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#Post#: 43--------------------------------------------------
Employability Skils in the workplace
DIR By: ClaireG
Date: June 19, 2017, 12:01 am
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Now that you've completed your work experience placement and
nearly finished your studies in the Career Pilot class, this is
a chance to reflect on one of the central ideas that we've
talked about; employability.
Write a 100-150 word response to the questions below and make
sure you comment on or ask questions about your classmates
posts.
1. Which employability skills did you use the most while on your
work experience placement? Give specific examples to illustrate.
2. In the industry you worked in (e.g. retail, childcare, etc.)
what employability skills do you think are most valuable?
Explain your answer.
3. Do you think all of the employability skills can be
taught/learned? Explain your answer.
Don't forget to respond to other people's posts!
#Post#: 45--------------------------------------------------
Re: Employability Skils in the workplace
DIR By: TDale96
Date: June 25, 2017, 9:11 pm
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1.
Service, Team Work, Communication, Problem Solving, Planning &
Organising, Self-Management, Learning, Technology, Data
Collection and sorting.
2.
they need. Communication- communicating with other staff members
and customers. Self-management- being able to work on your own
without anyone helping you.
3.
work place and can be learned by yourself and with other staff
members. It can also be taught and learnt outside of work and at
home/with friend and use your skills.
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Re: Employability Skils in the workplace
DIR By: ClaireG
Date: June 26, 2017, 11:56 pm
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--- Quote from: TDale96 link ---
>
> 1.
Service, Team Work, Communication, Problem Solving, Planning &
Organising, Self-Management, Learning, Technology, Data
Collection and sorting.
> 2.
what they need. Communication- communicating with other staff
members and customers. Self-management- being able to work on
your own without anyone helping you.
> 3.
work place and can be learned by yourself and with other staff
members. It can also be taught and learnt outside of work and at
home/with friend and use your skills.
>
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Hey Tara. Sounds like you used a lot of employability skills
while you were on work placement! Good work. I think you're
right about the employability skills necessary for retail - and
in fact David the manager I spoke to said the same thing. I
think you have an advantage knowing what the employability
skills are and that employers are looking for specific ones
depending on the industry.
#Post#: 53--------------------------------------------------
Re: Employability Skils in the workplace
DIR By: TryMyBallsOfGum
Date: July 18, 2017, 9:01 pm
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1) The employability skill I used the most would probably be
either communication or problem solving, probably communication
as I spent a good lot of my time asking for guidance on how to
do stuff correctly as well as with helping customers to the best
of my abilities.
2) In retail I believe the best skill is Teamwork and
communication are the best skills as they are the most used, but
I guess problem solving is a good skill to have as well as you
will need to solve customers inquiries.
3) Well it all depends on the person and their willingness to
learn, but for some people this skills just come naturally from
growing up with their personalities.
#Post#: 57--------------------------------------------------
Re: Employability Skils in the workplace
DIR By: TDale96
Date: July 18, 2017, 9:54 pm
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the best way to do things is to ask a lot of questions so you
know how to get to their expectations of cleaning and stacking
shelves.
yeah problem solving, teamwork and communication are the mains
ones you need for retail and im glad you did a great job at the
reject shop.
once you start doing some work you kind of get the idea of what
the routine is and all that kind of stuff.
GOOD JOB LACHLAN PROUD OF YA.
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Re: Employability Skils in the workplace
DIR By: judymae
Date: July 19, 2017, 1:42 am
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1. The employability skill I used the most would probably be
customer services, communication, problem solving, Teamwork. i
think that Communication was the skill that i used the most as i
needed to communicate with the other team memebers at Spotlight.
2. I think that in retail - communitcation, team work, problem
solving are key in this industry as they all go hand in hand
with each other because you can not work in a team without good
communication skills and you can not solve problems without a
team that communicates.
3. I think that everyone can learn employabiltiy skills but some
might be harder for others depending on their personality and
the way they handle things.
8) ;D
#Post#: 59--------------------------------------------------
Re: Employability Skils in the workplace
DIR By: TryMyBallsOfGum
Date: July 19, 2017, 6:30 pm
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Hey Dude, that was a cool post to answer those questions, you
should totally be hired and working already, and what about that
James, total Nard!
anyways, love your work, keep up the good work!!
#Post#: 60--------------------------------------------------
Re: Employability Skils in the workplace
DIR By: TryMyBallsOfGum
Date: July 19, 2017, 6:47 pm
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Heeey, Nice post you got there, its really really really
goooooooooood, it almost looks a little familiar, but I can't
seem to place my thoughts anywhere, anyways, cool words and so
on and so forth...
#Post#: 61--------------------------------------------------
Re: Employability Skils in the workplace
DIR By: Didyoueverhearthetragedyofdarthplagueisthewise?
Date: July 19, 2017, 7:16 pm
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1) The two most important employability skills that I had to
have for the event were Communication and Digital Literacy. I
needed to be able to communicate well with the senior volunteers
and other volunteers as well. Despite me not doing much, there
was a lot of information about the event that volunteers needed
to know. I also needed to be able effectively talk to the event
attendees at sign in to keep things running smoothly. The time
that I needed good communication skills the most was on the
first day of the event before sign in. There were a few
questions that were important to know that we weren't told by
the senior volunteer (Claire) in charge of sign in, and none of
the other volunteers at the sign in table knew the answer to the
question so I need to ask and quickly get the information across
as Claire was very busy at the time.
I also needed to know digital literacy to keep up to date with
all the information volunteers needed to know about the event
through e-mail and Facebook. But I also really needed to be
digital literate to talk to the event attendees. After all the
event is about technology and I needed to be able to talk about
it.
2) I think that at an event/expo communication is the most
valuable employability skill. Even if you don't know much about
an events subject, as a volunteer you need to know what's going
on, what to do, and how to talk to other volunteers about issues
that come up.
3) I think that things like, communication, team work,
technology and self-management can be taught. I do think that
all the other skills can be taught as well but they may be
harder for some people to learn them and apply them if they. I
think that the first 4 employability skills that I mentioned can
also be hard for some people to learn and apply. I also think
that some people are naturally good at some of these skills and
some of them are naturally bad at them, but I do think no matter
how bad you may be at these skills you could improve them to a
workable level.
#Post#: 63--------------------------------------------------
Re: Employability Skils in the workplace
DIR By: Didyoueverhearthetragedyofdarthplagueisthewise?
Date: July 20, 2017, 7:04 pm
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--- Quote from: TryMyBallsOfGum link ---
>
> 1) The employability skill I used the most would probably be
either communication or problem solving, probably communication
as I spent a good lot of my time asking for guidance on how to
do stuff correctly as well as with helping customers to the best
of my abilities.
> 2) In retail I believe the best skill is Teamwork and
communication are the best skills as they are the most used, but
I guess problem solving is a good skill to have as well as you
will need to solve customers inquiries.
> 3) Well it all depends on the person and their willingness to
learn, but for some people this skills just come naturally from
growing up with their personalities.
>
--- End Quote ---
Those are very good answers Lachlan and it seems like you put a
lot of effort into learning how to do well and I think that's
its great that you're going to go back to the reject shop for a
second placement. If I was the manager of that store I'd be
impressed with you and would definitely consider hiring you.
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