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THE ONTARIO CURRICULUM, GRADES 11 AND 12: BUSINESS STUDIES
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analyse economic conditions that encour- age the development of an enterprising workplace (e.g., global competition and innovation, pressures for increased productivity).
Employability Skills
By the end of this course, students will:
– explain how specific types of businesses require specific types of employees (e.g., automotive industry requiring tool and die makers, welders; software industry requiring engineers, programmers);
– compare the advantages and disadvantages of being paid by the hour, by salary, by commission, and on a contract basis from the standpoint of the employer and the employee;
– identify and describe employability skills required in today’s workplace (e.g., Human Resources and Social Develop- ment Canada [HRSDC] essential skills);
– evaluate their employability skills by conducting a self-assessment (e.g., self- inventory test at TOWES [Test of Workplace Essential Skills] website);
– explain how a person’s level of education can affect his or her employability.
