1. Types of employee Unit 3 Employability and Professional Development
HND in Computing and Systems Development

2. Purpose of unit A mandatory unit
Gain the skills required for effective employment
Manage your own personal development
Or in other words, prepare you for getting an IT job and having a successful career

3. Outcome At the end of the unit you will:
Take responsibility for your own personal and professional development
Demonstrate acquired interpersonal and transferrable skills
Understand the dynamics of working with others
Be able to develop strategies for problem solving

4. Skills Hard skills covered in other units This unit covers soft skills
Programming
Web design
Networking
This unit covers soft skills
personal attributes that enable someone to interact effectively and harmoniously with other people

5. Desirable soft skills
Take 5 minutes to discuss with your neighbour what you think the soft skills are that employers would be looking for

6. Soft skills that employers want?
Communication
Decision making
Showing commitment
Flexibility
Time management
Leadership
Creativity and problem solving
Teamwork
Accepting responsibility
Ability to work under pressure

7. What type of employee are you?
Complete the quiz
Circle your answers on the table
Which type has the most circles?

8. Type 3 - Shirker Displays boredom, apathy, moodiness
Unproductive worker
Not many friends or long-term supporters

9. Type 1 - Grandstander Tries to impress people—especially the boss
Probably not doing the actual job as well as it could be
More concerned about getting noticed than about getting good work done
Obnoxious and self-centred behaviour
Unpopular with colleagues

10. Type 2 - Pushover Too nice
At risk of getting burnt out and walked over
Work harder than you have to — all the time
You don’t take credit where credit is due
You don’t refuse grunt work
Labelled as a good “support person,” assuming you don’t have the skills to negotiate, delegate, or visualize big picture projects.

11. Type 4 – Good employee Level-headed, conscientious employee. Can
follow instructions,
take criticism
take initiative
Doesn’t feel the constant need to prove themselves or gain acceptance.
Good work ethic

12. Build a profile of yourself
Personality profile quiz
Based on work by Carl Jung and Myers-Briggs
Explore temperament, learning styles, relationships and stress management
Identify you as one of sixteen personality types
Go to
Screen grab the results and save them
Do you recognise yourself?

13. What soft skills do you have?
Now rank yourself (1-5 where 5 is very good)
Communication
Decision making
Showing commitment
Flexibility
Time management
Leadership
Creativity and problem solving
Teamwork
Accepting responsibility
Ability to work under pressure
Save the results

14. Next lesson
Come with an electronic copy of your CV