Know your basics
Posted on March 27, 2008
Filed Under Career Development, Boomers, Gen X, Gen Y, Job Search
These seem so basic that they shouldn’t even bear mentioning but Jim Kissane at Workforce Development reports that this is not the case. Those skills often found lacking?
- Familiarity with desktop operating systems (Apple OS, Windows)
- Ability to access files - understand the concept of connectivity - storage
- Perform basic word processing
- Operate E-mail, calendar, address book
- Able to perform data entry and chart preparation
- Create a brief informational presentation
- Ability to safeguard confidential information
- High-school graduate (not GED)
- Able to pass a drug test
- Valid active in-state drivers license
Here’s a few other skills that Jim reports are most attractive to employers:
- Communicate well (oral and written)
- Work productively (in teams and in groups)
- Have a customer sensitivity and overall sense of the business
- Listen in communications for meaning and comprehension
- Be resourceful and employ creative problem solving methods
- Prioritize their own work and periodically self evaluate growth areas
- Comprehend meaning and communicate quantitatively
- Develop original solutions to novel problems they encounter
So now you can’t say you didn’t know.
Until next time…
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