Research on social emotional learning (SEL) and employability skills has shown positive outcomes for learners over the past three decades. They both represent skills and competencies that are important for adult learners in gaining workplace success. However, rather than focusing on each set of competencies separately in instruction, adult educators could benefit from understanding how SEL and employability skills can be combined. This paper focuses on defining both SEL and employability skills, identifying where the skills overlap as combined instructional practices, and discussing implications for adult education classrooms. [For the complete volume, "American Association for Adult and Continuing Education Inaugural 2020 Conference Proceedings (Online, October 27-30, 2020)," see ED611534.]