Type of skills required in the employment market

1.Foundational skills. Foundational skills are the ones every worker needs to exist in a work environment. These include the following: ¡. Basic: These are skills that are essential for all people to survive in life. ¡¡. People: These are skills required to live satisfactorily with others in any society ¡¡¡. Thinking: These are sometimes referred to as common sense. ¡v. Personal qualities: These are unique skills peculiar to a person due to his genetic traits. 2. Marketable skills. These skills can also be referred to "Work Content Statements". They are skills that help an employer in his decision to hire an employee to perform specific tasks. These include the following: ¡. All of the Foundational Skill. ¡¡. The skills listed in job vacancy advertisements. ¡¡¡. Skills unique to a particular company that other companies do not use. 3. Transferable Skills. Transferable skills are those that you can transfer from one occupation to another. For example, an architect can transfer his or her skills to occupations like that of an Engineer or a Builder. Your transferable skills are valuable because they enable you to work in a variety of occupations in different but related industry. 4. Motivated Skills. Motivated skills are those skills that you enjoy using. It is important you know this skills if, you want to work at something you enjoy doing. These are especially important in thinking about your career direction.