SKILLS LEARNED IN SCHOOL

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SKILLS LEARNED IN SCHOOL

• How do you act?

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TRANSFERABLE SKILLS

• The skills that can be used in many different
  jobs
• Those learned through life and school
• Ex
• Communication
• Organization
• Decision making
• Problem solving

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TECHNICAL SKILLS

• The skills which are learned on the job or at
  school
• These are specific to one task or occupation
• Performed in a limited number of circumstances in
  daily life
• Ex
• blue-print reading
• Accounting
• Mechanics

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PERSONAL SKILLS

• The skills which are developed throughout your
  life
• These are reflective of your personality and
  attitude
• Your overall impression given to others
• Ex
• Dependable
• Reliable
• Honest

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PERSONAL MANAGEMENT SKILLS

• These are personal skills that allow you to
  control and understand your behaviours
• The means by which you control your habits and
  attitudes
• How you choose to learn new skills or concepts
• What you draw on to develop new habits or
  attitudes

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POSITIVE ATTITUDE AND BEHAVIOUR

• Controlling your own behaviours and attitudes
  through thought and habit
• SELF-DISCIPLINE
• Controlling habits or actions improving a skill
  or preventing a behaviour that is undesirable
• SELF-MOTIVATED
• Ability to encourage your own actions through
  positive attitude your inner drive to complete
  a task

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POSITIVE ATTITUDE AND BEHAVIOUR

• SELF-ASSESSMENT
• Ability to determine the importance or value of
  your potential or your actions evaluating your
  own behaviour
• SELF-DIRECTION
• Ability to develop all your attitudes and
  behaviours to achieve a goal you have selected

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RESPONSIBILITY

• Skill which allows you to set goals and manage
  your time and efforts to achieve those goals
• Accepting accountability for your own actions
• GOAL SETTING
• Being able to see potential in all circumstances
  and commitment to improvement

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RESPONSIBILITY

• TIME MANAGEMENT
• Understanding the importance of organization and
  setting priorities being able to act based on
  that understanding
• ACCOUNTABILITY
• Ensuring that for every one of your actions you
  are aware of the reactions and consequences and
  are prepared to face them

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ADAPTABILITY

• Skill which enables you to change your
  understanding, roles and attitudes in order to
  improve circumstances
• STRESS MANAGEMENT
• Internal/personal response to an external
  circumstance too much stress can negatively
  affect our performance and too little can cause
  complacency and laziness

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ADAPTABILITY

• RECOGNIZE DIVERSITY
• Ability to not only be aware of differences
  between people and ideas, but be able to
  understand how to address those differences in a
  respectful manner
• CREATIVITY
• Ability to determine a potential solution that is
  providing a different means to an end to allow
  for creativity/unconventional solutions

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PERSONAL MANAGEMENT ASSIGNMENT

• Using the chart provided, determine what
  responsibilities you have in each of the areas
• Briefly explain your accountability in each as
  well

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PERSONAL MANAGEMENT SKILLS

• PROBLEM SOLVING
• Part of having a positive attitude toward work is
  being able to complete the simplest problem
  solving tasks
• Even if the steps are not always laid out in the
  formal arrangement for every situation, each
  solution is achieved in the same manner

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PROBLEM SOLVING STEPS

• 1. Identify the problem
• 2. Gather and organize the information about the
  problem.
• 3. Develop solutions to the problem.
• 4. Evaluate the solutions.
• 5. Select the best solution.
• 6. Implement the solution.
• 7. Evaluate the effectiveness of the solution.

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PROBLEM SOLVINGASSIGNMENT

• Complete a flow chart to determine solutions to
  the following problems
• I cannot find a job.
• My marks in ????? are too low this semester.
• I am always fighting with my parents.

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KNOWING HOW TO LEARN

• Part of the competitive business and academic
  world is having skills that move with the
  times
• The success you will enjoy in high school and in
  work is a result of your level of commitment to
  being a lifelong learner
• It is no longer feasible for a student or an
  employee to only learn 50 of the material

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KNOWING HOW TO LEARN

• Students who only wish to pass a course or just
  take little or no extra training for jobs will be
  downsized or laid off
• This is because of their lack of commitment to
  learning in an ever changing environment
• Students and employees should always attempt to
  achieve the most out of a course or training in
  order to continue to increase their abilities and
  grow with the company

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ASSIGNMENT 1

• Complete the Employability Skills Profile, the My
  Abilities Profile, and the Skills and
  Characteristics Chart (fill in YOUR understanding
  of what each word means)