Employability Skills Assessment ESSAY

Employability Skills Assessment

Employability Skills Assessment

Task Details

Know yourself: (300 words)

Employability Skills Assessment

1.1 Critically appraise a minimum of two career theories you have been exposed to.

1.2 Identify what your top 5 strengths are (using Gallup Strengths Finder) and explain what these mean.

1.3 Reflect on how you can apply your strengths to develop your confidence in achieving your career aspirations.

Know your sector: (300 words)

2.1 Identify your sector and analyse any associated professional standards that could be beneficial for you to be successful.

2.2 Discuss how you plan to acquire these recognised professional standards and illustrate how they would add value to an employer and make you the preferred candidate in an interview.

2.2 Reflect on your own current skill set in relation to those professional standards with a focus on the requirements around:

– communication

– team working

– learning and development

– digital skills

Let them know you: (300 words)

3.1 Identify a job description within your sector that you would like to apply for when you graduate.

3.2How do the skills outlined on your CV, LinkedIn profile relate to the desired and essential skills for your desired title?

3.3 Reflect on your ability to apply the STAR structure in the interview process, and on any feedback, you received.

Total= 900 words.