Employability Skills

Core transferable skills

• Communication, teamwork, problem-solving, organisation, digital skills, resilience, customer focus.
• NCS and Skills for Careers call these “soft skills” or “essential skills” that most jobs require. Skills for Careers+3National Careers Service+3National Careers Service+3

How to evidence them

Encourage STAR examples in CVs, forms and interviews:

• Situation – brief context.
• Task – what needed doing.
• Action – what you did.
• Result – outcome (numbers, feedback, time saved, problem solved).

Useful frameworks & training

• National Careers Service – identifying skills & upskilling, plus “Discover your skills and careers” assessment. National Careers Service+2National Careers Service+2
• Skills for Careers / Skills for Life (England) – Essential Skills in English, numeracy and digital. Skills for Careers+2GOV.UK+2
• FutureLearn – short online courses in digital, data, project management, etc. FutureLearn+1