Transferable Skills & Personal Attributes CDANZ National - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Transferable Skills & Personal Attributes CDANZ National Symposium 3 October Christchurch Presented by Lee Brodie www.careerdynamic.com

Today • Career Dynamic practice and resource development history • Quick overview of transferable skills • Why cardsorts? • Demand for a transferable skills • Hands on experience of 3 new transferable skills cardsorts • How these cardsorts can be used • Questions

SKILL, noun The ability to do something well. Expertise. Transferable skills • Can be defined as generic skills developed in one situation which can be transferred to another situation. Hard Skills • Technical or specialist skills acquired through learning and practice. • Refers to our knowledge and occupational skills • Job or task specific. Soft Skills • Interpersonal skills, EQ or Social Intelligence • An employee's ability to get along with others while getting the job done. • Seen as essential transferable skills by employers.

Personal Attributes Personal or personality skills, qualities, traits or attributes • Personality traits possessed by an individual rather than skills that can be taught. • Often evolved and developed as a result of life experiences. • Individual differences in characteristic patterns of thinking, feeling and behaving. • Increasingly considered to be critical skills for entry into many jobs.

Why cardsorts? Our clients like cardsorts because • they like the conversation around teasing out choices and meanings. • they are hands-on, tactile and not screen focussed • they can self pace • quick and easy to use We love using cardsorts because • client driven • quality of the content • quick and easy to use • can be adapted to any specific client needs

What the experts say Amundson (2003) suggests that utilizing cards encourages clients to talk about their rationale for their various choices and ‘by making the task more tactile Savickas (1992) asserts that client involvement and ownership is the essence and stated in reference to the use of cardsorts that - the client is enabled to be an active responder.

Transferable Work Skills Workers With 5+ Years Experience 100 cards Generic non-specialist skills that are transferable from one job to another job or career path. Clustered into 4 skill groups • communication & interpersonal • self-management • planning & organising • leadership & management

Transferable Skills for Students School Leavers & Tertiary Students 100 cards Generic skills that are transferable into further study or the workplace. Clustered into 4 skill groups • communication & people • study • self-management • leadership

Transferable Skills for Athletes & Coaches Professional / High Performance Athletes & Coaches 100 cards Relevant to sport and transferable from a sport context into the general marketplace. Clustered into skills • communication & interpersonal • self-management • planning & organising • leadership

Instructions Sort into two piles 1. Those you consistently use 2 Those you don’t Highlight pile 1 onto the Master sheet Take Pile 1 and sort into 10 skills that you • Consistently use + like using • Circle the top 10 on the Master sheet

Scenarios Discuss • their range of skills • skills of most value; consistently use + like using • skill gaps or deficits Apply insights to • learning & development plans • how / where they have used 10 top skills in work & life • use in writing CVs & preparing for job interviews • specific jobs or study programmes of interest

Questions Lee Brodie www.careerdynamic.com