Transcript Workin’ It Out

“GetaaJob!”
Job!”
“Get
06/23/11
Part 1
Soft Skills
What soft skills do
employers demand?
Why do some young
people fail to use them?
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Part 2
Workplace
Culture
Why are
so many youth
unable to fit in with the
workplace culture?
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Part 3
Successful
Interventions
How can we help youth adapt
to the workplace?
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Let’s Play
Teen
Let’s
Lingo!
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Teen Lingo
1. “BAKED” =
Stoned
“His eyes are all messed up, man… I
think he got baked last period!”
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Teen Lingo
2. “CHEDDAR” =
Money
“She hit it big on the lottery last week!
She got phat CHEDDAR now!”
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Teen Lingo
3. “FLOSSIN” =
Showing off
wealth
“That fool got a new ride… now he be
FLOSSIN’ all the time!”
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Teen Lingo
4. “GEL” =
Get along with
“Me and her… we really GEL, y’know?”
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Teen Lingo
5. “GRILL” =
Your smile or
mouth
“Shut up or I’ll bust you in your
GRILL.”
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Part 1
Soft Skills
What soft skills do
employers demand?
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Defining
“soft skills”
Workplace Soft Skills:
“The personal and
interpersonal skills
needed to successfully
adjust to the SOCIAL
environment of the
workplace.”
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Let’s Chat…
What critical
SOFT SKILLS
are necessary for
success at work?
E.g., Time management
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Work-related
“soft skills”
Self-control skills:
√ Handling stress
√ Managing anger
√ Controlling body language
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Work-related
“soft skills”
Communication skills:
√ Listening effectively
√ Expressing a complaint
√ Dealing with criticism
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Work-related
“soft skills”
Interaction skills:
√ Interrupting a conversation
√ Joining social activities
√ Empathizing with others
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Work-related
“soft skills”
Problem solving skills:
√ Prioritizing problems
√ Avoiding assumptions
√ Predicting outcomes
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Why do so many
troubled youth fail
to use soft skills?
SKILL DEFICIT
MOTIVATION DEFICIT
COGNITIVE
CONFLICT
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Sweeeeeet!
Imagine you are
a teenager
who’s been
hired at a
clothing shop in
the mall.
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Would you mind hanging
up these new dresses for
me, please?
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How about running down
to Starbucks and grabbing
me a latte on your next
break…
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I need you to pick up my
son from daycare and
spend an hour at the park
with him…
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@#$% this!!
Enough is enough!
You’ve had a
“COGNITIVE
CONFLICT!”
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KEY POINT #1
Workplace success requires
not only strong vocational
skills, but mastery of a range
of social skills (i.e., SOFT
SKILLS) as well.
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KEY POINT #1
Some youth have simply
never learned these skills,
while others find that acting
this way conflicts with their
inner sense of right and
wrong.
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