Employers today are searching for potential employees with strong "Employability Skills". What are those skills? According to the Conference Board of Canada, these transferable skills are:
- Fundamental Skills - The skills needed as a basis for further development
- Communicate
- Manage information
- Use numbers
- Think and solve problems
- Personal Management Skills - The personal skills, attitudes, and behaviours that drive one's potential for growth
- Demonstrate positive attitudes and behaviours
- Be responsible
- Be adaptable
- Learn continuously
- Work Safely
- Teamwork Skills - The skills and attributes needed to contribute productively
- Work with others
- Participate in projects and tasks
Careers in Business are endless. One advantage of studying business, is that you can work in any industry you like, for any company you desire, in any part of the world you choose.
Wondering what you can do with a postsecondary education in Business or Accounting? Check out the links to the resource created by the Laurier Career Development Centre:
Ontario's college and universities have many postsecondary programs that focus on Business. You can research these at: