Employability Skills

- being influential -

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Whatever job you end up doing, you'll constantly be in contact with all sorts of people. So you'll need to be able to get your point across and bring others round to your way of thinking. You should be just as happy to listen to other people's ideas and opinions as you are with expressing your own.

You should also have no problem communicating yourself clearly in writing, such as in CVs or application forms - two of the best ways to demonstrate your communication skills to potential employers.

You may already have the confidence to make a presentation to an audience - perhaps you've been on a debating team, made PowerPoint presentations in class, or been part of a drama group or a set rep. You may also have examples of using communication skills from your part time job or volunteer work.

The important thing is that you have plenty of examples that you can draw on to demonstrate your good communication skills, and you know how to bring those examples to life.

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On the final Review worksheet you should try and come up with examples of as many of the following questions as you can.

When have you:
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• created instructions or developed a plan for others to follow?
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• spoken in front of an audience?
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• presented something to your class?
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• written a speech?
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• been able to use your powers of persuasion verbally?

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This page is adapted from http://read.pwc.com/i/391324-employability-brochure.