Career Ready! Workforce Ready!

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Career Ready!Workforce Ready!

• Preparing for Your Career

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How do YOU see YOUR future?

• What type of career do YOU want?
• What knowledge and skills will YOU bring to the
  workplace?

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SHRM-LIThe Society for Human Resource Management
- Long Island Chapter, Inc. Who are we?

• Local chapter of the professional national
  organization for human resource professionals
  which represents a global membership of more than
  200,000. SHRM has members in 120 countries
• SHRM-Long Island has more than 1,000 members and
  is comprised of all levels of HR
• Provides its membership with a forum for Human
  Resource professionals to exchange ideas,
  increase their knowledge, and work together for
  the betterment of the profession

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Why is SHRM Speaking to Students?

• LI Corporations have great careers but need
• to grow and remain on LI
• talented workers are already here.

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Location of Choice

• We want YOU to know
• What LI corporations we represent
• What type of workers are needed now and in the
  future

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• We want
• You to have a career on LI
• Remain on Long Island as your Location of
  Choice!

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WHY?

• do Long Island Companies Need You to be
  Career/Workforce Ready
• Global economy
• Highly competitive market

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WORKFORCE READY!

• Strong academic skills
• First class pre-employment skills
• 21st Century Success skills

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STRONG ACADEMIC SKILLSAbove-average success in
your core courses

• English
• Math
• Science
• Social Studies

• CTE
• Computer Literacy
• Financial Literacy
• Second Languages

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Strong CTE FoundationCareer and Technical
Education courses

• Apply your academic by taking courses in
• Business
• Technology
• Family Consumer Science
• Trade and Industrial

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Computer Literacy

• Microsoft
• Word word processing
• Excel spreadsheet
• PowerPoint media
• Outlook communications
• Publisher desktop publishing

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Computer Literacy

• Advanced Software Skills
• Microsoft Access database
• Web Design
• Project Management

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Financial Literacy

• Handling and saving your money for the future
• Checking and Savings Accounts
• Budgeting
• Use of Credit - avoidance of debt
• Identity theft
• Investments Save for the future

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Second Languages

• Speak and read languages other than English
• Be aware of various cultures, behaviors, history,
  values and morals

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FIRST CLASS PRE-EMPLOYMENT SKILLS

• Job application online or in person
• Resume
• Job Interview Skills
• Appearance and behavior
• Cover letters and emailing prospective employers

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Danger Zones

• Unusual email address
• Use of abbreviations in email messages
• Face book or MySpace pages
• Attitude
• Timely response to opportunities

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21st CENTURY SUCCESS SKILLS

• Critical thinking and problem-solving
• Use of resources and technology
• Multi-tasking and time management
• Communications written, oral and group
  presentations

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21st CENTURY SUCCESS SKILLS

• Interpersonal Skills and Teamwork
• Attitude/work ethic
• Global geography
• Cultural diversity and sensitivity

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HELP? How can SHRM help you Now and in the
Future?

• Pre-employment advice
• Shadowing/Internships
• Share real-world experiences

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LIFE LONG LEARNING

• Does Everyone Have to Go to
• College?

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LIFE LONG LEARNING

• NO!
• BUT

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LIFE LONG LEARNING

• Everyone will need to continue
• learning new knowledge and skills
• in order to remain employable.

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LIFE LONG LEARNING

• You continue to learn by
• Having your employer give you good training
• Completing a degree at a technical school or
  college
• Obtain training in the military

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ARE YOU WORKFORCE READY?
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ARE YOU WORKFORCE READY?

• Grades
• Career Plan
• Activities
• Resume Development

• 21st Century Skill Development
• Computer Literate
• Second Language
• Global Awareness

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Are you workforce ready?

• 1. You achieve a grade of 80 (B) or better in all
  your academic courses such as math, science,
  social studies, and English and your Career and
  Technical Education courses such as Business,
  Technology, Family Consumer Science and the
  trades?

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Are you workforce ready?

• 2. You have created a career plan which consists
  of your analysis of your interests and abilities
  which directs you to the appropriate career
  choices for your strengths?

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Are you workforce ready?

• 3. You have completed two of these three
  activities before graduation
• a shadowing experience,
• a volunteer experience,
• an internship and/or a supervised paid work
  experience?

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Are you workforce ready?

• 4. You participate in school clubs, sports or
  other organizations in which you are developing
  your communication and team playing skills?
• 5. You possess an updated resume of all your
  latest accomplishments?

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Are you workforce ready?

• 6. You can identify activities in your life in or
  out of the classroom in which you have developed
  the 21st Century skills
• critical thinking
• problem-solving
• use of resources
• technology

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Are you workforce ready?

• 7. You are computer literate?
• 8. You can speak and read a language other than
  English?

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Are you workforce ready?

• 9. You possess a global awareness and
  sensitivity as you are knowledgeable of other
  cultures history, politics, religion and values?
  

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• Work towards becoming
• Workforce Ready.

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• Questions
• Answers