Employability skill

Examples (SAO- situation, action,

outcome)
Initiative and enterprise: being
S- At the end of last year, I decided to
creative; translating ideas into action;
volunteer at the annual Neon Run held in
adapting to new situations, skills that
the Perth city. The social setting was
contribute to innovative outcome
something new to me as I was surrounded
with many young children of whom I had
never met before.
A- By being placed in a new situation
and social setting, I willingly adapted to
it by being kind and showing enthusiasm
in guiding the pathway for the children to
run.
O- Upon marshalling the children, I
received smiles and high-fives as they
ran past me. This gave me a sense of
satisfaction and I felt happy to be
volunteering in a new environment.
Communication: listening and
S- Last Thursday, I was involved in the
understanding; sharing information;
Rossmoyne Mock Trial team that
understanding the needs of customers,
competed against Perth Modern school in
skills that contribute to productive and
a fictitious law case.
harmonious relatives between employees A- As a solicitor, I used my active
and customers
listening and understanding skills to take
useful notes on objections and ideas
throughout the trial.
O- By creating a helpful set of notes, I
was able to effectively communicate the
information written with the barristers.
As a team, we worked together to
produce a closing statement which
summed up the whole trial court case,
resulting in our team scoring many
points.
Teamwork: working as an individual and S- During Term 4 last year, I was
as a member of a team; coaching,
involved in Wind Orchestra Ones
mentoring and giving feedback, skills
performance at the Perth concert hall. We
that contribute to productive working
had to practice our music as an individual
relationships and outcome
as well as put it all together as a whole
band. This required a high level of
teamwork in making sure each instrument
part was balanced and sounding good.
A- We rehearsed every week afterschool
on a Friday. As a band, we worked in a
team by encouraging one another to
produce the best sounding music by
showing patience, enthusiasm and
passion for the music we were playing.
O- The whole orchestra played
extraordinary at the performance and was

Technology: having a range of IT skills;

being willing to learn new IT skills, skills
that contribute to effective execution of
tasks

Problem- solving: developing practical

solutions; solving problems in teams;
resolving customer concerns, skills that
contribute to productive outcome

Self- management: taking responsibility;

evaluating and monitoring own
performance; having personal vision and
goals, skills that contribute to employee
satisfaction and growth

Planning and organizing: managing

complimented by the audience for the

high level sounding music we put on.
S- In year 10, I studied computer
extension at school. We were introduced
to a new computing program called
Google Sketch. We were given an
assignment to create a model of a
bookshelf using the program.
A- I designed a bookshelf by learning and
getting help from my computer extension
teacher, as well as learning new IT skills
from youtube tutorials.
O- I was able to complete my assignment
on time and not only did I learn new IT
skills, I was able to help other classmates
when they had trouble.
S- In the 2013 Science and Engineering
Challenge at Curtin University, we had to
solve scientific problems in teams.
A- We carried out a wide range of
experiments and tasks. The first group to
finish, won the challenge. Our group
successfully did this by having high
problem-solving skills, creating
innovative methods in carrying out the
experiments and being prepared and
organized for each challenge laid out.
O- As a result, our group won the
challenge and achieved a medal each for
our incredible problem-solving skills in
conducting the experiments.
S- I used self-management skills when I
was picking what subjects to take in Year
11. I had to make sure my exam marks
matched the prerequisites. When they
didnt, I created short-term goals, such as
getting 75% for a topic test, and worked
my hardest to achieve them.
A- I worked very hard and went to
friends and teachers for help if I didnt
understand anything. I made sure before
exams that my own weaknesses were
covered by doing lots of past exam
papers.
O- Asking for help and monitoring my
progress, I managed to get into all the
subjects I wanted to do. It also gave me a
self- esteem boost to set future goals and
work hard to achieve them.
S- When I had to manage my time to

time and priorities; collecting, analysing

and organising information, skills that
contribute to long- term and short- term
strategic planning

Learning: being open to new ideas and

techniques; having enthusiasm for
ongoing learning, skills that contribute to
ongoing improvement and expansion in
employee and company operations and
outcomes

clean out my whole room as I was going

for a long holiday at the end of 2014.
A- I made a to-do list and checked off
everything I planned to complete. Doing
so, it prevented me from procrastination.
O- I was able to complete everything
efficiently and quickly. I felt good after
all the hard work was done.
S- At the beginning of this year, my flute
teacher gave me a piece of music that
was very challenging and required me to
learn new techniques in playing the flute.
I needed to learn it before I was
scheduled to perform it to my classmates
just a few weeks after I received the piece
of music.
A- I was very determined in playing well
and learning new techniques. I practiced
everyday for thirty minutes. By being
inspired from watching other flute
players on youtube, I was able to focus
and gain enthusiasm in learning the new
piece.
O- I played very well and received
positive feedback from my classmates.
Furthermore, this gave me confidence in
learning new techniques on the flute.