Skills 4 Success 3.00 – Understand the world of work and skills needed for employment success. 3.02 – Understand various skills needed for employment success.

Introducing . . . Listening Social Problem-solving Workplace Specific Skills Teamwork Basic skills Interpersonal skills Thinking skills Communication Resources Organizing and planning Technology Adaptability Information Systems Transferable Skills Foundation Skills Personal Qualities Listening Decision-making 3.02 Understand skills needed for employment success

SCANS SCANS is the Secretary’s Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills for the work-place. 3 categories: Foundation Workplace-specific Transferable 3.02 Understand skills needed for employment success

Foundation Skills – Basic Reading – to interpret documents such as manuals, graphs & schedules Writing – communicating with documents such as letters, directions, manuals, reports, graphs & flow charts Arithmetic/Mathematics – basic computations & problem solving Listening Speaking 3.02 Understand skills needed for employment success

Thinking Skills Creativity Decision Making Problem Solving Being able to Visualize Knowing how to learn Reasoning 3.02 Understand skills needed for employment success

Personal Qualities Responsibility Self-Esteem Sociability Self-Management Integrity/Honesty 3.02 Understand skills needed for employment success

Workplace Specific Skills 3.02 Understand skills needed for employment success

Resources Time – as with scheduling Money – uses or prepares budgets Material and Facilities – acquires, stores & allocates efficiently Human Resources – evaluates performance and provides feedback 3.02 Understand skills needed for employment success

Interpersonal Member of a Team – contributes to group effort Teaches Others New Skills Serves Clients/Customers Exercises Leadership Negotiates – makes agreements Works with Diversity – works well with different types of people 3.02 Understand skills needed for employment success

Information Acquires and Evaluates Information Organizes and Maintains Information Interprets and Communicates Information using oral, written, graphic, pictorial, or multimedia methods Uses Computers 3.02 Understand skills needed for employment success

Systems Understands Systems – knows how social, organizational, and technological systems work Monitors and Corrects Performance – distinguishes trend & predicts impacts on system operations Improves or Designs Systems – to improve performance 3.02 Understand skills needed for employment success

Technology Selects Technology Applies Technology to Task Maintains and Troubleshoots Equipment 3.02 Understand skills needed for employment success

Transferable Skills You can take from one job to the next such as: internships, part-time jobs, groups, or organization. 3.02 Understand skills needed for employment success

Examples of Transferable Skills A presentation at a meeting about competitive events Basic Foundation Skill – Listening and Speaking Workplace-Specific Skill – Interprets and communicates information You organized a surprise party by making out a guest list, sending invitations and directions, preparing food, and cleaning the house Basic Foundation Skill – Writing Workplace-Specific Skill – Resources – time, money, materials 3.02 Understand skills needed for employment success