1. Employability Skills
Presented By
M. Faheem Shaikh
Executive Director (ROZEE.PK)

2. AGENDA
1. Employability Skills
and Modern Trends.
2. Personal Marketing
and Branding.
3. DOs & Don’ts of CV writing

3. Employability Skills
A set of attributes, skills and knowledge
that all labour market participants should
possess to ensure
they have the capability
of being effective in
the workplace.

4. Modern Employability Skills
Modern Employability skills can be referred
as soft skills, generic skills, enabling skills
or key competencies.

5. Modern Employability Skills
In short
“The Skills which benefit the EMPLOYER”

6. Modern Employers Look for
1. Self Starter
2. Team Players
.
.

7. Modern Employer Look for
3. Good Communicator
4. Positive/ “CAN DO” Attitude
.
.

8. Modern Employer Look for
5. Numeracy Skills
6. IT Literate
.

9. Modern Employer Look for
7. Business and
Customer
Awareness
8. Problem Solving
with Creativity
.
.

10. Modern Employer Look for
9. Negotiation Skills
10. Learning & adaptability

11. Modern Recruitment Decision
Are Modern Employability
skills enough to influence the
recruitment decision . . . ? ? ?

12. Important factors for recruitment decision

13. Modern Recruitment Decision
Are Modern Employability skills
and these Factors enough to
influence the recruitment
decision in Today’s
Job Market . . . ? ? ?

14. Personal Marketing
Personal Marketing makes the employers decision to
hire you, an easy one. When you do this properly you make
life easier for the employer and get more job offers.
Marketing is more than Promotion. You need to pin down
your entire marketing mix.

15. Personal Marketing Mix
P
PACKAGING

16. How to write a Good CV

17. DO(s) of CV Writing
1. Visually appealing
(template).
2. Always Start with General Information (contact details etc).
3. Distribute it in sections.
(experience, education, etc).
4. Customize your resume.
5. Make first page worthy of standing on its own.
6. Use bullets instead of paragraphs.
7. Highlight Professional activities.
(intern/relevant volunteer exp.)
8. Ensure your resume is machine-readable.
(keywords).
9. Do understand and leverage your digital footprint. (online presence)
10. Make your first section a quick summary of who you are.
(especially for experienced profile)

18. Don't(s) of CV Writing
1. Don't exceed three to five bullets per section.
2. Don't have a single typo or grammatical mistake
3. Don't bother with high school if you have any college experience.
4. Don't pad your CV by listing of course names.
5. Don’t use a funny/poetic email address.
6. Don't bother with an Objectives section
7. Don't use proprietary acronyms or jargon.
8. Don't have multiple personalities.
9. Don't include irrelevant information. (age, ethnic identity, political affiliation,
religious preference, hobbies, marital status; sexual orientation, place of
birth, height; weight and health information) unless demanded.

19. CV Writing Advice
After all it isn’t bad if you don't make it all by
yourself for the first time.
You may seek help from others such as
your faculty advisors, relatives or
career specialists.

20. Any Questions ??
You may contact
faheemzuhair@gmail.com
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/faheem-shaikh/0/610/568