Employability Skills for Career Development and Success

Running head: EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS
Employability Skills
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Employability skills enable the individuals to get the job. They also help them to stay
in the job and perform their way to the higher positions. The individuals will be asked
questions regarding their employability skills as well as job specific skills. In simpler terms, it
refers to the skills of the employees to keep and find a stable job in the given institutional and
economic context (Akkermans et al. 2015). Moreover, it conveys a great sense of the
individual’s long term capacity for building the career in the dynamic labor market. In
addition to this, employability helps in implying the qualities of adaptability, flexibility and
resourcefulness.
Furthermore, it has the potential of the long term signal and the qualities, which are
needed for success and not only for paid employment. In addition to this, there are other
domains of life as well. It relates to both employed people who seek for better jobs and the
unemployed ones seeking work. The employability can also be referred to the capability of
moving into or within the labor markets in order to realize the potential through accessible
and sustainable employment. The employability skills help in increasing self awareness
within the range of contexts in order to demonstrate the commitment to lifelong career
development learning.
Know Yourself
Employability skills have enhanced my communication skills, which is an important
part of the career. Depending on the requirements of the job, communication is all about
being a great writer or talker. Moreover, it highly involves being confident about how a
person speaks to other, be it face to face or say, over the phone. In addition to this, it also
involves writing good enough, which can be understood over memos and emails as well.
Common examples of the ways that can help me in developing or improving my
communication skills are;

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 Writing reports or assignments as the part of my studies,
 Updating or blogging over social media,
 Making oral presentations at class,
 Working in the customer services be it face to face or over the phone,
 Volunteering to host some community radio programs.
After critically analyzing the theories of career development, it can be said that the
individuals differ in their personalities, abilities, needs, values, traits, self concepts and
interests. In addition to this, they are highly qualified by the virtue of their characteristics and
for a number of occupations. I believe that each and every occupation requires some
characteristic patterns of personality traits and abilities. In addition to this, the vocational
competencies and preferences and moreover, the situations where people live as well as work
often lead to the change in time as well as experiences. Furthermore, the career pattern nature
can be determined by the level of the individual’s socio-economic level, education, mental
abilities, skills, career maturity, characteristics as well as opportunities to which he/she is
exposed.
Know Your Sector
Through the career development skills, I have gained huge knowledge regarding sales
and marketing, purchasing, pricing, inventory control, handling telephone calls and much
more. In addition to this, I am also able to understand several things, which will prove to be
beneficial for me, in the near future. Moreover, I have assisted at both corporate as well as
public sector sales and therefore, I feel that through this practical and theoretical knowledge,
my employability skills have enhanced. Furthermore, success depends upon the readiness of
an individual in coping up with the demands of every stage. It is also important to mention

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that the career maturity can be referred to the constellation of psychological, physical as well
as social characteristics.
According to me, it is highly important to analyze as well as evaluate the sources of
regional, local and global opportunities that are highly relevant to the career ideas, ambitions
and interests. It can be done by initiating participatory procedures or inclusive processes.
Moreover, it will enhance awareness of the engaged stakeholders’ collaboration for achieving
the targets and goals. In addition to this, it is important to monitor and evaluate the
participatory processes as it helps in raising awareness and promotes clear local leadership.
Let Them Know Me
As per my opinion is concerned, thinking about the motivations and interests can be
considered to be the key stage at the career exploration area. It will help the individual to
formulate his/her ideas regarding various factors, like motivations, interests and others. These
factors are considered to be the key stage of the career exploration. Not only this, but also the
individuals will be able to formulate their own ideas regarding the job roles, which will suit
them as well as their personality. Moreover, it is highly important to use the online
questionnaires as well as personality tests in order to explore various aspects of the
individuals. Once the individuals have a clear idea of their motivations and interests, they can
utilize that in order to start building their career profile.
In reference to this, I have developed a current professional development plan which
includes detailed objectives of three key themes. Being a student of hospitality, entertainment
and tourism management, I have sound experience in my own field. I have gained experience
as a customer manager, assistant manager, tourism destination manager as well as in
marketing communications. It is very important to frame a professional career development