Skills for Success
Research has identified nine Skills for Success that enable us to succeed in everyday life and at work. These include the skills we commonly associate with literacy: reading, writing, and numeracy. But go beyond to also include problem solving, communication, digital skills, collaboration, adaptability, and creativity & innovation.
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Skills for Success are vital to workplace success
Skills for Success provide the foundation for learning all other skills that help people to better prepare for, obtain, and maintain employment. Workers who do not have the level of Skills for Success they need to perform their job have difficulty grasping the concepts that underpin professional training. They can also have difficulty adapting to complex needs and new situations.
Low-literacy is more common than we realize
Struggling with low literacy and essential skills in employment is more common than we realize. In fact, 48% of adult Canadians have literacy skills that fall below the high school level. The issue is amplified for adult learners stigmatized by lower levels of reading and writing.
Strengthening Skills for Success is a key to strengthening individuals, communities, and the economy
Skills for Success training creates confidence and strengthens the ability of people to find employment and meet on-the-job demands as well as the ability of employers to recruit, retain, and advance employees. Recognizing employees who may be struggling with basic literacy and essential skills is important in building community capacity and workplace success.
READING
Finding and using information written in words, symbols, or images.
WRITING
Using math information in different formats (numbers, words, symbols).
NUMERACY
Sharing ideas using information written in words, symbols, or images.
DIGITAL
Using digital technologies to solve problems and to find and share information.
ADAPTABILITY
Being able to learn new skills, deal with change, and not give up.
PROBLEM SOLVING
Knowing how to find the right information, find new solutions, and make decisions.
CREATIVITY & INNOVATION
Coming up with new and different ways to do things.
COLLABORATION
Working with people from diverse cultures, and dealing with co-workers and others in difficult situations.
