Marietta High School Employability Skills Cheryl Wilson

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Skill Presentation Assignment

Employability Skills Assignment

Students will explore employer expectations, soft skill requirements, desired by business and industry set personal goals and work on meeting these goals. Students will present their findings to the class using a Prezi, PowerPoint or PowToon.

ABCs of Employability Students will create an employee information package that defines employability skills relating to communication, personal qualities, numeracy & literacy, and problem solving. Each skill can be defined with an example and/or picture. The presentation can be PowerPoint, Prezi, Foldable, Brochure, etc.)

Guest Speaker Advisory Committee members visit class to speak with students about soft skills.

Skills Scavenger Hunt Students will interview someone to find out the type of skills they perform on their job.

Strengths and Weakness Students will list five personal strengths relating to employability skills and one weakness; then write a 100 word paragraph on how they can overcome their weakness.

Name ___________________________________________ Block _____________

IT-IDT-1 – Demonstrate employability skills required by business and industry.

Employability Skills Assignment

Students will use this question to research and gather the data that they will need for this activity. The final

activity submission must be in the form of a Prezi, PowerPoint or PowToon. Be creative with your method of

deliver to the class to make it interesting!

1. What do you think employers expect out of their employees? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2. Research the Top 5 Employability Skills that employers look for in their employees. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3. Why do you think it is important to have these skills (from #2)? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4. Research and list the Top 5 reasons that people lose their jobs and/or are fired. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Personal Goals

1. Think about and list your Top 3 Goals (personal goals) for the next 3 years. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2. List 5 things that you must do to achieve the goals listed in #1. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3. What are you plans for life immediately after high school (college, trade school, junior college, work, etc)?

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4. What is your career goal? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

5. List 7-10 things that you must do in order to achieve your career goal listed in #4. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

You will now take this information and present it to the class in the form of a formal presentation (Prezi,

PowerPoint, or PowToon may be used). Be creative!

**See rubric for specific presentation guidelines**

RUBRIC –

Questions Completed – 9 Questions Total _____45 pts (5 each)

Presentation Completion

1. Information included for all questions _____ 10 pts. 2. Related graphics _____ 10 pts. 3. Design elements and color schemes used _____ 10 pts. 4. Transitions and Animations _____ 10 pts. 5. Automatic timing of transitions _____ 5 pts. 6. Audio included (Bonus) _____ 10 pts.

Total Points _________/100 pts.

The ABC’s of Employability

IT-IDT-1: Demonstrate employability required by business and industry.

Directions: Using the employability skills listed below create a new employee information

package. Define each skill with an example and/or a picture. The presentation is your choice

(PowerPoint, Foldable, Brochure, etc…).

Communication Talking & listening skills Able to deal with public – good Customer care Develop good working relationships Able to understand & follow instructions Telephone skills IT skills Communicates confidently

Personal Qualities Able to accept praise Enthusiastic and motivated (have passion for job and company) Honest Dependable Works hard and willing to learn (above and beyond job description) Flexible Expresses own ideas appropriately Respects equal opportunities

Is responsible/reliable for self and others assigned to you. Shows initiative with own workload Able to plan and organize tasks Dresses appropriately Numeracy & Literacy Skills Using Numbers Writing Messages and Letters Understand the importance of correct spelling, grammar, punctuation and capitalizations Problem Solving Able to overcome problems – find a solution Able to make decisions that are good for the company Use own initiative – thinking for yourself Able to ask for help - know Able to manage own learning

Not Completed

(0-3) Complete

(4-7) Job Well Done!

(8-10)

Points 10 each

(20 total)

Project Project incomplete Project is complete without initiative

Project is complete with either

transitions, color and initiative

Design

Project is incomplete

contains spelling, grammar and capitalization

problems

Project is well organized, few

spelling, grammar and capitalization

problems

Project is well organized and easy to

follow including correct grammar,

spellings and capitalizations

Total Points Earned

Student Sample

SKILLS SCAVENGER HUNT

Do you know that workers use the same skills on their jobs as you do in school?

Directions: Select someone you know to interview. Ask them the following questions

concerning skills they use on their job.

1. What’s your job title? Recruiting coordinator

2. What kinds of things do you read? None at work

3. What kind of writing do you do? Writing is not an essential component to this position. Everything is computer-based

4. Do you communicate by speaking and listening? (Explain) Yes. In order to complete the task that I need to do I need to be able to communicate back and forth with those that I work with to in sure that I complete my tasks correctly.

5. What kinds of mathematics are used on your job? None

6. Does your company have customers or work with people in different counties, cities, states or countries? Examples? Yes, but the areas that I work in its corporate so we do not deal with the customers on a day to day basis like our agents do.

7. How are major decisions made in your department? Examples: By higher-ups in the corporate office. For example won’t change to a new applicant tracking system that was a major decision that was made by our town acquisition team we would not have been able to make that decision or make those changes without them.

8. Are you a problem solver at work? Could you give an example please? Yes, there was an issue with how information and recruiting results were being communicated to our immediate supervisors and managers. I had to create a report that consolidated information and made easier to read so that results that were being made in the recruiting department could be shared easier.

9. What technology do you use to accomplish your job? Aviator in telephone that’s about it.

10. What machines do you operate on your job? None

11. Do you reach others as part of your job? Yes, I have to speak to the kids and our client which I had the agents that sell our product in order to complete my job.

12. Are you trained in other jobs at the same worksite? Yes

13. Where did you learn the skills needed for your job? I didn’t go to school for HR or recruiting. In the midst of looking for jobs I was hired as an HR assistant and due to my lack of knowledge of HR and recruiting I had to learn everything on the job. So I acquired my skills and knowledge by asking questions and taking on tasks that helped me learn and acquire the skills needed to accomplish my task.

Employability Skills – PowerPoint

Peer Evaluation of Presentations

Employability Skills – Prezi

Employability Skills - PowToon

Guest Speaker – Advisory Committee Member visits to speak with students about soft skills,

which included body language, personal appearance and more.

Student Sample

Devin Frederick 8/18/15

Self Assessment

Strengths:

1. Very friendly

2. Selfless

3. Confident

4. Respectful

5. Relaxed

Weakness:

1. Very talkative

Summary:

Being respectful starts with a basic consideration of other people’s feelings. Ask

yourself how you’d want to be treated in a given situation, and make an effort to treat

other people that way. Treat everyone you encounter strangers on the street,

coworkers, classmates and family members – with respect and courtesy. The concept

of etiquette and good manners seems pointless when you’re a kid, but when you grow

up you realize that these customs function as a way to keep society running smoothly.

Practicing good manners is a way to be respectful of other people’s space and time. If

no one bothered being polite, everyday situations like eating in a restaurant, waiting in

line at the post office or dealing with bad traffic would be completely intolerable.