What employers are looking for
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The document outlines what employers look for in candidates and the main elements of desirable behavioral skills. Employers seek intellectual ability, flexibility, business awareness, analytical skills, initiative, communication skills, computer literacy, and a drive to succeed. Behavioral skills are divided into personal attributes like integrity and motivation, soft skills such as interpersonal skills and self-knowledge, practical skills including communication and problem solving, and overarching capabilities like customer orientation and teamwork. The aim is to improve employability and the ability to cope with and stay ahead of change.
What employers are looking for
- 1. What employers are looking for  intellectual ability  flexibility  business awareness  teamwork  analytical skills  drive/motivation  performance  international outlook  initiative  communication skills  computer literacy  determination to succeed
- 2. main elements of behavioural skills personal attributes soft skills  initiative; drive  interpersonal  honesty; integrity  confidence & self knowledge  reliability  originality and flair  motivation  judgement  openness  decisiveness  sensitivity  assertiveness Aim: improving employability Aim: working with others practical skills overarching capabilities  communication  customer orientation  analytical and diagnostic  teamworking  problem solving  quality awareness  reasoning  self-management  IT  performance driven  numeracy Aim: coping with change Aim: staying ahead of change Competing through Ski Amin Rajan 1999 Centre for Research in Employment and Technology in Europe
- 3. main elements of behavioural skills personal attributes  initiative; drive  honesty; integrity  reliability  motivation  openness  sensitivity aim: improving employability Competing through Ski
- 4. main elements of behavioural skills soft skills  interpersonal  confidence & self knowledge  originality and flair  judgement  decisiveness  assertiveness aim: working with others Aim: working with others Competing through Ski
- 5. main elements of behavioural skills practical skills  communication  analytical and diagnostic  problem solving  reasoning  IT  numeracy aim: coping with change Competing through Ski
- 6. main elements of behavioural skills overarching capabilities  customer orientation  teamworking  quality awareness  self-management  performance driven aim: staying ahead of change Competing through Ski