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Being Job Ready

www.careersolutionspublishing.com

Lauren Dymkowski

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Being Job Ready

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What does

“Being Job Ready”

mean to YOU?

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Being Job Ready States beginning to define what it means

to be “work-ready” after graduation

California’s Strategic Two-Year Workforce Plan (2007-2009) SCANS Workplace Know-How Conference Board Survey of Results for recent graduates

entering the workforce

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“70% of human-resource officials cited deficiencies among graduates in applied skills, such as professionalism and work ethic, including punctuality, working productively with others, and time and workload management.”

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Parent and Student Perceptionsvs.

What the Employer Thinks

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What does “Being Job Ready” mean to EMPLOYERS?

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Characteristics of a good employee: Positive Reliable and accountable Entrepreneurial Motivated Gracious Organized

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Being Job ReadyCharacteristics of a good employee: Prioritizes Team-oriented Listens Speaks well Creative

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Take Common Sense to Work Learn how to problem solve Look for practical answers Disagree without being disagreeable Keep emotions in check Be polite to people you don’t like

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Prepare to be a Leader Keep the big picture in mind Curb your personal interests Be ready to lead

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Keep Customers Happy Remember that they pay your salary Use good communication skills Under-promise and over-deliver

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The Occupational Information Network Developed for the U.S. Department of Labor O*Net lists the most important types of

knowledge, skills, and abilities for hundreds of occupations.

How important are soft skills to every occupation?

http://online.onetcenter.org/

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Being Job ReadySALES MANAGER

SKILLS:Active Listening — Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.

Speaking — Talking to others to convey information effectively.

Mathematics — Using mathematics to solve problems.

Time Management — Managing one's own time and the time of others.

Service Orientation — Actively looking for ways to help people.

Persuasion — Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.

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Being Job ReadySALES MANAGER

ABILITIES:

Oral Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.

Oral Comprehension — The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.

Speech Clarity — The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.

Problem Sensitivity — The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.

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“Employers we interviewed said they were able to redesign jobs around academic-skills deficiencies, but not soft-skill deficiencies.”

James E. Rosenbaum Sociologist, Northwestern

University

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Employers say that new employees should “hit the road running.”

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The “Y” Generation Characteristics The disconnect with employers

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“Life is not divided into semesters. You don’tget summers off and very few employers areinterested in helping you find yourself.”

Bill Gates, Microsoft

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60 Minutes special on the “Millennials” entering the work force

http://60minutes.yahoo.com/segment/113/millennials

MillennialsThere are about 80 million of them - born between 1980 and 1995 - and they approach business in revolutionary new ways. They need pampering, and if you don't tell them what they want to hear, they're gone!

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How to Help Gen Y Students Develop Work Readiness Skills

California Applications• Napa New Technology School

• The Iraq war and English/Geography• Team project creating a timeline for withdrawal• Responsible for assigning each member a task• Presented their case to “Congress”

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How to Help Gen Y Students Develop Work Readiness Skills

California Applications• Sacramento New Technology High School

• Hybrid vs. gas cars and Algebra 2• Team project calculating the cost for each per mile• Used computers to graph results and create formal

presentation• Analyzed the results and presented it to a panel of

undecided shoppers

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How to Help Gen Y Students Develop Work Readiness Skills

Students were assessed on the following skills: Academic Critical thinking Problem solving Oral and written communication Teamwork Citizenship and ethics

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