Employability Skills Analysis: Southern Cross Healthcare Report

This report focuses on the significance of employability skills within the context of Southern Cross Healthcare, a provider of health and social care services. The report highlights essential skills, including communication, teamwork, problem-solving, planning, and technology proficiency, necessary for both employees and employers to achieve organizational goals. It discusses the impact of these skills on career advancement, performance, and the ability to adapt to a changing global environment. The report emphasizes the importance of continuous learning and skill development, with self-assessment of personal strengths and areas for improvement. It also explores how skills such as technology and problem-solving can contribute to effective work performance, while addressing the need to enhance communication, teamwork, and planning abilities. The conclusion reiterates the critical role of employability skills in seizing business opportunities and improving the credibility of employees, emphasizing their contribution to organizational success and profitability.

ACADEMIC AND
EMPLOYABILITY
SKILLS

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................4
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REFERENCES ...............................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTION
Employability skills are the general skills or the transferable skills needed by the
individuals which involves the development of the knowledge base, expertise level and the
mindset. These skills are important for the employee to perform the job effectively and thereby
assist the organisation to attain success and profitability (Ito and Kawazoe, 2015). This report is
based on the Southern Cross Health care which is a provider of health and social care services,
through the provision of care centres for elder and younger people, headquartered in UK. This
report will throw lights on the relevant employability skills which the employee and the
employer needs to develop to grasp the employment opportunities.
MAIN BODY
Employability skills are very important for the employer and the employee to perform the
job effectively. These skills greatly helps the employee within the respective organisation to
attain the goals in a timely manner. It mainly consist of the knowledge, well expertise and the
effective mind set which assist the employees within the organisation to accept challenges and
achieve success for the organisation. Moreover this skills act as a performance indicator for the
employers as this act as performance indicators to judge the performance of the employees
within the organisation and necessary trainings are provided if employee lacks these skills and
also helps in the better recruitment of the employees according to the requirement within the
respective organisation.
Apart from this, In context to the employee within the organisation employee skills helps
them to find better job opportunities and provides a level of their success and growth and provide
career advancement opportunities. With the fast changing global environment employees needs
to enhance their skills so as to work competitively and enhance the productively level within the
organisation. Their are some of the basic employability skills which is the major requirement for
the employer and the employee to perform effectively and efficiently (Jackson, 2014).
 Proper Communication skills- It is the basic requirement skill that is needed by the
employer and the employee to interact with each other and share their problems and
ideas. If the employer have effective communication skills it will help in providing clear
and proper direction to its employees which assist them to work properly and attain goals.
Communication skills consist of both verbal and non verbal communication including
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gestures, postures, body language which helps the employee and the employer to work
effectively and results in collaborative working within the respective organisation.
 Team Working- This skill helps the employer and the employee to work with great
collaboration for attaining the common goals and objectives. This skill is mostly needed
with the employees so as to work properly with other team members and handle all the
complex situation. This is the effective skill in context to the employer perspective to
make the employees work in team and achieve the results within the time frame.
 Problem Solving Skills- This skill help the employee and the employer to handle all the
complex issues and problems and provide remedies which assist in problem solving. In
context to employer and the employee this employability is very important to attain
success and profitability within the respective organisation. Employer and employee
should be patient while understanding the cause behind the problem, this helps in easy
finding of the solution. This type of skill is very important for the employer and the
employee in eliminating the barriers towards the success at the work place. Hence it helps
in creating a harmonious work place environment (Ju and et. al., 2014).
 Planning and Organising- This is the most effective employability skill which is needed
by the employer and the employee to properly plan and organise their work. Proper
planing and organising of work, thereby by arranging proper resources and effective tools
and technology it led to the proper execution of work by the employer and the employee.
Employer needs to plan and set timelines for coordinating the task and takes initiatives
and make decisions on time. Hence this skill is also needed by the employee to manage
time and priorities and work effectively and attain results within the set deadline.
 Technology- This skill is also important for the employers and the employees to execute
the task effectively. This is related to the knowledge about the technology which the
employees have to use regarding executing the work. It is the duty of the employer within
the respective social care organisation to provide proper training and guidance to its
employees to treat and care the employees effectively by using the proper tools and
technology as well as the resources. Under the respective social care organisations proper
direction and guidance related to technology which is used in the care centres should be
provided to the employee so as to make them work effectively and provide effective
services to the patients.
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 Learning- This skill is majorly concerned with learning new things and enhancing skills
and capabilities of the employer and the employee to work effectively. This skill is
majorly important for the employees to learn new things and new ways of performing
task properly. This type of skill present in the employees within the respective
organisation can readily accept the changes and can effectively manage their own
learning towards the specific areas and activities (Pinto and Ramalheira, 2017).
These are the major employability skills which is required to be present in employer and
the employees within the respective organisation and assist them to execute their task effectively
and efficiently. If such skills are present with the employer and employee under the respective
organisation it leads to attainment of profitability. From all the above mentioned employability
skills technology, leaning and problem solving skills are the most effective skills present which
may help me out in working effectively by learning new things and which leads me handle all
the complex tasks and provides solutions to every problem which helps in better working within
the organisation. But on the other hand there are some other skills such as team working,
planning and organising as well as the communication skill which I need to develop in the future
to gain credibility and attain the best employment opportunities. With context to this, these skills
are discussed as follows-
 Communication Skills- This skill is not effective in me as I can't effectively interact
with other employees. This skill needs to be effectively improved so as to communicate
and interact with other employees properly and provides them clear directions regarding
the work. In order to develop this skill I need to start interacting with friends and start
reading books and journals that would enhance my communication skills and I can easily
share ideas, thoughts with the employer at the respective organisation.
 Team Working – In order to work collaboratively, I need to develop team working skills
so as work effectively and achieve common goals and objectives. Hence by developing
the communication skills I could effectively communicate with each other and works
with other employees. For attaining the same skill I need to perform assignment in a
group which will help me out in working with the group and would definitely increase
the chances of developing this skill and would result in attaining positive outcomes
(Riebe and Jackson, 2014).
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 Planning and organising skill- This skill creates a problem in completing the task
effectively and within the set deadlines. This skill needs to developed so as to handle
multiple tasks and work the complex tasks without any issues or problems. For attaining
the same I need to allocate time to every activity as well as prioritise the work which
helps in proper completion of work and within the set time frame. Moreover I need to
organise work by arranging resources, tools and technology so as to work with great
dedication and ultimately leads to the attainment of the organisation success (Simatele,
2015).
All these are the most effective employability skills which needs to develop in me for
enhancing the skills and grasping the available opportunities. Therefore this skill needs to be
developed so that work within the respective social care organisations can be easily coordinated
so that business activities can be performed effectively and efficiently.
CONCLUSION
From the above report it has been concluded that employability plays a very important
role in grasping the available business opportunities and improves the credibility of the
employer. Various communication skills such as team working, problem solving as well as
effective communication skills required for coordinating with the employer as well as the
employees. All these skills directly contribute towards the success of the organisation.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Ito, H. and Kawazoe, N., 2015. Active learning for creating innovators: Employability skills
beyond industrial needs. International Journal of Higher Education. 4(2). p.81.
Jackson, D., 2014. Testing a model of undergraduate competence in employability skills and its
implications for stakeholders. Journal of Education and Work. 27(2). pp.220-242.
Ju, S. and et. al., 2014. Employability skills for entry-level employees with and without
disabilities: A comparison between the perspectives of educators and
employers. Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation. 40(3). pp.203-212.
Pinto, L. H. and Ramalheira, D. C., 2017. Perceived employability of business graduates: The
effect of academic performance and extracurricular activities. Journal of Vocational
Behavior. 99. pp.165-178.
Riebe, L. and Jackson, D., 2014. The use of rubrics in benchmarking and assessing
employability skills. Journal of Management Education. 38(3). pp.319-344.
Simatele, M., 2015. Enhancing the portability of employability skills using e-portfolios. Journal
of Further and Higher Education. 39(6). pp.862-874.
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