There are 5 basic skills for career success, basic career skills, team and interpersonal, ongoing job search achievement, job performance, career and job development. Basic educational skills are taught to you by the end of junior high school, the student should know how to read, write and know basic math skills. Some skills needed in basic career skills would be typing skills, computer skills, and you should also know how to operate a fax machine, copier, and basic word processing skills just to get you started. Team and interpersonal skills are how well a person speaks, and do they proper manners and customer service skills. Depending on the job, not everyone needs to be outgoing, but if you work with others you will need to be. Ongoing job search can be hard, finding the right job requires determination. If you only send out 2 applications in 2 months, the chances of you getting the job are probably slim, but if you were to send out 2 or 5 per day your chances get a little higher. Companies that are hiring are usually looking for someone with positive attitudes and enthusiasm. You job performance is what will keep you in a job, if you perform don’t perform well you will more than likely get fired, so that they can hire someone that will perform better. Career performance could also move you up the ladder to a better position and even might make you more money. The key to job development is to learn new skills, updating already learned skills, and applying new concepts. This can be done by taking a class, self study program, or a seminar and being open to new opportunities to grow your career.