Being Job Ready

1. Being Job Ready Lauren Dymkowski www.careersolutionspublishing.com

2. Being Job Ready What does “Being Job Ready” mean to YOU? www.careersolutionspublishing.com

3. Being Job Ready • States beginning to define what it means to be “work-ready” after graduation • California’s Strategic Two-Year Workforce Plan (2007-2009) • SCANS Workplace Know-How • Conference Board Survey of Results for recent graduates entering the workforce

4. Being Job Ready “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.”

5. Being Job Ready Parent and Student Perceptions vs. What the Employer Thinks

7. Being Job Ready What does “Being Job Ready” mean to EMPLOYERS?

8. Being Job Ready Characteristics of a good employee: • Positive • Reliable and accountable • Entrepreneurial • Motivated • Gracious • Organized www.careersolutionspublishing.com

9. Being Job Ready Characteristics of a good employee: • Prioritizes • Team-oriented • Listens • Speaks well • Creative

10. Being Job Ready 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 don’t like www.careersolutionspublishing.com

11. Being Job Ready Prepare to be a Leader • Keep the big picture in mind • Curb your personal interests • Be ready to lead www.careersolutionspublishing.com

12. Being Job Ready Keep Customers Happy • Remember that they pay your salary • Use good communication skills • Under-promise and over-deliver www.careersolutionspublishing.com

13. Being Job Ready The Occupational Information Network • Developed for the U.S. Department of Labor • O*Net 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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16. Being Job Ready “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

17. Being Job Ready Employers say that new employees should “hit the road running.” www.careersolutionspublishing.com

18. Being Job Ready The “Y” Generation • Characteristics • The disconnect with employers www.careersolutionspublishing.com

19. Being Job Ready “Life is not divided into semesters. You don’t get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you find yourself.” Bill Gates, Microsoft www.careersolutionspublishing.com

20. Being Job Ready 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!

21. 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”

22. 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

23. 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