PROFESSIONALISM:DOING WHAT WORKS

LEARNING TARGETSI will be able to…• IDENTIFY QUALITIES EMPLOYERS

SEEK IN PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEES• ANALYZE BEHAVIOR THAT MAY OR

MAY NOT BE APPROPRIATE IN THE WORKPLACE

• PRACTICE APPOPRIATE SKILSS AND BEHAVIOR BASED ON POSSIBLE WORKPLACE SCENARIOS

VOCABULARY (test questions, wink wink)

• Career – a job or series of jobs over time; usually means a person can move to a higher level of income and/or position over time.

• Manager – person who oversees the daily functioning of a business; usually takes care of tasks such as hiring employees, handling customer problems, and making the weekly schedule

Vocab…

• Professionalism – the qualities and behavior that are expected in the workplace

• Workplace – where a person works; can include any location work is done, even if it is outdoors or away from the usual place of business

What’s your favorite retail store?• If you owned or managed that

store – what skills would you want your employees to have?

• What skills would you not want them to have?