Workbook 6 - Literacy Link South Central
Workbook 6 - Literacy Link South Central Workbook 6 - Literacy Link South Central
What steps do you plan to take to improve these skills?Human Resources and Skills Development Canada also has a number of online anddownloadable tools to help you assess your own Essential Skills. You can find them by typingHRSDC Essential Skills Toolkit in your search engine, or go to:www.hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/workplaceskills/essential_skills/general/toolkit.shtmlMany jobs require you to have some competency in all nine Essential Skills; however, mostjobs tend to need some skills more than others. When you are aware of the skills the employerneeds, you can focus on them in the interview. Refer to the Essential Skills Profiles to identifythe “Most Important Essential Skills” for the position being filled.In your search engine type HRSDC Essential Skills and then click on Search over 300 jobprofiles, or go to: www10.hrsdc.gc.ca/es/english/ES_Profiles.aspx.For example, if you were applying for a job as a correctional service officer (NOC 6462), youcould check the profiles and see that your Most Important Essential Skills are:• Writing• Oral Communication• Thinking: Decision Making38
Activity Nine: Use a Website to Develop Skill StatementsEssential Skills Tip: Computer Use, Writing, Oral Communication• Use the Ontario Skills Passport website• Write out statements about how you have used your skills• Practise saying your statements out loud to prepare for an interview1. Use the Ontario Skills Passport to find the occupation you are interestedin: Type Ontario Skills Passport into your browser. Click on Occupationsand Tasks. You can search by NOC code or occupation title. Or you cango to: http://skills.edu.gov.on.ca/OSPWeb/jsp/en/introduction.jsp2. Click on the NOC title for your occupation. A paragraph will appear thatgives you a brief job description and the most important Essential Skills forthis occupation.3. List the Most Important Essential Skills needed for the occupation you havechosen.4. Write out statements that illustrate how you have used these skills in yourprevious work. 23Occupation:Top Essential SkillsEssential Skill Statements#1#2#339
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- Page 5 and 6: Essential Skills Icon What It Means
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- Page 32: Activity Six: Research an Employer
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What steps do you plan to take to improve these skills?Human Resources and Skills Development Canada also has a number of online anddownloadable tools to help you assess your own Essential Skills. You can find them by typingHRSDC Essential Skills Toolkit in your search engine, or go to:www.hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/workplaceskills/essential_skills/general/toolkit.shtmlMany jobs require you to have some competency in all nine Essential Skills; however, mostjobs tend to need some skills more than others. When you are aware of the skills the employerneeds, you can focus on them in the interview. Refer to the Essential Skills Profiles to identifythe “Most Important Essential Skills” for the position being filled.In your search engine type HRSDC Essential Skills and then click on Search over 300 jobprofiles, or go to: www10.hrsdc.gc.ca/es/english/ES_Profiles.aspx.For example, if you were applying for a job as a correctional service officer (NOC 6462), youcould check the profiles and see that your Most Important Essential Skills are:• Writing• Oral Communication• Thinking: Decision Making38