Employability Knowledge and Skills Inventory
Health Care Professionals
This resource was designed in consultation with service providers and internationally-trained health care professionals from three agencies in London, Ontario. It includes an inventory of employability knowledge and skills for health care professionals, and a questionnaire.
The inventory (anchor to “Inventory” below) may be used by employment and career councellors, to help them identify gaps in skills and knowledge which may influence the employability of their clients with health care background.
The questionnaire (anchor to “Questionnaire” below) will assist employment practitioners and their organizations collect information from Internationally Trained Health Care Professionals about:
- Level of need for resources and services in each category of employability knowledge and skills
- Awareness of existing resources and services, what resources and services have been used and what improvements are needed to them
- Priorities for development of new resources and services
The resource was developed during a study which explored the feasibility of using sector specific distance learning methods to meet the employment needs of internationally-trained health care professionals in Ontario . The study was conducted by Skills for Change and funded by The Office of Learning Technologies
Inventory
Major employability knowledge and skill categories
- Knowledge of How the Profession Works in Ontario
- regulatory bodies
- licensing
- workplace practices
- technologies used
- Assessment of Credentials
- Education and Training System in Ontario
- Prior Learning and Recognitio
- Language Knowledge
- English language skills
- sector/profession specific terminology
- Knowledge of the Health Care System in Ontario
- delivery systems, funding and relevant legislation
- institutions and roles
- Obtaining a Job in Canada
- standard job search skills
- employment programs
- Obtaining Employment in your Profession
- labour market information
- hiring practices of employers in the field
- professional associations
- networking
- sector-specific job search techniques
- mentors
- volunteering
- employment programs
- employment strategies
Questionnaire
Download this questionnaire as a Word document
Below is a list of the Employability Knowledge and Skills you need. We want to know about your needs for resources and services in these areas. In the right hand column, please indicate your level of need ( low, moderate or high) for resources and services for each of the elements listed.
| Knowledge & Skill Needed | Need for resources and services | ||
| Low | Moderate | High | |
| Knowledge of How the Profession Works in Ontario | |||
| Regulatory bodies | |||
| Licensing | |||
| Workplace practices | |||
| Technologies used | |||
| Assessment of Credentials | |||
| How this is done | |||
| The Education and Training System in Ontario | |||
| Prior learning and recognition | |||
| Language Skills | |||
| English language proficiency | |||
| Sector / profession specific terminology proficiency | |||
| Knowledge of the Health Care System in Ontario | |||
| Delivery systems | |||
| Funding | |||
| Relevant legislation | |||
| Different Institutions and their roles | |||
| Obtaining a Job in Canada | |||
| Standard job search skills | |||
| How to access employment programs | |||
| Obtaining Employment in Your Profession | |||
| Labour market information | |||
| Hiring practices of employers in the field | |||
| Professional associations | |||
| Networking | |||
| Sector-specific job search techniques | |||
| Mentors | |||
| Volunteering | |||
| Employment programs | |||
| Employment strategies | |||