| Employability skills are very useful things to have, | | | | You have to be presentable in the right way for a |
| especially if you are not employed and want to be. If | | | | prospective employer to want you. Even if you have |
| you are in the process of choosing a career, then | | | | everything right on paper, if you don't perform right on |
| thinking about undertaking a skills programme may be | | | | the day of the interview, someone else may walk |
| a good move too. It's all about making yourself more | | | | away with the prize. |
| likely to be employed. It's about putting yourself in a | | | | Gaining employability skills generally means training of |
| position before employers where they are forced to | | | | some kind you can study for. There are many |
| see that you have the necessary skills for the job. It's | | | | government training courses available, especially for |
| about empowering yourself! | | | | young people, and especially for those not currently in |
| We all need to pay the inevitable bills that we generate | | | | employment, and there can be grants available too |
| from everyday use of the necessary things for life. In | | | | that will help you pay for the kind of training you need. |
| order to get the money to pay the bills, we usually | | | | If you require work experience at any point, this might |
| need to have a job. Employers and managers of | | | | me something that can also be arranged through a |
| businesses are not usually predisposed to employing | | | | skills programme. |
| just anyone. They want the right person for the job, | | | | Wanting to progress and improve in life is a natural |
| someone with the right qualifications. In other words, | | | | desire for most people. You may be reasonably |
| they want someone with employability skills. | | | | content in the job you currently have, but perhaps you |
| The right kind of skill can vary a lot, depending on the | | | | have set your eye on something a bit higher up the |
| particular job. For some situations it can be very simple | | | | ladder. It is likely to be something that will pay better |
| and easy to get, for others it can involve many years | | | | and possibly give you a little more prestige too. This is |
| of hard training. For most situations it is something in | | | | where your employability skills, or the lack of them, |
| between. Employability is not just about knowing how | | | | come into play. If you aren't already employable, |
| to do the actual things that a job requires. It can also | | | | perhaps it's time to do something about it. |
| be about having the right attitude at interview level. | | | | |