Employability Skills Assessment

Employability Skills Assessment

Creator(s) (alphabetical)

Lucy Jones, Neil Pritchard

Organisation(s)

Wrexham Glyndwr University

Discipline(s)

Generic programmes and qualifications, Teaching & Learning

Topic(s)

Student Success

License

CC BY-NC-SA

Media Format

PDF

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Description

A flexible resource that supports learners to assess their current employability skills. Focus is given to a number of developmental areas that employers review and assess as part of a recruitment and selection processes.

Benefit of this resource and how to make the best use of it

From the authors: “Students work through the questions on the assessment rating their level of competence. As they do this it is crucial to their own development that they fully reflect upon their findings. Each question on the form asks the learner to provide evidence of how they can demonstrate that they have attained a specific employability skill. The learners are prompted to use the STAR model to demonstrate their competence. This model allows for critical reflection and action evidence that can be drawn upon as students prepare for moving into the work place or further student.”

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Supports Academic Integrity Principles and MTU’s Academic Integrity Policy by:
1. Explaining what academic integrity is.
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