Transferable Skills for Future Careers
Explore the importance of transferable skills in various careers, discuss key skills, and analyze their relevance to different professions. Engage in activities to evaluate skills' applicability in career profiles, fostering critical thinking and career readiness.
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Teacher slide Objectives: To understand the importance of transferrable skills in a range of careers. You need: Career profiles resource and student worksheet (1x group) The recommended time for this resource is 20 minutes.
Careers and skills There are numerous skills which are important for future careers. When a skill is needed for different situations, such as communication, it is a transferable skill; it can be transferred to different careers and circumstances. In pairs, discuss which 5 skills you believe are the most important for future careers.
Discussion Some transferable skills which Universities and employers look upon favourably are listed below. Discuss which skills you believe are the most important for success in school; justify and provide a rationale for your answers. Independence Creativity Communication Teamwork Leadership Analysis Literacy Time management Numeracy
Instructions In small groups, you will be given a career profile. The profile explains the responsibilities, salary and typical working hours of a specific career. 1. Read the career profile and ensure everyone in the group has a good understanding of the career. 2. Use the information you have read to rank how useful the transferrable skills previously discussed are for the career. Use the worksheet provided. 3. Provide a rationale for your choices. 4. Swap career profiles with another group and repeat the process. 5. Complete the activity for 4 different career profiles.
Example Most important Literacy Independence Creativity Analysis Leadership Teamwork Communication Time management Least important Numeracy
Discussion - Is there a theme to your answers? Are any skills always ranked with high importance? - - Why are these transferable skills so important to Universities and employers? - Which of these transferable skills would you like to improve, and how might you improve them?
