This presentation helps to answer the question "What can you do", permits you to master basic employability skills and how to capture the technical skills

1. Career Planning
and
Identifying “what
you can do”
Tata Boli Dinyuy
M.Sc, MBA bolitata@gmail.com
ssledorg@gmail.com

2. … deliberate process
of knowing who you
are so that you can be
sure of where you
want to go; or what
you want to be at
some defined point in
the future

4. Know Yourself
•Attitudes, interests, personality, needs, values, skills
Explore options
•What information can help me; who can help me; how
learn more about interviews, internships, volunteering,
associations, etc.
Make a decision
•Priorities(pros & cons), time, who can support you;
mentors, etc.
Evaluation
•It is realistic; setbacks and how can you fix them

5. Assumptions-Employability skills
Research
Communication
creative
Planning &
organizing
Technical skills
…set of attributes, skills & knowledge that all labour market
participants should posses to ensure they are marketable

6. Technical skills
 knowledge and capabilities to perform specialized tasks
 Depend on the program you have studied or what you can do specifically.

7.  Identify your technical employability skills
 What can you do, with who do you do it
with, where is that person (company) and how
do you contact the person
 Where are jobs published (newspapers, job
websites, career programs on radio and TV,
social networks and WhatsApp groups,
mentors, company websites, etc.
The Job search

8. State of Unemployment:
•Not Employed
•Are employable
•Qualified
•Relevant qualification to job market
•experienced
•Actively job searching (3 months periods)

9. The competition
Limited places for unlimited
number of people
Everybody is developing
themselves
Global competition
Global standards

10. Training is about gaining the skills needed for a
job.
Don’t sit back at home unproductively
Get a specific training, diploma or certificate
Training programs on the internet, NGOs,
Training and coaching agencies, etc.,
Volunteer or do internships
Improve the quality of your internship.
Participate in student associations
Entrepreneurship
Catching up with your
skills and competences

11. Prepare your CV and Motivation
letter
 Learn to write a good motivation letter
 Sell yourself
 Prepare for your interviews
 Experience (detailed responsibilities)
 References/ recommendations

12. Skill Current
Ability
Target
Ability
Development
Opportunity
Criteria to
judge success
Time
Frame
Evidenc
e
1st
Priority
2nd
Priority
3rd
Priority
Personal Development Plan

13. Thank You