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COMM 202!

Skills Matrix

Tutorial #2- Helena

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Before we get started…

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1. Hand in your homework (Skills Matrix draft)

1. Name, student #, section #

2. Name tags out

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Office Hours

Turnitin registration

Conflicts with Networking Event

Plan for today

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1 Recap of Skills Matrix

2 Peer editing

3 Homework

Building blocks

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Skills Matrix

Resume

Stories that demonstrate your skills are the building blocks used to craft

resumes, cover letters and interview answers.

Cover Letter

Interviews

Job!

Skills Matrix Recap

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Situation: Who, what, when,

where.

Task: The “dragon”.

Action: The play-by-play/ “how-to”.

Result: The outcome.

Link

It takes practice: Helena’s Skills Matrix V1

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Experience Situation Task Action Result

Volunteer Asked to

coach the

first-ever

volleyball

class at the

YMCA

There was no

lesson plan

and my

supervisor did

not know

about

volleyball

Tried many

different

exercises with

the class and

used their

feedback to

adjust plans

quickly

I received

good

feedback from

the class

Adaptability

What is wrong with this STAR story?

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Experience Situation Task Action Result

Volunteer Asked to

coach the

first-ever

volleyball

class at the

YMCA

There was no

lesson plan

and my

supervisor did

not know

about

volleyball

Tried many

different

exercises with

the class and

used their

feedback to

adjust plans

quickly

I received

good

feedback from

the class

Not

specific

enough-

what type

of

volunteer?

Needs more

background

info. Class

for whom?

Doesn’t say

what I

needed to

do. This

belongs in

Situation.

Not enough

detail! Should

be 50-60% of

the STAR.

Feedback

on? Any

numbers?

Not enough detail and not specific.

Helena’s Skills Matrix V2

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Experience Situation Task Action Result

Volunteer

youth

volleyball

coach at

YMCA

Coach of first-

ever volleyball

class at YMCA

for 10-13 year

olds.

Supervisor did

not know about

volleyball and

did not have an

appropriate

lesson plan

prepared.

I had to run a

successful first

session to

create interest

in the new

program while

developing a

new lesson plan

suitable for the

skills and

interests of

youth.

Assessed skill level

of students and

made adjustments

for individual

students. Used

verbal instruction or

demos depending

on student

responses. Taught

varying difficulties

of the same drill

and modified class-

favorite exercises

to teach more

skills.

Created a

youth-friendly

volleyball

lesson plan

based on drills

and exercises

used each

class. Received

positive

feedback and

helped

enrollment

increase 200%.

Adaptability

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Skills Matrix Peer Review!

• Can you figure out Who, What, When, Where,

Why and How?

• Does the Result relate to the Actions and Tasks?

• Are the Actions 50-60% of the story?

• Is the story something an employer would care

about?

Homework

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Networking Event- Feb. 5th @ 6:00 pm in CPA Hall

Business casual

Mandatory

LinkedIn Profile- Feb. 6

Read the course blog for details

Networking Reflection- Feb 11

Research Assignment- Feb. 13th via Turnitin

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