Being Job Ready

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Being Job Ready
Lauren Dymkowski
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Being Job Ready
What does Being Job Ready mean to YOU?
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• States beginning to define what it means to be
  work-ready after graduation
• Californias 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 Perceptions
• vs.
• 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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• Characteristics 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 dont 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
• ONet 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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SALES 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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SALES 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 dont
• get summers off and very few employers are
• interested 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

Millennials There 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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