Employability &

Entrepreneurial Skills
 Employability &
Entrepreneurial
Skills

Definition
• Employability skills are defined as skills required not only to
gain employment, but also to progress within an enterprise so
as to achieve one’s potential and contribute successfully to
enterprise strategic directions. (DEST, 2002)
• Entrepreneurial Skills can be defined as the ability to create
something new with value by devoting the necessary time
and effort, assuming the accompanying financial, psychic and
social risks, and receiving the resulting rewards of monetary
and personal satisfaction and independence (Hisrich & Peters,
2002)
Other Names for Employability Skills

• Key Skills
• Life Skills
• Generic Skills
• Essential Skills
• Key Competencies
• Necessary Skills
• Transferable Skills
[Allen Consulting Group, 2006, DEST 2006]
 Lulusan Binus University setidaknya
memiliki :
English/
Chinese/
Japanese
Proficiency

BINUS World-Class Employability &

Technical 6 Key Soft
Entrepreneurial ICT Skills
Skills
Graduates Competence Skills

Numerical
Literacy
 6 Key Soft
Skills

Six Key Soft Skills

Self-
Team Work Communication
Management

Problem Solving
Planning & Initiative &
& Decision
Organizing Enterprise
making
Sikap dan Ketrampilan lain yang juga diperlukan
lulusan Binus University antara lain:
• Loyalty
• An ability to deal with pressure
• A sense of humour
• Personal presentation
• Adaptability
• A balanced attitude to work and home life
• Positive self esteem
• Reliability
• Commitment
• Motivation
• Common sense
• Enthusiasm
 Jalur pelatihan soft skills

Interdisciplinary Subjects

Assessed; marked per

subject, per semester
• CB422 (CB: Spiritual Development),
CB432 (CB: Interpersonal Development),
CB442 (CB: Professional Development).

UPM Subjects
6 Key Soft
Skills • CB412 (CB : Self-Development),
J0692 (Entrepreneurship), and
• 3 out of 6 Courses selected by Head of Study
Program for UPM [delivered by FM and Tutors]

Supporting Program

Transcript
Student
Activity
• All Supporting Units/ Centres Programs
(especially under VR-III, VR IV and VR I)

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 Semua EES perlu
dilatihkan pada para
mahasiswa.

 3 dari 6 soft skills

dilatih dan di-
assess melalui
mata kuliah.
 Soft Skills yang di-
assess melalui mata kuliah
UPM yang ditutorialkan dan
yang diuji secara multi-papers,
adalah di slide-slide berikut ini:
 6 Key Soft Definitions Graduate Performance Indicators
Skills Competences Standards

The ability to Graduates will be Interacts and  Working as an individual

work with others able to collaborates with and a team member
in a professional demonstrate a others with empathy  Knowing how to define
own’s roles as part of a
manner with an global outlook
team
understanding of and an
cultural understanding of
differences while cultural Values and respects • Working with people of
attempting to sensitivities. differences and different ages, gender,
achieve a cultural diversity. race, religious,
common goal. educational and social-
economic backgrounds
Team Work with empathy
 Applying teamwork to
the ever changing
situations of workplace

Encourages others to • Identifying the strengths

achieve a common of team members
goal and exhibits  Coaching, mentoring and
strong leadership giving feedback
6 Key Soft Skills Definitions Graduate Performance Indicators
Competences Standards

The set of skills Graduates will be Ability to create and  Understanding written and
that enables a able to present oral or verbal instructions and basic
documentations related
person to demonstrate written reports . with job description, time
convey effective oral and table, schedule, procedures
information in written and working instructions
various communication  Expressing ideas & analysis
clearly, directly and
backgrounds skills with people
understandably both in
and from a variety of written and verbal reports
perspectives so backgrounds and
that it is perspectives. Expresses and  Being assertive and empathy
Communication
received and interprets ideas  Communicating (writing
understood. and explaining) effectively to
clearly and the needs of audience
effectively.
Demonstrates a
high proficiency in Negotiating, dealing and
persuading responsively and
oral and written effectively
communication in Communicating effectively to the
global environment. needs of organizational business
audience
 6 Key Soft Definitions Graduate Performance Indicators
Skills Competences Standards

Involves the Graduates will be Analyzes problems •Identifying, formulating and

Problem ability to find able to create and situations solving problems both
Solving & solutions to innovative holistically individually and in teams
• Testing assumptions taking
Decision problems using solutions, which
the context of data and
Making creativity, take ethical circumstances into account
reasoning, and considerations
past experiences into account.
Prepares creative
along with the •Developing creative and
alternatives which
available innovative solutions
take into account
information and • Applying a range of
ethical considerations
resources then strategies to solve problems
choose the ethically
appropriate
solutions and Designs constructive
breakthroughs for •Designs ethical constructive
designs ethical breakthroughs
constructive the benefits of
• Formulating value-adding
breakthroughs. customers and
solutions in a global,
environment. economic, environmental,
and societal context.
EES Guidelines for Lectures

Assessment
Soft Skills Indicators Proficiency Level
Need Average Above Average Excellent
Improvement (26-50) (51-75) (76-100)
(0-25)
Contributing to team Showing 1-2/6 Showing 3/6 Showing 4/6 Showing 5-6/6
Knowing own’s roles indicators indicators in the indicators indicators in the
in the class class in the class class
Working in diversity
Team Work Being flexible to ever changing situation
Dividing roles of team members
Giving feedback, Coaching or mentoring
Understanding instructions (oral & written) Showing 1-2/6 Showing 3/6 Showing 4/6 Showing 5-6/6
Expressing ideas (oral & written) indicators indicators in the indicators indicators in the
Communication Being assertive
in the class class in the class class

Communicating to needs of audience

Negotiating
Communicating to the needs of
organizational or business audience
Identifying problems Showing 1-2/6 Showing 3/6 Showing 4/6 Showing 5-6/6
Using data and circumstances to solve indicators indicators in the indicators indicators in the
Problem Solving problems in the class class in the class class
Developing creative and innovative
& Decision Solving problems ethically
Making Designing constructive breakthroughs
Formulating value-adding solutions in a
global, economic, environmental, and
societal context.
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