Employability skills

Employers favour candidates with a wide range of employability skills to complement their job-specific skills and study. Learn what these skills are, how to identify those you have to offer, and how to build upon them.

Academic qualifications and good marks are not the only way to successfully engage at university. You should also gain experiences to enhance your employability skills, as these experiences will also provide you with skill examples for your job applications.

 

Employability skills (sometimes called ‘soft’ skills) refer to a set of transferable skills and key personal attributes which are highly valued by employers and essential for effective performance in the workplace. Unlike professional or technical skills, these employability skills are generic in nature, rather than job-specific, and are common to all work roles and workplaces across all industry types - for instance, communication and teamwork.  Academic qualifications and good marks are not the only way to successfully engage at university. You should also gain experiences to enhance your employability skills, as these experiences will also provide you with skill examples for your job applications.