What are employability skills?

Employability skills are required to gain employment or establish an enterprise. Australian employers have identified eight groups of skills, shown below, that they consider are essential to successful workplace performance in all employment.

Identify your employability skills

Employability skills can be gained in lots of ways and in many areas of your life, including school, in the community, at work, hobbies and sport.

Use the following links to find a range of examples to help you identify your employability skills:

• Communication 
• Team work 
• Problem solving 
• Initiative and enterprise 
• Planning and organising 
• Self-management 
• Learning 
• Technology 

Further information

• Employability Skills (DEEWR) [opens in new window]
• Employability Skills Training  [opens in a new window]