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EASIT - Easy access
for social inclusion training

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This is Unit 4 - The profession

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Element 1 - Personal skills

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Key elements of personal skills

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The video was created by RTV Slovenia
and Zavod RISA.

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The animation offers insight 
into desired personal skills

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for producing quality Easy-to-understand information.

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As other teaching materials support the learner 
in developing mostly hard skills,

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this video primarily focuses
 on the softer side of the scale.

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So you think you have what it takes 
to be a professional

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in the field of Easy-to-understand information?

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Are your personal skills already there?

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Which might those be, you ask?

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Let us cover some of them.

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Critical thinking is an ability or skill

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which lets you think rationally and clearly.

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This skill is vital for producing quality 
Easy-to-understand information.

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In a sea of facts, you need to
be able to recognize

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all the essential information.

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Understanding links between 
effects and ideas is crucial.  

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So is precision.

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One must be analytical,
yet innovative and creative

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to find the best solutions.

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Inquisitiveness could be listed 
as a part of critical thinking

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as it is extremely important.

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Let us have a closer look.

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To be able to provide quality 
easy to understand solutions

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that are useful,
you must be prepared to learn.

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Be curious.

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Be imaginative.

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Ask yourself and others
relevant questions.

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Curiosity is your compass.

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You need to strive in order to understand.

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We put flexibility before setting 
goals and time management

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as you will have to be
 quite adaptable and dynamic.

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Sometimes the solutions you would prefer
 just do not work.

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It is okay to let go.

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Go back to the drawing board 
and search for better ones.

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In fact if, you want the Easy-to-understand 
information to really be of good use,

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you will perhaps sometimes need to let go 
of some of your beliefs and old practices  

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In general, goals can be divided 
into short-term and long-term.

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Short-term goals help us 
achieve long-term goals.

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And they need to be smart-

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Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant and Time-bound.

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There are many tips and tricks 
on how to be an efficient goal setter. 

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Our only advice would be
to not set your goals too low or too high.

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Goal setting is a process,
 so do not be afraid to modify your goals.

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Flexibility, remember? 

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If you want to manage your time well,
your goals and tasks need to be clearly defined.

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To be a good time manager,

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one must learn how to prioritize,
schedule, list and delegate tasks.

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But also rest.

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The world of information is often speedy

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and it is changing fast.

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There are many tools 
for efficient time management.

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Some are presented in our 
Tools for time and work management video lecture.

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You might want to set the task 
of watching that, too

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and complete the task as soon as possible.

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Can you take an honest look at your work?

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Congratulations, if you have
already done so.

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Self-reflection is the one skill that 
enables you to improve as a professional. 

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Ask yourself hard questions 
and challenge yourself.

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As you will improve as a professional,

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your work will become more valuable 
and more useful to the end-users.

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Always be patient, never be lazy.

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Those are the  words
that a lot of professionals could describe as

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their daily drive with.

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Easy information does not come easily.

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Most often it is hard work.

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Some things just take time.

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As your technical and other skills
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you will find yourself spending
less and less time at your tasks.

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Still, it might take a lot of patience
to learn how to do hard things easily.

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Sometimes can be hard to achieve

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Easy-to-understand information.

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So far, we have mostly discussed
so-called soft personal skills.

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Written communication skills are

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a bit on the hard side of the skill spectrum.

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You can learn it, to a point,
in school or in a workshop.

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To effectively exercise this skill,
 you will probably need

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some other difficult skills,
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information technology skills 

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and language proficiency.

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Perhaps you will walk away from 
written or spoken language

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and devote your work
 to photography, illustration,

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or some technical aspects
of Easy-to-understand information.

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In that case, you will need to develop
various other core skills

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but examples of soft skills
from our list

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are pretty much essential
for the field.

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One last word from us-

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always strive for the quality
of Easy-to-understand information.

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In so doing, you will be able 
to identify the skills you need

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to develop further,
and the knowledge you must gain.

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Good luck and happy travels!

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The script was prepared by 
Zavod RISA and RTV Slovenia.

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Graphical design and animation 
were created by Blaž Zajc.

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It was produced by RTV Slovenia in 2021.