Academics Career Guidance

1. Academics Career Guidance “Self Empowerment - How to Build/Meet Skills Required by Employers“ Presented By: Mr. Adieku Raphael (0772536654)

2. Intoduction • If you traversed the entire world, it would be difficult to find a person who does not want to make it in life. Whether on a farm, in an office or taxi, every worker wants his or her career to soar in the air like an eagle. • But the height of one’s success will be measured on how properly one handles fear using the following steps.

3. Courage •  It is not how many degrees; you have but the ability to go for something. There are many well read people yet they are not aggressive enough to do something outside their comfort zones. They want the cozy life with all its privileges, but they cannot work for it.

4. Seeing the big picture • Things may not seem the best at one’s work place, while a successful person will choose to focus on how best he o she can manage the situation, a coward will always be talking negatively and thinking of the worst.

5. Responsibility • While a brave person will own up the mistake he or she has done. Accept responsibility for your own frame of mind.

6. Skills Most Sought After by Employers • Exceptional listener and communicator who effectively conveys information verbally and in writing • Highly analytical thinking with demonstrated talent for identifying, scrutinizing, improving, and streamlining complex work processes.

7. Skills Most Sought After by Employers • Computer-literate performer with extensive software proficiency covering wide variety of applications. • Flexible team player who thrives in environments requiring ability to effectively prioritize and juggle multiple concurrent projects. • Proven relationship-builder with unsurpassed interpersonal skills.

8. Skills Most Sought After by Employers • Goal-driven leader who maintains a productive climate and confidently motivates, mobilizes, and coaches employees to meet high performance standards. • Personable professional whose strengths include cultural sensitivity and an ability to build rapport with a diverse workforce in multicultural settings. • Results-drivn achiever with exemplary planning and organizational skills, along with a high degree of detail orientation.

9. Skills Most Sought After by Employers • Innovative problem-solver who can generate workable solutions and resolve complaints. • Resourceful team player who excels at building trusting relationships with customers and colleagues.

10. Personal Values Employers Seek in Employees • Seasoned professional whose honesty and integrity provide for effective leadership and optimal business relationships. • Highly adaptable, mobile, positive, resilient, patient risk-taker who is open to new ideas. • Productive worker with solid work ethic who exerts optimal effort in successfully completing tasks. • Dependable, responsible contributor with committed to excellence and success.

11. Personal Values Employers Seek in Employees • Loyal and dedicated manager with an excellent work record. • Energetic performer consistently cited for unbridled passion for work, sunny disposition, and upbeat, positive attitude. • Conscientious go-getter who is highly organized, dedicated, and committed to professionalism. • Confident, hard-working employee who is committed to achieving excellence.

12. Personal Values Employers Seek in Employees • Highly motivated self-starter who takes initiative with minimal supervision. • Enthusiastic, knowledge-hungry learner, eager to meet challenges and quickly assimilate new concepts.

13. The End Thanks