EMPLOYABILITY & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Employability & Professional Development

Employability & Professional Development

Task - 1

Date / Time: December 30, 2013

Meeting Duration: 12 am to 2:30 pm

Location: Meeting Room A

Attendees: Christopher Nolan, Steven Spielberg, John Meyer, Christian Bale, Anne Hathaway, Scarlet Johansson, Bruce Willis, Will Smith

Meeting Agenda

Ideas development for the first quarter of the year 2014 about implication of new ERP system in the whole organization. Every individual must be well prepared for the meeting to discuss and present their valuable suggestions.

Meeting Schedule

12:00 to 12:15: Plastic (1Q) - Christopher Nolan

12:15 to 12:30: Plate technology (1Q) - Steven Spielberg

12:30 to 12:45: Vinyl (2Q) - Will Smith

12:45 to 1:00: Various projects (3Q) - Bruce Willis

1:00 to 1:15: Various projects (4Q) - Anne Hathaway

1:15 to 2:15: Platform overview - John Meyer

2:15 to 2:30: Questions and suggestion - Everyone

Roles / Responsibilities

Record meeting minutes: Scarlet Johansson

Note-taking: Scarlet Johansson

Mediation: Christopher Nolan

Transferable Skills

Transferable skills are skills relevant applicable for different activities and contexts. Meta-cognition and meta-cognitive skills should also be included. These are your transferable skills (functional), and are called talents, gifts, “natural abilities” (Walsh et al., 2010, p.224). They are skills that often are own “birth”. Some people, for example, “born knowing” how to negotiate. But if you're not in that case, you can learn while you develop. Thus, some of these skills are “acquired”, and it's very rare that miss. They are called transferable skills because they can move from one occupation to another, and be used in a variety of fields of activity, no matter how many times you change career.

Common elements are: basic skills (e.g., can read and write, coped with technology), dealing with people (communication, interpersonal skills, teamwork), conceptual / thinking skills (gathering and organizing information, problem solving, planning, organizing , innovative thinking, creative thinking), personal skills and attributes (responsibility, resourcefulness, flexibility, time management), business skills (be innovative, be enterprising), and social-related knowledge and skills (Duffy & Bowe, 2010, p.32).

Generic skills are also known as key skills, core skills, essential skills, key competencies, necessary skills, (domain) transferable skills, general professional skills, and life skills.

Some of the transferable skills are defined below:

Communication Skills

Any skill you have developed in communication with others is transferable to most other posts. Examples include knowledge of other languages, write well and speak in front of an audience. Correcting and editing are also valuable in most positions. Communication skills can be applied generally to a position or may have specific advantages in related markets. For example, if you helped write tenders for a company, this could be a very valuable skill for a sales department writing such bids.

Interpersonal Skills

Interpersonal skills are developed to relate to other people and you are valuable to help others, resolving conflicts, delegating and negotiating (Davies & Reynolds, 2011, p. 20). If you are a person that others will seek to resolve disputes between offices or a person who helps you with problems, your interpersonal skills can make you a valued member for the job. Interpersonal skills are also valuable for management positions, including the ability to ...