3.2 Seven Job Skills

Going Forward

Fanshawe College has identified 7 Job Skills for the Future that all programs in the college embed into their curriculum. These Job Skills are generic to all industries and competence in these Job Skills is regarded as required for those seeking to build successful careers. It is important that soon-to-be-graduated students can identify these skills in themselves and understand how they can exhibit competence in these skills when meeting with potential employers. To this end, in this chapter, each of the Job Skills is defined.

All the 7 Job Skills for the Future are woven into the curriculum of Fanshawe College’s Pre-Health Science program. Pre-Health Science will cover each job skill listed with specific focus on self-directed learning, resilience, and complex problem solving. These 3 skills are specific as foundational learning skills in preparing for the high mental and physical stress of health care professions.

“4.2 Seven Job Skills” from Working in Play: Planning for a Career in the Recreation and Leisure Industry in Canada by Linda Whitehead is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.