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#Post#: 64--------------------------------------------------
Re: Employability Skils in the workplace
DIR By: Didyoueverhearthetragedyofdarthplagueisthewise?
Date: July 23, 2017, 6:13 pm
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> 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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It seems like you got a very good understanding of what it takes
to work in retail and with other people. Good work Tara :)
#Post#: 67--------------------------------------------------
Re: Employability Skils in the workplace
DIR By: judymae
Date: July 30, 2017, 7:45 pm
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--- Quote from: Didyoueverhearthetragedyofdarthplagueisthewise?
link ---
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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.
>
>
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James i totally agree with you, i think that communication is
the key to anything really because what would the world be if we
didnt communicate with each other ?? am i right haha :)
#Post#: 68--------------------------------------------------
Re: Employability Skils in the workplace
DIR By: judymae
Date: July 30, 2017, 7:54 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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Good job Tara customre service skill's are good to have and
espsically since you are so friendly and bubbley, any job in
customer serice would be great for you! :)
#Post#: 76--------------------------------------------------
Re: Employability Skils in the workplace
DIR By: Michaela.G
Date: August 6, 2017, 5:41 am
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1. I think that the employability skills I used the most were
communication, teamwork, problem solving and self-management. I
had to use my communication skills to talk to and work with the
other volunteers and teachers, along with communicating with the
kids to help with their needs. I had to use teamwork skills to
work alongside everyone. Also, there was times where I needed to
use problem solving in the sense that some of the kids would
fight with each other and I had to solve their issues. I needed
to use self-management skills because a lot of the time I was
supervising on my own and I had to find things to do.
2. I think that communication skills are the most useful because
all day you are communication with other teachers, helpers and
children. So it is a important skill to have and work on.
3. Yes, I think that the employability skills can be
taught/learned through experience and working on them often.
#Post#: 77--------------------------------------------------
Re: Employability Skils in the workplace
DIR By: Michaela.G
Date: August 6, 2017, 5:46 am
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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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It's good that you got to develop the skills that you think are
most important. And the skills that you didn't get to us on work
experience you can develop like you said.
#Post#: 78--------------------------------------------------
Re: Employability Skils in the workplace
DIR By: Michaela.G
Date: August 6, 2017, 5:48 am
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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.
>
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Having these important skills from working in retail is good
because it means when you work at the reject shop when this
course is finished they know that you have these skills and can
use them.
#Post#: 79--------------------------------------------------
Re: Employability Skils in the workplace
DIR By: Michaela.G
Date: August 6, 2017, 5:50 am
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--- Quote from: judymae link ---
>
>
> 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
>
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It seems like working in retail has given you a lot of the
employability skills which would be good on a resume and to
demonstrate in future jobs.
#Post#: 80--------------------------------------------------
Re: Employability Skils in the workplace
DIR By: Michaela.G
Date: August 6, 2017, 5:52 am
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--- Quote from: Didyoueverhearthetragedyofdarthplagueisthewise?
link ---
>
> 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.
>
>
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It's interesting how in each area that people did work
experience the employability skills that were important changed.
You got to use Digital literacy skills whereas others did not.
So it will be a great skill to have and show to employers
#Post#: 82--------------------------------------------------
Re: Employability Skils in the workplace
DIR By: JayJay
Date: October 26, 2017, 5:23 pm
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1.
The employability skills I developed when working at Blue Note
were digital literacy, teamwork, communication, and learning. I
probably developed teamwork and communication the most because I
had to work with and talk to the owner of the store a lot in
order to get anything done.
2.
The most valuable skills in the retail industry are teamwork and
communication, because if employees didn’t have these skills,
nothing would be accomplished and the business would fail.
In the music industry, however, self-management, creativity, and
problem solving are just as important as both teamwork and
communication, as all of these skills are required for
musicians, producers, roadies etc. in order to truly succeed in
the industry.
3.
It is possible for all employability skills to be taught to or
learnt by someone if given the right amount of time, but people
can also be born with certain skills e.g some people are
naturally more creative than others, or find it easier to talk
with other people.
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