The Seven Competency Skills for the Workplace

The Seven Competency Skills for the Workplace

Expert Human Relations  Media

For job-seekers about to enter the workforce, an accurate assessment of their own skills is essential. Knowing what they’re good at and where their strengths and weaknesses lie is an invaluable asset when trying to land a job and even more so when working to succeed at that job. Research shows that success in any job depends mainly on mastering seven skills: communication, negotiation, adaptability, problem solving, computer literacy, juggling multiple demands, and leadership. The Seven Competency Skills for the Workplace course teaches job-seekers how to recognize these skills within themselves and begin developing them for future job use.

Benefits

Assess your own strengths and weaknesses

Recognize how your interests now can guide your future career choices

Devise strategies to develop skills for the workplace

Identify the competencies necessary to succeed as a member of the workforce

Multi-task more efficiently

Develop your problem-solving skills

Take the first steps toward leading others

Translate your current technological savvy and multi-tasking abilities into marketable skills

Practice communicating clearly and effectively

Understand the importance of being able to react, respond, and adapt to new and unexpected situations and opportunities

Better negotiate with others