About the Scope Foundation Mission
The Employability Project will assist qualified persons , persons with disabilities and other underserved populations prepare for employment in various sectors ,fields & industries. Candidates will receive services that prepare them for employment: screening, education, mentoring, internship and placement for their particular skill area.
Through Capacity building , Skilling along with blended learning techniques ,careful recruitment, onboarding, mentorship support and counselling Scope aims to facilitate access to highly curated short courses among the local youth.
Top 10 Employability Skills
- Communication and Interpersonal Skills
- Problem-Solving Skills
- Self-Motivation
- Working under Pressure
- Organizational skills
- Team Spirit
- Learning Skills
- Number Skills
- Value Diversity
- Negotiation Skills
Problem Statement
In most of Commonwealth developing nations, low productivity, informal jobs and underdevelopment continue to prevail, forcing millions of workers to undertake physically onerous and low-productivity tasks. Added to this are the challenges of finding skilled workers for many employers; industrial sector councils report skill shortages as well. There is evidently a skill mismatch between the output of the education systems? and the needs of the labour markets. Many research studies reveal that a significant portion of graduates are not employable for any industry role in any sector of the knowledge economy, given their lack of proficiency in languages, IT and limited cognitive skills. Substantive intervention is required to improve the basic skills of the youth, with a renewed focus on vocational training, soft skills and 21st Century essential skills to succeed in life.
About the Theme
Employability Skills are skills that apply across a variety of jobs and life contexts. They are sometimes referred to as key skills, core skills, life skills, essential skills, key competencies, necessary skills, and transferable skills. Industry’s preferred term is ’employability skills’.
The 8 employability skills are:
- Communication skills
- Teamwork
- Problem solving
- Initiative and enterprise
- Planning and organising
- Self management
- Learning
- Technology
What is the Definition of Employability Skills?
employability” is defined as “transferable skills needed by an individual to make them ’employable.” Employability relates to your knowledge, skills, and attitudes, how you use those assets, and how you present them to employers in today’s context.
Today, your education and experience may only be enough to qualify for a job but, but, to be successful in most roles in the field of emerging technologies, you will need soft skills like communication, team-work, and problem-solving. These ‘soft skills’ that will equip you to carry out your role in the company to the best of your ability are also referred to as ’employability skills.’
“Building blocks” of any career; these skills are what make you employable across roles, sectors, and industries. Employers usually want to see that you already have these ‘soft skills’ before hiring, because they are much harder to teach.
Why are Employability Skills Important?
These set of “job-readiness” skills are, in essence, behaviors that are necessary for every job and are essential attitudes that allow you to grow in your career and also efficiently let you:
- connect with co-workers
- solve problems
- be a part of and understand your role within the team
- make responsible choices for your job and your career
- be independent and take charge of your career
- Personal characteristics, habits, and attitudes influence how you interact with others. Employers value employability skills because they regard these as indications of how you get along with other employees and team members and customers and how efficiently you are likely to handle your job performance and career success.
- Employers value these unique attributes in their potential employees because they have always been necessary for a productive and smoothly functioning workforce. Enterprises spend a substantial amount of time and money, developing these foundational and work-readiness skills. But in today’s world, where jobs are few, employers enjoy more options and would like to hire a technical expert who also displays well-rounded employability skills.
