How to Assess Your Employability Skills

LINKup recommends an assessment strategy called Validated Self Assessment (VSA). Make sure you find out HOW this assessment works and then register yourself to use the LINKup Assessment tools.

To REGISTER and USE the LINKup Assessment tools you must …

1. View the LINKup – how to do it! Powerpoint presentation for answers to the following 'Objectives'
2. Pass a short Self Check assessment based directly on these ‘Objectives’

 

Objectives

1. What are the 'LINKup Employability Skills'?
2. Why are Employability Skills so important?
3. Why ‘assess’ Employability Skills?
4. Who assesses your Employability Skills?
5. How are your Employability Skills assessed?
6. What are the 3 Performance Levels?
7. How can Validated Self Assessment benefit you?
8. What are the steps involved in Self Assessment?
9. What’s involved in Validation?

 

Further Information

Employability Skills Assessment (for Everyone)

LINKup – how to do it! - PowerPoint file (768KB).
An overview of the self assessment of Employability Skills. This contains all the answers to the Objectives!

Sample Validated Self Assessment Sheet - Word file (101KB)
For the Employability Skill "Using Information". The complete package of LINKup Validated Self Assessment forms available upon successful registration.

VIDEO - LINKup Made Easy! 7min duration .EXE - Download .ZIP Version (3.9MB)
Shows the easiest way to start using LINKup to self assess your Employability Skills.

VIDEO - Assessment Form Demonstration – 5min duration .EXE file (2.6MB) - Download .ZIP Version (2.6MB)
Find out about these innovative forms making assessment EASIER.

LINKup Assessment Guidelines - Word file (49KB)
Concise summary of the guidelines for Validated Self Assessment

LINKup VSA Procedure - Word file (57KB)
Step by step outline of procedure for self assessment and validation

LINKup Employability Skills - Word file (50KB)
Brief descriptors of all Employability Skills and the Performance Levels

LINKup Learning Styles Evaluation - Word file (230KB)
Explore your personal learning style & skills profile.

 

Implementing Employability Skills Assessment (for Trainers)

LINKup - for Training Packages - PowerPoint file (935KB)
LINKup offers a 'Developmental Learning Strategy' to support assessment of Employability Skills in Training Packages.

LINKup – every bit worthwhile - PowerPoint file (958KB).
Presentation of the educational rationale for self assessment of Employability Skills.

LINKup Assessment Principles - Word file (61KB)
Fundamental Principles of LINKup Employability Skills Assessment including Assessment Recommendations from the Mayer Key Competencies Report (Sept, 1992)

LINKup Developmental Model - Word file (59KB)
Assortment of descriptions of the developmental Performance Levels

LINKup Review Sheet - Word file (68KB)
Suggested review sheet for providing feedback to student

 

LINKup Website Information

LINKup Website Overview – Word file (419KB)
An ideal document to inform people about this LINKup website.

LINKup Flyer – PDF file (175KB)
Use this to inform people about the LINKup website.

 

Research Documents

Key Competencies Assessment at TAFE SA (formerly Torrens Valley TAFE)

Employability Skills Assessment: Not just designed, but Engineered to work! - Word file (420KB)
Presented at 2005 NCVER National Research Conference - 7 July 2005

Alverno Torrens Valley TAFE Benchmarking - Word file (296KB)
Final report of Torrens Valley TAFE Key Competencies Assessment benchmarking exercise with Alverno College USA - the best in the world!

Assessment of Key Competencies - TVTAFE Approach - Word file (99KB)
A detailed look at the development of Key Competencies Assessment strategy by Torrens Valley TAFE

Interview with Rob Denton 1996 Outline of industry research conducted in 1996 on Key Competencies Assessment

Stories from the field

NCVER Stories from the field - Short stories of practical experiences with Key Competencies Assessment

• Hair & Beauty - Acrobat PDF file (117KB)
• Business Services - Acrobat PDF file (106KB)
• Electronics & Information Technology - Acrobat PDF file (131KB)
  Video version - Quicktime format (2.9MB) Get QuickTime™
• Torrens Valley TAFE - Acrobat PDF file (223KB)

Employability Skills Background

• Employability Skills for the Future - Acrobat PDF file (760KB)
  Report by the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Business Council of Australia outlining the Employability Skills Framework.
• ACCI Employability Skills Brochure