life skills – employability skills – soft skills is there a difference? life skills are a set...
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Life Skills, Employability Skills and Soft Skills
Jo Kahn, Oklahoma Dept of CareerTech
Tina Fitzgerald, Moore Norman Tech Center
Life Skills – Employability Skills – Soft Skills
Is there a difference?
Life skills are a set of human skills acquired via teaching or direct experience that are used to handle problems and questions commonly encountered in daily human life. They are behaviors used appropriately and responsibly in the management of personal affairs.
Employability skills are a set of achievements, understandings and personal attributes that make individuals more likely to gain employment and to be successful in their chosen occupations.
Soft skills are personal attributes that enhance an individual's interactions, job performance and career prospects. Unlike hard skills soft skills are interpersonal and broadly applicable.
Communication Planning, Organizing and Time Management Analyzing and Problem Solving Initiative Numerical Interpretation Personal Impact and Confidence Self Awareness Flexibility Action Planning
Leadership Networking Commercial Awareness Negotiating Computer Literacy Decision Making Creativity Global Skills
How Do You Get Them?
Can we teach them?Are they learned by experience?
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"No one knows the emerging workforce better than Eric Chester. H e's spot-on when it comes
to improving work ethic, and he offers advice for leaders that is both practical and solid."
-Joseph M. DePinto, President and CEO, 7-Eleven
A L E A D E R ' s G U I D E T O E N D I N G
E N T I T L E M E N T A N D R E S T O R I N G P R I D E I N
T H E E M E R G I N G W O R K F O R C E
Employability Skills
Soft Skills
Infancy
Happy Old Age
HonestyPerseverance
College
Prison
Idleness Temperance
OR
100 Years Later…
Civil WarTamed the West Two World WarsGreat DepressionRock & RollVietnamAssassinations:John F. Kennedy Martin Luther King
Connection between hard work,
character, and business successIt’s a New
GAME!•Name Change •Millionaire Acres•“lucky day” and “share the wealth”•New objective
Rewards of social virtues, a strong work ethic, and adding value to the community is replaced with rewards, rewards, rewards.
150 Years Later…
So what can we teach and what resources
are available?
Smart Work Ethics has the Answers!
Valuing differences andcreating unity
What Color are You?
STRENGTH
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STRESSORS
VALUES
How you see yourself.
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How others see YOU!
BLUE (NF)
_____ Peacemaker_____ Caretaker_____ Optimistic_____ Always has a kind word_____ Passionate_____ Cause Oriented_____ True Romantic_____ Need to feel special_____ Strong sense of Spirituality_____ Cooperative rather than competitive
GOLD (SJ)_____”Be Prepared”_____ Love to plan_____ Duty, Loyalty, Responsible_____ Punctual, Predictable_____ Strong belief in policies, procedures, rules_____ Values family traditions_____ Thinks before acting_____ Conservative and stable_____ ”Should” and “Should Not”_____ Most comfortable with a structured environment
GREEN (NT)_____ “Should be able to”_____ Why_____ Intellectual_____ Very complex_____ Standard setter_____ Work is play, play is work_____ Cool, calm, collected_____ Need for independence and private time_____ Perfectionist_____ Approaches interpersonal relationships in a logical manner
ORANGE (SP)_____ Energetic_____ Playful_____ “Just do it”_____ Master negotiator_____ Natural entertainer_____ Pushes boundaries_____ Thrives on competition_____ Impulsive and spontaneous_____ Appreciates immediate feedback_____ Most productive in non- structured environments
“Character First”
Compassion
Generosity
Meekness
HIRE’s “Character Under Construction”
Character Minutes… Sharpening Lives
Tri G LLC Patricia Hudson1123 North Sixth Avenue, Purcell, OK 73080 e-mail - [email protected]
phone 405-527-7166 Website: www.characterminutes.com
$150 for CD
7:50
8:00
8:10
8:25
The workday starts at 8:00,
when do you clock-in?
Activity:
You own a manufacturing company. You make WIDGETS.
The production line has ten stations and one person is needed at each station. If a station is left unattended then the other stations are held up because each station needs attention at all times. It takes 1 hour to start and finish making 1000 WIDGETS.
There is one employee that is often late to work. He also comes back late from breaks and lunch. Because each station needs to have someone in attendance the line is unable to start on time and production is slowed.
6 Reasons You’ll Get the Job
PADMAN PLAN•Presentation•Ability•Dependability•Motivation•Attitude•Network
“Being good at a job is often not good enough to get you hired if a manager perceives that you could cause problems”
No One is Unemployable
1. Identify the barrier2. Identify the candidate’s
perception of the barrier
3. Identify the employer’s perception of the barrier
4. Determine what approach to use
5. Eliminate the employer’s concerns
6. Identify the candidate’s selling points
7. Turn candidates barriers into selling points
8. Put it all together in the Candidate’s words
9. Practice the answer until it’s natural
10.Carefully match the candidate toappropriate employer
10 Step Process
Through the Jungle
Camilla Riley and Rebecca Conner - authors
CIMC
Activity
Wizard of WorkAmazon.com $7.99 – 8.50
New Work Habits
Amazon.com $9.35
The Employee Handbook of New Work Habits for a Radically Changing World: 13 Ground Rules for Job Success in the Information Age
Show Me the Money!Show Me the Money!
Questions?
Contact Information
Jo Kahn [email protected] 405-743-5404
Tina Fitzgerald [email protected] 405.364.5763 ext. 7293