Academic and Employability Skills: Importance and Demonstration

This report discusses the importance of employability skills and how to demonstrate them. It covers the skills that employers are looking for, including digital competence, emotional intelligence, and resilience. The report also provides an action plan for developing these skills.

Academic and
Employability Skills

Table of Contents
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
Gibbs reflective cycle..................................................................................................................3
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................7
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................7
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................7
Important employability skills ...................................................................................................7
Reason for which employers are looking for these skills during recruitment ............................9
Demonstration of these make an individual more attractive for prospective employer............10
CONCLUSION .............................................................................................................................11
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................13

TASK 1
Gibbs reflective cycle
Gibbs reflective cycle is one of refection model that was introduced in the year 1988 by
Graham Gibbs. It provide students for learning from experience, examine experience and also
allow individual to learn as well as plan things. It provide a person a good method for work
through their experience (Austin, Gilkison and Clemons, 2020). It is a experience as well as
situation that assist them to meet with a team and also collaborate with other person. Gibbs is a
model that consist various stages as well as principle that can be applied to a single experience.
In my academic life, I needs to develop various skills for purpose of getting employment
opportunity. These skills assist me to develop career and also to face interview. These experience
can be reflected by me through Gibbs reflective cycle. Gibbs includes six main stages including
description, feeling, evaluation, action plan analysis and concussion. It is a mode that provide me
opportunity to express my experience for giving job interview where I was asked different
questions by interview (Mulryan-Kyne, 2021). This experience allow me to develop various skill
that is important for me in future period of time. Explanation of these stages in context of my
experience of giving interview for a job is mentioned below:
Description: It is first stage of Gibbs model of reflection in which focus on individual is
one what has happened. I study in collage where there are various companies came for campus
placement. So, one of company has came to our college for purpose of placement and teacher has
informed us about it. For this, teacher are making efforts for preparing us for job interview
before 5 days. There are three rounds are conducted for this interview and I attended this
interview. First round in this, is related to written exam in which different question of reasoning,
maths has included in order to analyse aptitude of candidate. I have gave exam on first day and
its results has came on next day. Second round in it is related to group discussion in which a
topic is given by employer to us and we needs to discuss its positive and negative side. I had
cleared this round but there is problem occur in this round as I was prepare for another topics but
does not have much knowledge about the topic. By listening to other topic I get to understand
topic and give my views and gave my views on topic. I present information in effective manner
and also let other to speak in discussion which is noticed by employers. This made me clear out

this round and also allow me to sit in final interview. I got selected for this job which is
important for me as I worked hard for this.
Feelings: Before giving interview, teacher announces the information that campus
placement is conducted in our college. This news made me happy as it provide us opportunity to
find out good employment opportunity. I was thinking that I had been smart and can prepare for
the interview. At time of preparing for interview, I realise that it is difficult to get such
opportunity. This made me frustrated but demotivated as I needs to work very hard to get qualify
for this interview (Fathelrahman, 2019). But there I little motivated inside me that force me to
work harder for this job interview. For this, I take classes and practice daily and is in direct
contact with teacher in order to learn new things that can help me to get selected for the job
interview. I had give written test round, group discussion and interviewer. Before giving final
interview, I get nervous but I control my emotions and does not show it to interviewer. I
communicate my friends and teachers that helps me to overcome of nervousness that is
important. In the end, I was happy as I got selected for the job interview. I also feel satisfied as I
got results for my hard work and dedication.
Evaluation: There are various things in this experience that went well and at same time,
there are various things that did not go well. Things that were good well is that I work hard and
get the results of my hard work but things that did not go well is that I got panic and give up on
situation. I got results as I work harder and also my family, friends and teachers motivate me and
boost my confidence that required to get selected for job interview. Confidence is one of thing
that is required by employers in employees and is important for purpose of selected for job
interview. In this situation, other people are also contributed positively as my teachers who made
me prepared for interview. My family and friends who boost my confidence and gave me hope to
get selected. They also motivate me to work with dedication in order to desired result.
Analysis: There are various reason due to which things go well and among which one
reason is that I work harder. My ability to cope up with stress and self motivation assist me for
work harder. In this situation, I have experience various new things that assist me to discover
new strength and areas where I needs to work harder to match my strength.
There are various new things which did not work well as I did not have prior knowledge of topic
and I also did not listen to it which create problem for me (Chung, 2019). I listen to others views
which provide me knowledge about topic and on basis of it, I provide my view on the topic. I

also face problems at time when I got demotivated and loose my hopes. At time, I though it is
difficult for me to crack the interview and got selected for the placement.
I made sense of situation that I needs to work harder and read new books, newspapers in order to
improve my knowledge. This made me prepare for other discussion and provide me new
knowledge I also understand that I person does not needs to loose hope instead should invest
their efforts to their goals.
Conclusion: From this situation, I have learned various new things that when we are
aiming at something, we needs to prepare for all situation that can happened in their path of
success. For preparing of job interview, a person needs to develop new knowledge and skills that
make them capable and attractive. A person with good employability skills is attractive for
employers and they hire them for purpose of completing work of their organisation. This
situation can be more positive if I work more harder instead of wasting my time on other
activities. I should not be demotivated and loosing my hope instead needs to work harder without
taking stress of result. There are various skills that I needs to develop to this type of situation in
future period of time. These skills include stress management, self motivation, emotional
intelligence and others. Emotional intelligence is one of skills that make me able to handle my
emotions and protect me from situation of conflict. It is important for a person to have control
over their emotions which is important for them to get success. Stress management is another
skills that is required by me in order to overcome of stress (Skoyles, Bullock and Neville, 2019).
It assist me think differently in situation of stress without get panic. Self motivation is another
skills that I needs to develop as it assist me for purpose of motivated to me and act positively in
different situation.
Action Plan: If same situation occur in future, I would act differently. This time, I am
aware about my strength and weakness which is important for me in order to complete work in
effective manner. If next time, I go for interview, I read about current topic that make me
prepared for group discussion round. I also cannot be demotivated and control on my emotions
that make me look confidence and increase my chances of success. I will develop required skills
which my self dedication. I will taking various classes and will also take helps of my friends and
family that assist me to understand ways in which I can cope up with stress (Sokhanvar, Salehi
and Sokhanvar, 2021). I make sure that I will work differently as now I have an experience of

giving interview and also required knowledge. I will helps me to work differently that is
important in order to overcome of mistakes.

TASK 2
INTRODUCTION
Employability skill can be described as transferable skill that is required by individual in order to
make them employable in organisation. In order to get employment opportunity, a person require
different skills, knowledge and capability (Adeyinka-Ojo, 2018). Academic skill on the other can
be descried as habits as well as talent that provide benefits to a person in their academic life like
for learning, report writing, research as well as presentation. This project report includes
employability skills and its importance for employers. It described reason for which employers
are looking for employability skill during process of recruitment. Moreover, it includes whether
demonstration of employability skill make an individual more attractive for prospective
employer.
TASK 2
Important employability skills
Employability skill can be described as core skills as well as traits that is require for all
types of jobs. It include general skills that is desirable skills for an organisation. Employers at
time of hiring are looking for these types of skills in employees. These skills consist soft skills
that is important for a person to work in good manner with other people (Aliu and Aigbavboa,
2021). It can be done by applying knowledge for solving problem that allow a person to fit in
any working environment. It also includes professional skills that allow individual to get success
at workplace. These skills are considered as transferable skills that allow them to apply for a
specific job.
Employability skills can be described as those skills that make individual employable. It
is related to their attitude, skills and knowledge that make them able to present themselves in
front of employers. Education and experience are required by a person for purpose of qualifying
fro a job but in order to get success at workplace, individual require soft skills like problem
solving, digital competence, communication and others (Aliu and Aigbavboa, 2019). These
employability skills are playing important role as it is required for different jobs and also require
essential attitude that is needed for getting growth in career.
Digital competence: Digital competence is one of employability skills that is required in
an individual in order to get success. World is becoming digital by increasingly using digital

technology for different work specially in business. It is become vital for business to use digital
technology in their business in order to get success as it improve their efficiency and also allow
them to complete a work in less time with less efforts. For this, employers are hiring employees
who knows how to use digital technology (Ayodele, Oladokun and Kajimo-Shakantu, 2020).
Companies in order to get benefit of digital technologies require employees who can handle
these digital technologies. For this, employability skills are important for employers as
employers wants these skills in their employees. Employers require it for various reason as
finding an employees with digital competence saves their cost of providing them training and
development of using digital technology. It also make an employee to be easy to adjust at
workplace and make productive for company in less time.
Emotional Intelligence: It is another skills that is required by employers in employees. It
can described as ability to control, evaluate and perceive different emotions. It provide ability to
individual to control and express their emotions that is essential and also provide them ability to
understand, interpret and also to respond for emotions of others. It provide various benefits to a
person by allow them to improve their relationship with others and also assist them for
promoting a good working environment at workplace that benefit them to develop good career
opportunity (Bhagra and Sharma, 2018). It is important for employees while working at
workplace as it improve interpersonal relationship of a person with other in both personal as well
as professional manner There are mainly five components to be included in emotional
intelligence like motivation, empathy, social skill, self awareness as well as social skills. There
are various benefits that a person get with emotional intelligence at workplace as it make them
more capable to understand and analyse non-verbal cues, allow them to adjust their behaviour
and also assist them to make good decisions. Employer is looking for this employability skills in
employees for various reason as it make employees to understand non verbal communication. It
also make them self aware about their personal emotions and also assist them to change their
behaviour. It improve efficiency of a person and make them fit for career in organisation.
Resilience: It refers to ability of a person to face as well as adapt to various challenges
occur in their life. A person who has strong resilience skill can handle disappointments that make
them successful (Cotronei-Baird, 2020). It is a skills that is required by a person in situation
where stress factor arise in life. This skill is providing various benefits for a workforce in
different manner. It not only make people capable for dealing with changes, making people

motivation as well as making them less susceptible for burnout. It improve health of employees
as it make them able to cope up with stress and problems occur at workplace. It is an essential
skills that is required by employers in employees as it make them better handling of challenges.
It improve communication among employees which is important in order to avoid conflicts at
workplace. It is also required by employers in order to make their business competitive as
employees provide competitive advantage to a business. It assist employers to set expectation for
employees and also assist employees to build good relationship with colleagues.
There are some other skill which is also included in employability skills and is important
in individual in order to be successful at workplace. Explanation of these skill is mentioned
below:
Communication skill: Communication is one of important skills that allow individual to
share their ideas, thoughts, views to another person. It make candidate to be capable to
communicate with other person and does not make them alone (Griffin and Coelhoso, 2019).
Problem solving: It is another skill that is required in individual in order to solve various
problems occur in organisation. There are various problems occur at workplace and it is essential
for employees to solve these problems.
Reason for which employers are looking for these skills during recruitment
Employers require employability skills among employees for various reason as it allow
them to play their job role in efficient manner. Education as well as experience are required by
candidate for applying for a job but employability skills are required by them for playing their
job role successfully (Igwe, Lock and Rugara, 2020). There are some specific job role which
require specific employability skills and employers are looking for these skills among
employees. There are different reason for which employers are looking for employability skills
among employees which are mentioned below:
 Connect with co-workers: It is a skill that allow individual to be connect with other
people. It helps them to communicate with them and made good relationship. It is
important in order to complete work in effective manner that is required employers for
attainment of goals and objectives of company. It make employees to be adjust in
organisation in less time and work with dedication. Positive relationship with co-workers
made an employee more satisfied and reduce level of absenteeism in an organisation.

 Solve problem: Employability skills are also important for employers as it helps
employees to solve various problems occur in organisation. It is important to solve
problem at initial level as it avoid negative results (Ma and Bennett, 2021). Employers
are looking for employability skills in employees as they does not want problems occur in
organisation as it can create negative impact over productivity and create negative
working environment for employees. In order to overcome of these problem, they are
ensuring employees posses employability skills that helps them to avoid situation of
conflicts and other problem in business.
 Be a part of and understand role within the team: These skills are also important for
employees as it helps them to understand job role and make them productivity for
organisation. For this, employers are looking for specific skills among employees as I
minimise time of training of employees. It also make employees to easily accept
environment of organisation and work with fellow colleagues that is essential in order to
attain goals and objectives of company.
 Make responsible choices for job and career: It is important skills ass it make
employees to be capable enough to make responsible choices at workplace related to their
job and career. It is also require by employees as it allow them for making decision at
workplace for day to day work (Osmani, Hindi and Weerakkody, 2018). There are
various decisions taken by employees at their level and for this, they needs to develop
employability skill.
 Reduce absenteeism and improve motivation: Employability skill is one that make an
employee to be more independent and capable of making various decision at workplace.
It is important as it helps employees to make food relationship with them and contribute
towards positive working environment. It motivate employees to work with dedication in
organisation and reduce absenteeism.
Demonstration of these make an individual more attractive for prospective employer
Yes, demonstration of employability skills are important for an individual as it make
them attractive for prospective employer . These skills are essential for an individual for be more
attractive for employers. Employers are those person who are providing employment opportunity
to prospective employees. There are various candidate are participating in recruitment and
selection process. In order to select a specific employees that best suits to requirement

organisation, employers are conducting various analysis for analysing capability. In order to get
selected in this process, candidate needs to demonstrate employability skills to employers which
make them attractive in compare to other employees (Pauceanu, Rabie and Moustafa, 2020).
Employees who are possessing necessary employability skills are taking less time to adjust in
organisation and also ready to face various challenges in their life. It allow employees to work
with dedication and reduce their absenteeism in organisation. It create good impression of
individual in minds of employees that is important for them. It increase chances of getting
selected to individual for a specific job role. There are different types of job role to be required in
business in order to carry out different operation in business. For this, managers of company
needs to hire employee with different skills, knowledge and capabilities. In order to get selected
in individual are analysed by employers. There are various candidate who are participating for
getting job and in order to overcome of competition and get job role, individual needs to
demonstrate these employability skills to employers (Pereira, Villas-Boas and Rebelo, 2019). It
create good image of individual candidate in minds of employers that increase possibility of
employment for then. Therefore, it is essential for individual to demonstrate employability skills
to employees.
CONCLUSION
From above mentioned project report, it can be concluded that academic and
employability skills are necessary for individual candidate as it not only provide them benefit in
their personal life but also beneficial for professional life of a person. There are different types of
academic and employability skills that provided different benefits to individual. These skills
includes communication skill, emotional intelligence, resilience, digital competencies, problem
solving skills and others. These skill can be developed by individual and benefits them at
workplace. It helps individual to get selected in interview and assist them to easily adjust in
working environment of organisation. There are various reason due to which employers are
looking for these skills as it assist employees to solve problems occur in organisation and also for
motivating them to work with dedication. It prepare employees for a specific job role and also
develop confidence among them.

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