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What do we mean by: Employer Expectations and Essential
Skills
Employers in Calgary expect their employees to be part
of the company team, communicating, participating and
taking responsibility. Employers value hard skills
such as technical skills and professional competency.
Hiring decisions are based on personal educational
credentials and work experience, as well as assessments
or eligibility from professional associations in
Alberta. In addition, employers make their final hiring
decision based on what essential skills complete
the personal profile of the candidate.
"What Are Essential Skills?"
Essential skills or soft skills or people skills
are all terms used to define a range of general abilities
that a person develops through their interests, personal
development readings or workshops, life or work
experience. Examples of essential skills are:
self-awareness, analytical thinking, leadership skills,
team-building skills, flexibility, ability to
communicate effectively, creativity, problem-solving
skills, listening skills, diplomacy, adaptability to
change.
Essential skills are essential to succeed in the
new economy as employers are looking for more than
strictly technical and professional competency, the
so-called hard skills. Employer expectations in
terms of essential skills and candidate
personality are the basis for the hiring decision from a
short list of candidates who fulfill the required hard
skills level. See a brief article about essential skills
prepared by
Human Resources and Social Development Canada
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