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All jobs require a general set of behaviours, attitudes and skill sets.  These traits are referred to as employability and/or transferable skills.  These skills come from many sources - paid work, volunteering in your community, chores done at home, school courses, projects, extra-curricular activities, and even your hobbies.  When you develop a skill or gain experience in one place, and put what you've learned to use someplace else, you are using transferable skills.  The Conference Board of Canada surveyed a variety of organizations and businesses and asked what skills and traits they wanted their employees to have.    This link will take you to the Conference Board of Canada list that was compiled.  Whether you will be a future employee or a future business owner looking to hire employees, this information will be beneficial for future job and career experiences.

While learning about the list of skills and traits employers are looking for in employees, you will also identify your own transferable employability skills that were acquired from your past work, volunteer, school, or extra-curricular experiences. These skills can then be used to help you build a resume, cover letter, and prepare for job interviews.  

Finally, you will complete some tasks to help you identify your personality traits, interests and passions.  Together, these skills, traits, and interests can help you to determine future goals for personal growth and development in key skill areas while identifying potential areas of career interest.   

Module 3 Rubric for Student Evaluation