Everybody has their own unique one-of-a-kind skills. Some are very useful in the workforce while others are not. This next post will talk about some essential skills for the workforce and how you can continue to develop theses skills throughout your life.
There are many skills that are essential depending on what job you would like to do, but there are some that apply to almost every workplace all across the world. The first and probably most important is reading text. Now you probably thinking that not all jobs need this skill. But if you can't read text then you can't make sure your pay cheque is right, you can't read e-mails, regarding your work and it makes it that much harder to even find a job because jobs are almost always advertised through written text. The second essential skill for almost any job is your problem solving skill. This skill is one everybody has but some are much better then others. Your problem solving skill allows you to determine a problem and fix it. The better this skill is the more efficiently you will be able to fix it and prevent the problem from happening again. Therefore this skill is one of the most essential skills for any workplace because no matter what you do, or where you work problems will always arise. The next essential skill is job task planning and organizing. No boss wants to be telling all their workers what to do everyday and they defiantly don't want to make a plan for them. This skill allows you to take initiative and plan and organize your work and allows you to always be ahead of the game. The last and most self explanatory essential skill for any job is decision making. No matter where you are, how old, or how young, you are always making decisions. Right now you just made the decision to read this bog and then you'll make the decision if it was useful and it goes on and on. This skill is used everywhere and the workplace is definitely not an acceptation.
Now those aren’t the only essential skills. The following skills are more often essential depending on what job you plan on doing in the future. These include:
- Writing
- Document Use
- Computer Use
- Oral Communication
- Money Math
- Scheduling or budgeting and accounting
- Measurement and Calculation
- Data Analysis
- Numerical Estimation
- Job task planning and Organization
- Finding Information
Now your probably thinking "I don’t have all these" truth is everyone does have these skills some are stronger then others what you need to know is how to build them. If you're reading this then your already building some. You're building you reading skill, computer use and finding information skill all at once. You may not think you are building them but almost everything you do contributes to this set of skills. If you're still thinking that there is one that you can never develop then use your other skills to build on it. If you're not good at data analysis but are a guru with computers try a data analysing program such as Microsoft Office Excel. There is always a way to build a skill but sometimes we make ourselves believe it's impossible. Once you realize it's possible then building these skills will be easier then ever before.
Now you know what skills you need to do to in order to be a worker every company, corporation, or small business needs and wants!
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