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1. CAREER COMPETENCIES IN
CANADA
COMMON SENSE SKILLS
Prepared and Presented by:
Prof. Peivand Pirouzi, Ph.D., MBA, CCPE, Cert. Psychiatry
Lead Education and Career Mentor
2018
Prof. Peivand Pirouzi, 2018

2. Universal Employability
Skills
1. Leadership/Management Skills
2. Communication Skills
3. Teamwork Skills
4. Self-Motivated/Ability to work with little or no supervision
5. Problem-Solving/Decision-Making, Reasoning/Creativity
skills
6. Dedication/Hardworking/Work Ethic
7. Planning/Organizing Skills
8. Dependability/Reliability/Responsibility
9. Adaptability
10. Availability/Flexibility
11. Honesty/Integrity/Morality - Character Counts!
12. Computer/Technical Skills
13. Interpersonal Abilities
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3. Universal Employability
Skills
13. Self Presentation Skills
14. Multi-Tasking Skills
15. Positive Attitude/Motivation/Energetic
16. Self-Confidence
17. Leadership/Management Skills
18. Multicultural Sensitivity/Awareness
19. Loyalty
20. Professionalism
21. Willingness to Learn
22. Customer Service Skills
23. Common Sense
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4. Employability Characteristics
 1. Positive Attitude - Do not criticize others.
 2. Cooperative - Shows respect for employer.
 3. Accepting and using Feedback- Shows you
want to learn and are willing to improve.
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5.  4. Flexibility - Accept change and adapt to new
situation.
 5. Life-long learning - Able to learn new skills
(Regulations, Administration, Registration,
Communication).
 6. Leadership - Able to make decisions and solve
problems. Shows others respect and people want to
work with you.
Employability Characteristics
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6. How to Build Employability Skills?
 Conflict Resolution - Look for ways to reduce
conflict with peers and communicate more
effectively with them.
 Set Educational Goals - Create a plan to get
necessary certificates for becoming qualified
to apply for jobs.
 Be Active in networking – attend Events, Fairs,
Team sports, and more.
 Participate In Some Form of Community
Service - Dedicate your time and energy
toward improving the community.
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7. Strategy for getting your next job interviews
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8. COMMON SENSE
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Sound and prudent judgment based on a
simple perception of the situation or facts
The "common" in "common sense" refers
to the fact that a large amount of this
knowledge and ability is common to all
humans. (John McCarthy)

9. When looking at Job
Description, check for the
following:
 What are the responsibilities?
 What kind of education or training is
required?
 What is the pay range?
 What is the work environment?
 Where is the job?
 What skills are they expecting from me?
 Example: Common Sense skills
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10. Common Sense Skills
See the big picture of the business.
How you can prove that you understand the big
picture of the business?
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11. Common Sense Skills
Being able to recognize what can be improved
or added.
How you can show that you can see what is
missing?
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12. Common Sense Skills
Willingness to help
How you show that it makes sense to you to
collaborate with peers?
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13. Common Sense Skills
Completing the job
How do you show that you can complete the
job?
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14. Common Sense Skills
Being respectful to peers
How you can show that you have interpersonal
skills?
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15. 15
Differences of opinions on
skills!

16. 16
Prepare for interview questions for
Common Sense Skills
 Show your problem solving skills
 Show that you look for practical answers
 Show that you disagree without being disagreeable
 Show that you keep emotions
 Show that you are polite to people you may not like
 Show that you keep the big picture in mind
 Use good communication skills
 Under-promise and over-deliver
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17. Quotes
Common sense is not so common. Voltaire
Common sense is calculation applied to life.
Henri Frederic Amiel
Everybody gets so much information all day long
that they lose their common sense. Gertrude
Stein

18. Examples of interview
questions I
Question:
If you have only one match and you walked into
a room where was an oil burner, a kerosene
lamp, and a wood burning stove, which one
would you light first?

19. Answer: The match.

20. Examples of interview
questions II
Question:
How many animals of each sex did Moses take
on the ark?

21. Answer: None. Moses didn’t have an ark. Noah
did.

22. Other examples of interview questions
regarding common sense skills
“What concerns do you have about our
company?”
“What is the toughest decision you had to make
in the
“Tell me about a time when you had to find
yourway through a ton of work. How did you
get through it?”
“What were you doing the last time you looked
at a clockand realized you had lost all trackof
time?”

23. Group Exercise I
 Ask this interview question from your class
partner who will then respond to you:
 “Tell me about a time you felt company
leadership was wrong. What did you do?”

24. Group Exercise II
 Ask this interview question from your class
partner who will then respond to you:
 “Tell me about the last time a co-workeror
customergot angry with you. What
happened?”

25. Conclusion
 What did you learn today from the lecture and
the group exercise?
 Do you have examples of Common Sense
examples?

26. Thank you.