Career Development Module
Skills and Interests
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Overview of Today’s Tutorial
1 Skills review
• What skills do employers look for?
• What skills do you have? Employability skills sheet
2 Occupational Interest Questionnaires
• Career Pathfinder - Quickscan
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What Do Employers Look For?
Irish Employer survey July 2003
84 Companies, all sectors –business, finance, education, the
arts, retail, tourism
Most Important Factors in Recruitment:
1.
Enthusiasm for position
2.
Personality
3.
Transferable skills
4.
Potential for advancement
5.
Good Academic record
6.
Relevant Work Experience
7.
Specialist Subject Knowledge
8.
Personal Interests
9.
Any other work experience
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Employability Skills or Transferable Skills
Team work
Interpersonal skills
Communication skills
Self Reliance Skills
Self awareness
Self presentation
Networking
Action planning
Generalist Skills
Specialist Skills
Problem solving
IT/computer literacy
Flexibility
Company specific skills
Technical skills
People Skills
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How Employable Are You?
• Employability Skills Sheets 1 and 2
• Each person to complete worksheets and then interview a partner,
asking the following questions:
– What skills do you have? Do you have evidence? (Worksheet 1)
– What skills do you need to develop? (Worksheet 2)
– How and where might you develop them? (Worksheet 2)
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Career Pathfinder – Quickscan
• A self-assessment questionnaire to help you assess your interests.
Provides information on careers associated with those interests
• A number of things will influence your career or job choice- your
educational qualifications, interests, opportunities available, family
commitments etc
• This questionnaire is about what you enjoy doing- this is important
when choosing a job or career
• It will give you a broad overview of the areas in which you are most
interested.
• You will need to do further research on careers of interest, this is just
a starting point
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Career Pathfinder- Quickscan
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Not a test- no right or wrong answers
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Based on various job activities
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60 statements about various jobs
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Assume you can do all the activities
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Indicate your preference for undertaking each activity using
the 1-5 rating scale given.
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Try to avoid using the middle option (unsure) as much as
possible.
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Complete all statements, even if they don’t seem relevant
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