Key skills

Key skills are the essential skills that will help you to be successful at work, in training, during study and in life. Consider the questions below to find out more.

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Do employers and college admissions tutors look for applicants who can give evidence of key skills?
- Yes, employers and college admissions tutors look for applicants who can give evidence of key skills.
- No, employers and college admissions tutors do not look for applicants who can give evidence of key skills.
Taking certain exams might mean I am exempt from having to sit a key skills test.
- Yes, taking certain exams might mean I am exempt from having to sit a key skills test.
- No, taking certain exams might not mean I am exempt from having to sit a key skills test.
Can you think of examples of where you already demonstrate key skills?
- Yes, I can think of examples of where I already demonstrate key skills.
- No, I can not think of examples of where I already demonstrate key skills.

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