Exploring Transferrable Skills for Future Careers
Understand the significance of transferrable skills in various careers through engaging activities using career profiles, discussions, and assessments. Enhance awareness of essential skills like communication, teamwork, leadership, and more for academic and professional success.
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Teacher slide Objectives: To understand the importance of transferrable skills in a range of careers. Resources required: Career profiles resource and student worksheet (1x group) Links to other resources: You might find these two resources particularly relevant when teaching this topic: Career terminology The importance of skills
Unifrog resources Careers and Skills
Careers and skills There are numerous skills which are important for future careers. When a skill is needed for different situations, such as communication, it is a transferrable skill; it can be transferred to different careers and circumstances. In pairs, discuss which 5 skills you believe are the most important for future careers.
Discussion Some transferrable skills which Universities and employers look upon favourably are listed below. Discuss which skills you believe are the most important for success in school; justify and provide a rationale for your answers. Independence Creativity Communication Teamwork Leadership Analysis Time management Literacy Numeracy
Instructions In small groups, you will be given a career profile. The profile explains the responsibilities, salary and typical working hours of a specific career. 1. Read the career profile and ensure everyone in the group has a good understanding of the career. Use the information you have read to rank how useful the transferrable skills previously discussed are for the career. Use the worksheet provided. 3. Provide a rationale for your choices. Swap career profiles with another group and repeat the process. 5. Complete the activity for 4 different career profiles. 2. 4.
Example Most important Literacy Independence Creativity Analysis Leadership Teamwork Communication Time management Least important Numeracy
Discussion - Is there a theme to your answers? Are any skills always ranked with high importance? - Why are these transferrable skills so important to Universities and employers? - Which of these transferrable skills are you confident with? Give some examples of using these skills. - Which of these transferrable skills would you like to improve, and how might you improve them?
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