To make yourself eligible to apply for a job and to be successful at the job, you need to exhibit a mix of skills : “Employability Skills”. Employability skills are those skills necessary for getting, keeping and being successful in a job. Employers are often looking for skills that go beyond qualifications and experience. For employers, getting the right people means identifying people with the right skills and qualities to fulfill the role and contribute to the organization's success.

1. EMPLOYABILITY
S K I L L S10

2. Aspire
What You Love
Achieve!
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3. PERSEVERE
There is no substitute to hard work. In
order to be successful and achieve good
results you have to put in lots of hard
work, be patient and persist at doing
whatever it takes (ethically).
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4. TRY TILL YOU
ACHIEVE
Never give up.
You only get one life.
Go for it!
– Richard E. Grant
DO PERSEVERE

5. NOT QUIT
If you fall behind, run faster.
Never give up, never surrender,
and rise up against the odds.
– Jesse Jackson
DO PERSEVERE

6. BE PATIENT
A man who is a master of
patience is master of
everything else.
– George Savile
DO PERSEVERE

7. A dream doesn't become
reality through magic; it takes
sweat, determination and
hard work.
WORK HARD
– Colin Powell
DO PERSEVERE

8. BELIEVE IN YOURSELF
It is important to bring out your true self in
whatever activity you are involved in. The
way you can stand out from the rest and
be successful is by bringing your ideas
and opinions out and fight for them.
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9. BE
CONFIDENT
With realization of one's own
potential and self-confidence in
one's ability, one can build a
better world.
– Dalai Lama
DO BELIEVE IN YOURSELF

10. BE
COURAGEOUS
Courage is resistance to fear,
mastery of fear, not absence
of fear.
– Mark Twain
DO BELIEVE IN YOURSELF

11. BE
AUTHENTIC
The greater intellect one has, the
more originality one finds in men.
Ordinary persons find no difference
between men.
- Blaise Pascal
DO BELIEVE IN YOURSELF

12. BE
YOURSELF
Be who you are and say what
you feel, because those who
mind don't matter, and those
who matter don't mind.
- Dr. Seuss
DO BELIEVE IN YOURSELF

13. BE HUMBLE
The first step to learning is accepting we
don’t know everything and let go of pride
and ego. That will lead us to a bigger goal
and the zeal to know more.
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14. LISTEN
One of the most sincere
forms of respect is actually
listening to what another
has to say.
– Bryant H. McGill
DO BE HUMBLE

15. LEARN FROM
OTHERS
Learn from the mistakes of
others... you can't live long
enough to make them all
yourselves!!
– Chanakya
DO BE HUMBLE

16. ASK FOR
HELP
The strong individual is the
one who asks for help when
he needs it.
– Rona Barrett
DO BE HUMBLE

17. BE POSITIVE
It is normal to face challenges and failures in your
career. It is very important to look for opportunities
within these challenges. You must focus on the
positive side of a situation and identify what can be
done rather than brood on the negatives of it.
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18. ACCEPT
FAILURES
If you’re not making
mistakes, then you’re not
doing anything. I’m positive
that a do-er makes mistakes.
– John Wooden
DO BE POSITIVE

19. LOOK FOR
OPPORTUNITIES
A pessimist sees the difficulty
in every opportunity; an
optimist sees the opportunity
in every difficulty.
– Winston Churchill
DO BE POSITIVE

20. ADAPT TO
CIRCUMSTANCES
Enjoying success requires the
ability to adapt. Only by being
open to change will you have a
true opportunity to get the most
from your talent.
– Nolan Ryan
DO BE POSITIVE

21. INNOVATE
You must have the ability to understand a
problem and identify the key issues by
bringing new ideas, thinking out of the box
and applying the knowledge from different
areas to solving a task.
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22. BE
CREATIVE
Creativity involves breaking
out of established patterns in
order to look at things in a
different way.
– Edward de Bono
DO INNOVATE

23. THINK OUT OF
THE BOX
I never made one of my
discoveries through the
process of rational
thinking.
– Albert Einstein
DO INNOVATE

24. MASTER COMMUNICATION
Excellent communication skills both in written and
spoken meansare vital to achieve success in life.
Being able to show that you can write and speak
effectively with clarity is a key skill if you want to
be indispensable for employers.
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25. WRITE AND SPEAK
EFFECTIVELY
The difference between the right
word and the almost right word is
the difference between lightning
and a lightning bug.
– Mark Twain
DO MASTER COMMUNICATION

26. ACTIVELY LISTEN AND
COMPREHEND OTHERS
I like to listen. I have learned a
great deal from listening carefully.
Most people never listen.
– Ernest Hemingway
DO MASTER COMMUNICATION

27. COLLABORATE
The ability to work in a team is high on the
employer’s wishlist. It is highly required to
work well with other people from different
disciplines, backgrounds, and expertise to
accomplish a task or goal.
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28. The best teamwork comes
from men who are working
independently toward one
goal in unison.
– James Cash Penney
WORK WELL
WITH OTHERS
DO COLLABORATE

29. GIVE AND
TAKE HELP
Alone we can do so little;
together we can do so
much.
– Helen Keller
DO COLLABORATE

30. HAVE PASSION FOR QUALITY
You should have a strong focus on producing
excellent results and think about long-term goals
instead of short-term ones. Its essential to be
responsible for the assigned work and thrive for
producing the best results you are capable of.
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31. THRIVE TO PRODUCE
EXCELLENT RESULTS
– Oscar Wilde
Success is a science; if
you have the conditions,
you get the result.
DO HAVE PASSION FOR QUALITY

32. BE
RESPONSIBLE
Take responsibility for your own
happiness, do not expect people
or things to bring you happiness,
or you could be disappointed.
– Rodolfo Costa
DO HAVE PASSION FOR QUALITY

33. GET RESULTS
ETHICALLY
It is wrong and immoral to
seek to escape the
consequences of one's acts.
– Mahatma Gandhi
DO HAVE PASSION FOR QUALITY

34. HAVE PERSONAL EXCELLENCE
The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach
your full potential - are the key qualities that will
unlock your door to personal excellence. It is important
to evaluate your strengths and weaknesses and focus
on areas where you need to improve.
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35. BE A LIFELONG
LEARNER
Be a student so long as you
still have something to learn,
and this will mean all your life.
– Rodolfo Costa
DO HAVE PERSONAL EXCELLENCE

36. FOCUS ON AREAS
WHERE YOU NEED
TO IMPROVE
There is nothing noble in being
superior to your fellow man;
true nobility is being superior to
your former self.
– Ernest Hemingway
DO HAVE PERSONAL EXCELLENCE

37. WORK FOR
LONG-TERM IMPACT
A goal without an action
plan is a daydream.
– Nathaniel Branden
DO HAVE PERSONAL EXCELLENCE

38. BE INDEPENDENT
Employers want the employees to be independently
doing their work with minimal supervision. You must
be self-motivated, self-driven and capable of
independently solving problems. This leads to high
performance and productivity.
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39. BE SELF
MOTIVATED
Believe you can and
you're halfway there.
– Theodore Roosevelt
DO BE INDEPENDENT

40. WORK WITH
MINIMAL SUPERVISION
Look at nature, work
independently, and solve
your own problems.
– Winslow Homer
DO BE INDEPENDENT

41. MANAGE PERSONAL
TIME WELL
Managing your time without
setting priorities is like shooting
randomly and calling whatever
you hit the target.
– Peter Turla
DO BE INDEPENDENT

42. PERSEVERE
BELIEVE IN YOURSELF
BE HUMBLE
BE POSITIVE
INNOVATE
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Try till you achieve
Not Quit
Be patient
Work hard
Be confident
Be courageous
Be authentic
Be yourself
Listen
Learn from others
Ask for help
Accept failures
Look for opportunities
Adapt to circumstances
Be creative
Think out of the box

43. MASTER COMMUNICATION
COLLABORATE
HAVE PASSION FOR QUALITY
HAVE PERSONAL EXCELLENCE
BE INDEPENDENT
Write and speak effectively
Actively listen and comprehend others
Work well with others
Give and take help
Thrive to produce excellent results
Be responsible
Get results ethically
Be a life-long learner
Focus on areas where you need to improve
Work for long-term impact
Be self-motivated
Work with minimal supervision
Manage personal-time well

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