Employability Challenge and Skills for Life Package
‘To be employed is to be at risk..... to be employable is to be secure’ Peter Hawkins, The Art of building Windmills
Welcome to the employability skills development package; the key aims of which can be summed up by the above quote. The labour market in China is very competitive, so these days job security cannot be found in just gaining employment. In order to remain in employment throughout your adult working life you need to be employable. Employability skills enable you to:
- • Understand your strengths and weaknesses
- • Evaluate what motivates and interests you
- • Work out what your personal ethical values are
- • Identify and match these to potential careers
- • Find out where to look for job opportunities
- • Market yourself effectively to potential employers
These are lifelong skills which you can adapt to any changes in your personal career path. Employability skills therefore enable you to strengthen your self-reliance and maximise your employability. This package will also enable you to consider how your career fits in with your life as a whole – how you can achieve a healthy work-life balance – and how to develop your career in the future.
