Context

Essential Employability Skills (EES) are skills that, regardless of a student’s program or discipline, are critical for success in the workplace, in day-to-day living, and for lifelong learning.

The teaching and attainment of these EES for students in, and graduates from, Ontario’s colleges of applied arts and technology are anchored in a set of three fundamental assumptions:

• these skills are important for every adult to function successfully in society today;
• our colleges are well equipped and well positioned to prepare graduates with these skills;
• these skills are equally valuable for all graduates, regardless of the level of their credential, whether they pursue a career path, or they pursue further education.

Skill Categories

To capture these skills, the following six categories define the essential areas where graduates must demonstrate skills and knowledge.

• Communication
• Numeracy
• Critical Thinking & Problem Solving
• Information Management
• Interpersonal
• Personal

This is an article on EESO on the Ministry site that shows the 11 basic skills

http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/general/college/progstan/essential.html

Here is a summary list of the 11 (downloads a Word document).