10 S K I L L S EMPLOYABILITY
Aspire What You Love Achieve! This pocket-book contains 10 employability skills and their importance to make a successful career.
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PERSEVERE 1 There is no substitute to hard work. In order to be successful and achieve good results you have to put in lots of hard work, be patient and persist at doing whatever it takes (ethically).
TRY TILL YOU ACHIEVE Never give up. You only get one life. Go for it! – Richard E. Grant
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NOT QUIT If you fall behind, run faster. Never give up, never surrender, and rise up against the odds. – Jesse Jackson
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BE PATIENT A man who is a master of patience is master of everything else. – George Savile
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WORK HARD A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work. – Colin Powell
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BELIEVE IN YOURSELF
2 It is important to bring out your true self in whatever activity you are involved in. The way you can stand out from the rest and be successful is by bringing your ideas and opinions out and fight for them.
BE CONFIDENT With realization of one's own potential and self-confidence in one's ability, one can build a better world. – Dalai Lama
DO BELIEVE IN YOURSELF
BE COURAGEOUS Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear. – Mark Twain
DO BELIEVE IN YOURSELF
BE AUTHENTIC The greater intellect one has, the more originality one finds in men. Ordinary persons find no difference between men. - Blaise Pascal
DO BELIEVE IN YOURSELF
BE YOURSELF Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind. - Dr. Seuss
DO BELIEVE IN YOURSELF
BE HUMBLE 3 The first step to learning is accepting we don’t know everything and let go of pride and ego. That will lead us to a bigger goal and the zeal to know more.
LISTEN One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say. – Bryant H. McGill
DO BE HUMBLE
LEARN FROM OTHERS Learn from the mistakes of others... you can't live long enough to make them all yourselves!! – Chanakya
DO BE HUMBLE
ASK FOR HELP The strong individual is the one who asks for help when he needs it. – Rona Barrett
DO BE HUMBLE
BE POSITIVE 4 It is normal to face challenges and failures in your career. It is very important to look for opportunities within these challenges. You must focus on the positive side of a situation and identify what can be done rather than brood on the negatives of it.
ACCEPT FAILURES If you’re not making mistakes, then you’re not doing anything. I’m positive that a do-er makes mistakes. – John Wooden
DO BE POSITIVE
LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. – Winston Churchill
DO BE POSITIVE
ADAPT TO CIRCUMSTANCES Enjoying success requires the ability to adapt. Only by being open to change will you have a true opportunity to get the most from your talent. – Nolan Ryan
DO BE POSITIVE
INNOVATE 5 You must have the ability to understand a problem and identify the key issues by bringing new ideas, thinking out of the box and applying the knowledge from different areas to solving a task.
BE CREATIVE Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a different way. – Edward de Bono
DO INNOVATE
THINK OUT OF THE BOX I never made one of my discoveries through the process of rational thinking. – Albert Einstein
DO INNOVATE
MASTER COMMUNICATION
6 Excellent communication skills both in written and spoken meansare vital to achieve success in life. Being able to show that you can write and speak effectively with clarity is a key skill if you want to be indispensable for employers.
WRITE AND SPEAK EFFECTIVELY The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug. – Mark Twain
DO MASTER COMMUNICATION
ACTIVELY LISTEN AND COMPREHEND OTHERS I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen. – Ernest Hemingway
DO MASTER COMMUNICATION
COLLABORATE 7 The ability to work in a team is high on the employer’s wishlist. It is highly required to work well with other people from different disciplines, backgrounds, and expertise to accomplish a task or goal.
WORK WELL WITH OTHERS The best teamwork comes from men who are working independently toward one goal in unison. – James Cash Penney
DO COLLABORATE
GIVE AND TAKE HELP Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much. – Helen Keller
DO COLLABORATE
HAVE PASSION FOR QUALITY
8 You should have a strong focus on producing excellent results and think about long-term goals instead of short-term ones. Its essential to be responsible for the assigned work and thrive for producing the best results you are capable of.
THRIVE TO PRODUCE EXCELLENT RESULTS Success is a science; if you have the conditions, you get the result. – Oscar Wilde
DO HAVE PASSION FOR QUALITY
BE RESPONSIBLE Take responsibility for your own happiness, do not expect people or things to bring you happiness, or you could be disappointed. – Rodolfo Costa
DO HAVE PASSION FOR QUALITY
GET RESULTS ETHICALLY It is wrong and immoral to seek to escape the consequences of one's acts. – Mahatma Gandhi
DO HAVE PASSION FOR QUALITY
HAVE PERSONAL EXCELLENCE
9 The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential - are the key qualities that will unlock your door to personal excellence. It is important to evaluate your strengths and weaknesses and focus on areas where you need to improve.
BE A LIFELONG LEARNER Be a student so long as you still have something to learn, and this will mean all your life. – Rodolfo Costa
DO HAVE PERSONAL EXCELLENCE
FOCUS ON AREAS WHERE YOU NEED TO IMPROVE There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. – Ernest Hemingway
DO HAVE PERSONAL EXCELLENCE
WORK FOR LONG-TERM IMPACT A goal without an action plan is a daydream. – Nathaniel Branden
DO HAVE PERSONAL EXCELLENCE
BE INDEPENDENT 10 Employers want the employees to be independently doing their work with minimal supervision. You must be self-motivated, self-driven and capable of independently solving problems. This leads to high performance and productivity.
BE SELF MOTIVATED Believe you can and you're halfway there. – Theodore Roosevelt
DO BE INDEPENDENT
WORK WITH MINIMAL SUPERVISION Look at nature, work independently, and solve your own problems. – Winslow Homer
DO BE INDEPENDENT
MANAGE PERSONAL TIME WELL Managing your time without setting priorities is like shooting randomly and calling whatever you hit the target. – Peter Turla
DO BE INDEPENDENT
1 PERSEVERE
Try till you achieve Not Quit Be patient Work hard
2 BELIEVE IN YOURSELF Be confident Be courageous Be authentic Be yourself
3 BE HUMBLE BE POSITIVE 4 5 INNOVATE Listen Learn from others Ask for help
Accept failures Look for opportunities Adapt to circumstances
Be creative Think out of the box
MASTER COMMUNICATION Write and speak effectively Actively listen and comprehend others
COLLABORATE Work well with others Give and take help
HAVE PASSION FOR QUALITY Thrive to produce excellent results Be responsible Get results ethically
HAVE PERSONAL EXCELLENCE Be a life-long learner Focus on areas where you need to improve Work for long-term impact
BE INDEPENDENT Be self-motivated Work with minimal supervision Manage personal-time well
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