Employability Skills - Target Job Market
These are the skills which form part of soft skills, that would help to reach your goal in your professional as well as personal life.
WHAT IS EMPLOYABILITY? "Employability is the capability of getting and keeping satisfactory work".
WHAT ARE EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS?
Employability skills have been defined as: "A set of achievements, understandings and personal attributes that make individuals more likely to gain employment and to be successful in their chosen occupations".
As per my experience all 'Employability Skills' are intertwined with 'Communication Skills'. 'Communication Skills' being the mother of all skills, which would help you to master all related skills which would help land in a job of your choice. If you master the art of communication, you can do marketing successfully, you can negotiate and create win-win situations, you can get the things done to the satisfaction of your superiors.
The following can be classified as Employability skills :
1.Communication skills - which include Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing especially in English. These skills will help you to become a leader in the workplace and not just a manager, who always struggles to follow the rule book.
2. Negotiation Skills - this will help you to negotiate your pay and perks and helps create win-win situations.
3. Team-working skills - You have to align you skills with your team to help the team win and act with a situational approach.
4. Team building skills - Though this is a Leadership skills, everybody will have a role in strengthening their team.
5. Leadership skills - Everybody is a leader in his own right in the workplace and have to take ownership for their actions.
6.Exceptional appearance - Your 'professional' appearance will help you grab a job instantly.
7. Body language : Your body language should gel with your verbal abilities.
8. Attitude - One has to develop positive, proactive, progressive and productive attitude and it must reflect in your every kind of communication with others.
These skills are must for freshers and many more skills have to be acquired from time to time to ensure and enhance your chances of career progression in the corporate world.
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The Author is a Corporate Trainer and Career Management Consultant associated with aimkom consultrainers. You may reach him at aimkom@gmail.com and visit his website http://www.aimkom.com
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