Careers, Vocational, SKILLS EMPLOYERS DESIRE

Career Exploration

Skills Employers Desire

This is a complete lesson on Employable Skills. It will assist students with learning about those skills employers desire most. Students will be able to identify and explain the differences and similarities between soft, hard, and transferable skills. They will be able to explain which type of skills will make them more employable, and they will be able to identify their own soft skills and give supporting evidence.

Objectives: Students will be able to:

• Define skills, soft skills, hard skills, and transferable skills.

• Describe the differences and similarities between soft, hard, and transferable skills.

• Explain which type of skills will make them more employable.

• Identify their own soft skills and give supporting evidence

Included:

1. Detailed Lesson Plan for a two day lesson

2. Reading Comprehension worksheet on skills.

3. PowerPoint, for notes and lecture

4. KWL chart

5. The Characteristics of the Different Type of Skills, worksheet

6. The Top Rated Soft Skill, worksheet

7. Your Top Rated Skills Review, worksheet

8. Annie’s Employable Skills, analysis of skills worksheet

9. Juan’s Employable Skills, analysis of skills worksheet

10. Assessment

11. Vocabulary, worksheet

12. Word search

Technology at Work

Learning from Failure

Job Interview, Interviewing

VOLUNTEERING, VOLUNTEERISM

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Michael K. Powell