Lecture 5 - Transferable skills for the present and the future

Question 1

What are digital skills?

Answer 1

• any skills related to using and understanding digital tools
• can be hardware (computers etc.), software (word etc.) or online applications
• e.g.s include online shopping, emailing colleagues

Question 2

What are technical skills?

Answer 2

• relate to having knowledge relating to specific technical tools needed for the completion of a particular task
• e.g. knowing how to use specific research equipment

Question 3

What are digital and technical skills that you will use during your degree?

Answer 3

• accessing materials online via Blackboard Ultra
• online registration systems
• typing essays on word
• using Excel for data
• conducting statistical analyses using JASP
• accessing and searching through library resources
• using email to keep up-dated with information

Question 4

What are digital and technical skills that you will use beyond your degree?

Answer 4

• most jobs require some degree of digital literacy e.g. using Word or Excel
• the demand for digital skills has increased

Question 5

What is a digital footprint?

Answer 5

• it’s the information that you share online and which other people can find out about you
• 70% of employers will search candidates online via social media

Question 6

Remote and asynchronous working?

Answer 6

• asynchronous working = people working remotely at different times to each other
• many businesses use home-working or hybrid working
• problems can be overcome by video conferencing, chat and digital shared workspaces

Question 7

Video conferencing?

Answer 7

• e.g. Zoom, Teams
• challenges include coordinating a time that is suitable for everyone

Question 8

Chat?

Answer 8

• e.g. Messenger, WhatsApp
• challenges include not everyone having these apps, people not being comfortable sharing information with these apps

Question 9

Digital shared workplace?

Answer 9

• e.g. google docs, Teams, Slack, Padlet
• allows multiple users to share documents and work on them simultaneously limiting unneccessary communication
• however they sometimes cost

Question 10

Problem solving?

Answer 10

• involves finding a solution when you encounter a challenge
• it is a key transferable skill that employers are looking for
• one of the main problems in psych research is people not wanting to take part, this can be solved by adding incentives etc.

Question 11

What is adaptability?

Answer 11

• refers to someone’s willingness to take on new challenges to learn or change in order to succeed and to adjust to changing demands
• e.g. developing a new leadership style to better motivate your employers and increase productivity

Question 12

What did Monteiro explore?

Answer 12

• the effect of career adaptability on the employment status of graduates transitioning from uni to the workplace
• found that students who were employed sooner after graduation had a higher career adaptability score

Question 13

What is resilience?

Answer 13

• refers to someone who has the ability to ‘bounce back’ after some sort of setback

Question 14

What is career resilience according to Collard et al 1996?

Answer 14

• the ability to adapt to changing circumstances even when the circumstances are discouraging or disruptive
• is normally required on job applications

Question 15

Duckworth (2007)?

Answer 15

• resilience is part of what Duckworth describes as grit which she has found to be an indicator of achievement
• Duckworth defines grit as ‘perseverance and passion for long term goals’
• according to Duckworth: talent x effort = skill and skill x effort = achievement