Employment Skills

When you embark on your six-week Employment Skills Training course, you will learn to strengthen and develop six core competencies that lead to successful employment.

  • Activities are appropriate for all, regardless of disability or differences in learning style.
  • Program participation is weekdays from 9:30 am 2:30 pm for six weeks.

6 Components of Success

Professionalism

Defining professionalism

Workplace structures

Work culture

Self-reflection

Enthusiasm & Attitude

Positive thinking

Failure as a part of success

Failure as opportunity

Enthusiasm

Translation features to benefits

Networking

Researching employers

Overcoming fear

Informational interviews

Using social media to network

Email etiquette

Mapping your network

Communication

Types of communication

Non-verbal communication

Two-way communication

Taking and giving direction

Teamwork

Importance of teamwork

Individual strengths and needs

Characteristics of good team members

Barriers to effective teamwork

Roles of team players

Personality types

Managing teams

Problem Solving & Critical Thinking

Praise, criticism, and feedback

Workplace ethics

Decision-making

Perception vs. reality

Thinking on your feet