General skills that are essential for job success but are not necessarily linked to specific occupational knowledge. The Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS) Report, released in 1991 by the U.S. Department of Labor, identified core foundation skills (e.g., reading, critical thinking, and sociability) and workplace competencies (e.g., skills that deal with resource and information management, interpersonal skills, technology and systems skills) that are considered to be universal employability skills.
Transferable core skill groups that represent essential functional and enabling knowledge, skills, and attitudes required by the 21st century workplace. They are necessary for career success at all levels of employment and for all levels of education. See also Generic skills; Graduate skills
The core competencies required in all work settings. The Conference Board of Canada's Employability Skills Profile identifies three critical groups of skills: academic, personal management, and teamwork.
Skills that are essential and transferable to a variety of situations and are necessary for an individual to function in the 21st century workplace.
Personal habits and traits such as cleanliness, dependability, and punctuality that are necessary for successful employment; sometimes called "work adjustment skills."
Employability Skills are defined as skills required not only to gain employment, but also to progress within an enterprise so as to achieve one's potential and contribute successfully to enterprise strategic directions (acci). They are skills in: communication, team work, problem-solving, initiative and enterprise, planning and organising, self-management, learning and technology skills
The transferable core skills that represent functional and enabling knowledge, skills, and attitudes required in today's workplace. They are necessary for career success at all levels of employment and for all levels of education.
skills needed to enter, stay and progress in the world of work.
personal traits and habits necessary for successful employment (i.e. punctuality, dependability)