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Employability skills

TEC AoG 18815 Plan Your Career Employability skills webtile v2

Posters, templates and activity sheets to teach employability skills.

The 7 essential employability skills

Employability skills are the skills, qualities and attitudes that employers say are essential for their workplace. 

The skills are:

  1. Positive attitude
  2. Communication
  3. Teamwork
  4. Self-management
  5. Willingness to learn
  6. Thinking skills (problem solving and decision making)
  7. Resilience.

These skills can be developed in paid work, work experience and daily life.

Updated 11 May 2021