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Chapter 1 – Chapter 1 – Job Savvy: How Job Savvy: How to be a Success at Workto be a Success at Work

Where We Left Off….Where We Left Off….

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

Three Foundational SkillsThree Foundational Skills

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

Three Foundational SkillsThree Foundational Skills

The three foundational skills are:The three foundational skills are: Basic Skills – reading, writing, Basic Skills – reading, writing,

mathematics, speaking, and listening mathematics, speaking, and listening skills.skills.

Thinking Skills – these include the ability Thinking Skills – these include the ability to learn, reason, think creatively, make to learn, reason, think creatively, make decisions, and problem solve.decisions, and problem solve.

Personal Qualities – include individual Personal Qualities – include individual responsibility, self – esteem, self-responsibility, self – esteem, self-management, sociability, and integrity.management, sociability, and integrity.

Five Workplace Five Workplace CompetenciesCompetencies

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

Five Workplace Five Workplace CompetenciesCompetencies

The five workplace competencies are:The five workplace competencies are: Resources – the ability to manage time, Resources – the ability to manage time,

money, materials, space, and staff.money, materials, space, and staff. Interpersonal skills – the ability to work with Interpersonal skills – the ability to work with

others on teams, to teach others, to serve others on teams, to teach others, to serve clients, as well as to lead, negotiate with, and clients, as well as to lead, negotiate with, and work with people from diverse populations.work with people from diverse populations.

Information – the ability to acquire and Information – the ability to acquire and evaluate data, organize and maintain files, evaluate data, organize and maintain files, interpret and communicate information, and interpret and communicate information, and use computers to process information.use computers to process information.

Five Workplace Competencies Five Workplace Competencies (continued)(continued)

Systems – including the ability to Systems – including the ability to understand social, organizational, and understand social, organizational, and technological systems, monitor and technological systems, monitor and correct performance, and design or correct performance, and design or improve systems.improve systems.

Technology – including the ability to Technology – including the ability to select equipment and tools, apply select equipment and tools, apply technology to specific tasks, and technology to specific tasks, and maintain and troubleshoot equipment.maintain and troubleshoot equipment.

How Your Skills Help Your How Your Skills Help Your Employer (or Your Future Employer (or Your Future

Employer)Employer)I know many of you may not be I know many of you may not be

working in your ideal job. The fact working in your ideal job. The fact that you are in college, tells me you that you are in college, tells me you are improving yourself. Your current are improving yourself. Your current job may only be a “means to an job may only be a “means to an end.” For many of you, your current end.” For many of you, your current employment may give you some of employment may give you some of the money you need to survive. the money you need to survive.

How Your Skills Help Your How Your Skills Help Your Employer (or Your Future Employer (or Your Future

Employer)Employer)In order to prepare yourself for your In order to prepare yourself for your

ultimate career goal, you must think ultimate career goal, you must think of your current job as the, “dress of your current job as the, “dress rehearsal.” Use this time (and job) to rehearsal.” Use this time (and job) to practice your foundational skills and practice your foundational skills and workplace competencies. workplace competencies.

How Your Skills Help Your How Your Skills Help Your Employer (or Your Future Employer (or Your Future

Employer)Employer)So how do these skills help your So how do these skills help your

employer?employer?

By strengthening your skills, you are By strengthening your skills, you are assisting your employer to:assisting your employer to:Provide a high quality product/serviceProvide a high quality product/serviceSatisfy the client’s needs/wantsSatisfy the client’s needs/wantsMake a profitMake a profit

More Importantly, How Do Your More Importantly, How Do Your Skills Help You?Skills Help You?

Why should you care how your skills help Why should you care how your skills help your employer?your employer?

The fact is, every action you create has a The fact is, every action you create has a reaction that comes back to you.reaction that comes back to you.

By using this time to do a good job, to By using this time to do a good job, to develop and strengthen your skills, you develop and strengthen your skills, you are paving a path towards your ultimate are paving a path towards your ultimate career goal.career goal.

More Importantly, How Do Your More Importantly, How Do Your Skills Help You?Skills Help You?

Think of this time (in school and at work – no Think of this time (in school and at work – no matter if you plan to stay with your matter if you plan to stay with your current employer or not) as time to current employer or not) as time to practice and learn. practice and learn.

Not only will you learn what you need to in Not only will you learn what you need to in order to do your dream job, but you will be order to do your dream job, but you will be developing a strong work ethic. Our developing a strong work ethic. Our reputation is built upon who we are and reputation is built upon who we are and what we do. what we do.

Your Question….Your Question….

Please answer the following Please answer the following question(s) and email me your question(s) and email me your answer.answer.

(stephaniedroker@whccd.edu) (stephaniedroker@whccd.edu)

““Tell me in your own words using three Tell me in your own words using three – five sentences, what is a work – five sentences, what is a work ethic? How do you rate your own ethic? How do you rate your own work ethic?”work ethic?”