integrity and personal ethics
  • A positive attitude toward learning, growth and personal health
  • Initiative, energy and persistence to get the job done
• Responsibility
  • The ability to set goals and priorities in work and personal life
  • The ability to plan and manage time, money and other resources to achieve goals
  • Accountability for action taken
• Adaptability
  • A positive attitude towards change
  • Recognition of and respect for people's diversity and individual differences
  • The ability to identify and suggest new ideas to get the job done creatively
• Continuous Learning
  • Assess personal strengths and areas for development
  • Set your own learning goals and plan to achieve them
  • Identify and access learning sources and opportunities

Teamwork Skills

• Work with others
  • Understand and contribute to the organization's goals
  • Understand and work within the culture of the group
  • Plan and make decisions with others and support the outcomes
  • Respect the thoughts and opinions of others in the group
  • Exercise "give and take" to achieve group results
  • Seek a team approach as appropriate
  • Lead when appropriate, mobilizing the group for high performance
• Participate in Projects and Tasks
  • Plan, design or carry out a project/task from start to finish with well defined objective and outcomes
  • Develop a plan, seek feedback, test, revise and implement
  • Select and use appropriate tools and technology for a task or project
  • Continuously monitor the success of a project/task and identify ways to improve

Fundamental Skills

• Communicate
  • Understand and speak the languages in which business is conducted
  • Listen to, understand and learn
  • Read, comprehend and use written materials including graphs, charts and displays
  • Write effectively in the languages in which business is conducted
  • Share information using a range of information and communication technology
• Think and Solve Problems
  • Think critically and act logically to evaluate situations, solve problems and make decisions
  • Understand and solve problems involving mathematics and use the results
  • Use technology, instruments, tools and information systems effectively
  • See different points of view and evaluate them based on facts
  • Identify the root cause of a problem
  • Be creative and innovative in exploring possible solutions
  • Evaluate, implement and act on opportunities for improvement
• Manage Information
  • Locate, gather and organize information using appropriate technology and information systems
  • Access and apply specialized knowledge from various fields (e.g. skilled trades, technology, physical sciences, arts and social sciences)
• Use Numbers
  • Decide what needs to be measured and calculated
  • Observe and record data using appropriate methods, tools and technology
  • Make estimates and verify calculations