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(PDF) Employability Skills in Higher Education

   

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Running head: EMPLOYABILITY SKILLSEmployability SkillsName of the Author:Name of the University:Author Note:
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1EMPLOYABILITY SKILLSJournal entry 1:I have undertaken Gallup Strengthsfinder test. There are five behavioural attributes thatplay a pivotal role for me in self-assessing abilities. These five attributes are “Includer”,“Futuristic”, “Learner”, “Communication” and “Belief”.My Gallup strengths I am an Includer, I am able to excel in the jobs that require teamwork or working as ateam since I am vigilant about every member’s participation or the lack thereof. Hence, I opt forincluding that team member into contributing to the whole performance. Includer people aredriven by the talents and I always try to sense something good in each of the persons I meet. Ialways approach in a likeable manner to the individual people and I get intrigued when I meetnewcomers and outsiders and it would help me to become a manager in multinational company.As a Futuristic, I am able to set out plans for long-term goals. I also have enough visions thatwill help me foresee the challenges I may possibly face and thus, my plans incorporate strategiesto avoid the obstacles. Futuristic people are exceptionally talented and I get inspired by thefuture. I try to provide energy to other vision and future. As a Learner, I focus on learning newthings and it helps me keep an enthusiastic attitude all the time under any circumstances. I aminquisitive about new theories and practices and it will always keep new avenues for me toexplore new things. It enables me to develop under any situation. I have a desire to learnsomething to improve myself continuously. Good Communication skill can make me attractiveto new people and help me attract new clients and it would help me to become a manager inmultinational company. Communications skills help a person to take up new tasks and reach to awider audience and ultimately, broaden the scope of business for the company (Hood andCarruthers 2016).It is easy to share their feelings with words and I am good presenters. Having
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2EMPLOYABILITY SKILLSBelief in the entire process or processes as well as the people I am working with will enable meto be reliable within the team I am working in. Belief is very important since a lot of business isbuilt upon the belief issue. I have certain core values and I try to be unchanged with values. Journal entry 2:I have undertaken two of the most important theories of employability skills. Gallup Strength TheoryGallup strengths theory discusses around 34 characteristics traits to identify anemployee’s area of expertise as well as his or her character’s general inclinations that give a viewof his or her abilities to perform in a particular work. Gallup Strengthsfinder is an effective wayto empower individuals. As stated by Dyess et al.(2017), Don Clifton followed the strength-based approach in order to manage the leadership power. Gallup strengths assessment theory isessential for the people to achieve the objectives and set the new benchmark to accomplish thegreat things. I think people cannot understand their own strengths and until individuals get toknow their talents and uniqueness; they cannot perform well in their job duty. As pointed out byHodges and Kennedy (2015), better teammates can build better relationships. Gallup strengthstheory claims that by recognising people’s strengths in an organisation, the organisation canutilise the people in more suitable positions. Hence, the members can develop the required skillsand it can assist to reduce the turnover in an organisation. I as an individual can point out mystrengths to improve my employability skills and overall performance. Johari Window Theory Johari window can be defined as the technique to help individuals to better understandthe relationship between others and themselves. Joseph Luft and Harrington Ingham developed
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