Cooperative Work Experience Education PowerPoint Presentation #2 Chapter 1 – Job Savvy: How to be a Success at Work

Where We Left Off…. In your last PowerPoint Presentation, I presented slides on 21 st Century Skills. To refresh your memory, the U.S. department of Labor listed three foundational skills and five workplace competencies.

Three Foundational Skills These skills are called “foundational.” The U.S. Department of Labor determined that in order for employees to be successful, they must have these three skills in order to lay the foundation upon further learning and experience. Think of these skills like the foundation of a building….if you don’t have the support structure, you can’t build “up.”

Three Foundational Skills The three foundational skills are: Basic Skills – reading, writing, mathematics, speaking, and listening skills. Basic Skills – reading, writing, mathematics, speaking, and listening skills. Thinking Skills – these include the ability to learn, reason, think creatively, make decisions, and problem solve. Thinking Skills – these include the ability to learn, reason, think creatively, make decisions, and problem solve. Personal Qualities – include individual responsibility, self – esteem, self- management, sociability, and integrity. Personal Qualities – include individual responsibility, self – esteem, self- management, sociability, and integrity.

Five Workplace Competencies According to the dictionary, the word “competency” is defined as, “the quality of being adequately or well qualified physically or intellectually.”

Five Workplace Competencies The five workplace competencies are: Resources – the ability to manage time, money, materials, space, and staff. Resources – the ability to manage time, money, materials, space, and staff. Interpersonal skills – the ability to work with others on teams, to teach others, to serve clients, as well as to lead, negotiate with, and work with people from diverse populations. Interpersonal skills – the ability to work with others on teams, to teach others, to serve clients, as well as to lead, negotiate with, and work with people from diverse populations. Information – the ability to acquire and evaluate data, organize and maintain files, interpret and communicate information, and use computers to process information. Information – the ability to acquire and evaluate data, organize and maintain files, interpret and communicate information, and use computers to process information.

Five Workplace Competencies (continued) Systems – including the ability to understand social, organizational, and technological systems, monitor and correct performance, and design or improve systems. Systems – including the ability to understand social, organizational, and technological systems, monitor and correct performance, and design or improve systems. Technology – including the ability to select equipment and tools, apply technology to specific tasks, and maintain and troubleshoot equipment. Technology – including the ability to select equipment and tools, apply technology to specific tasks, and maintain and troubleshoot equipment.

How Your Skills Help Your Employer (or Your Future Employer) I know many of you may not be working in your ideal job. The fact that you are in college, tells me you are improving yourself. Your current job may only be a “means to an end.” For many of you, your current employment may give you some of the money you need to survive.

How Your Skills Help Your Employer (or Your Future Employer) In order to prepare yourself for your ultimate career goal, you must think of your current job as the, “dress rehearsal.” Use this time (and job) to practice your foundational skills and workplace competencies.

How Your Skills Help Your Employer (or Your Future Employer) So how do these skills help your employer? By strengthening your skills, you are assisting your employer to: Provide a high quality product/service Provide a high quality product/service Satisfy the client’s needs/wants Satisfy the client’s needs/wants Make a profit Make a profit

More Importantly, How Do Your Skills Help You? Why should you care how your skills help your employer? The fact is, every action you create has a reaction that comes back to you. By using this time to do a good job, to develop and strengthen your skills, you are paving a path towards your ultimate career goal.

More Importantly, How Do Your Skills Help You? Think of this time (in school and at work – no matter if you plan to stay with your current employer or not) as time to practice and learn. Not only will you learn what you need to in order to do your dream job, but you will be developing a strong work ethic. Our reputation is built upon who we are and what we do.

Your Question…. Please answer the following question(s) and me your answer. “Tell me in your own words using three – five sentences, what is a work ethic? How do you rate your own work ethic?”