EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS
Employability skills are the key to classroom and workplace success. Employability skills are sometimes called soft skills, foundational skills, work-readiness skills, or job-readiness skills.
View Resources on the U.S. Department of Labor website - Videos: Soft Skills to Pay the Bills
National College and Career Readiness Indicators - a checklist
Perkins Collaborative Resource Network (PCRN) - Employability Skills:
http://cte.ed.gov/initiatives/employability-skills-framework
Future Skills Report:
http://www.iftf.org/fileadmin/user_upload/downloads/wfi/ACTF_IFTF_FutureSkills-report.pdf
Teaching Employability Skills:
Critical Thinking and Problem Solving Activities:
http://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/critical_thinking/ - activities and downloadable resources
Customer Service/Communication Skills Activities:
Body Language - https://www.helpguide.org/articles/relationships-communication/nonverbal-communication.htm
How to read non-verbal cues: https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/Body_Language.htm
9 Awesome Classroom Activities that Teach Job Readiness Skills
Download a poster that lists 20 employability skills!
Activity on the Benefits of Teamwork
Future Work Skills 2020 - a report on the Future Top Ten Skills - Report by the Institute for the Future (University of Phoenix)
Excerpt from Work Skills 2020: