YL Program – Skills

The Explorer Young Leader program is a great opportunity for young people to learn new skills that will help them in their future endeavours.

There is a great scout PDF document that helps outline how to express the skills a young person has learned in Scouting when applying for jobs or university. Please click this link to open the PDF from the scouting website – Getting Ahead – Scouting and Employability . This PDF includes tips for including the key skills below in CV’s and preparing for interview questions.

  • Leadership
  • Communicating with people of different ages
  • Interpersonal skills
  • Independence
  • Flexibility and adaptability
  • Commitment
  • Able to cope with responsibility
  • Decision making
  • Trustworthy