Employment Skills

Knowing and Exploring Employment Possibilities

Exploring Employment Choices

Seeking, Securing, and Maintaining Employment

Exhibiting Appropriate Employability Skills

Identify personal values met through work

Identify societal values met through work

Identify remunerative aspects of work

Locate sources of employment and training information

Classify jobs into employment categories

Investigate local employment and training opportunities

Identify major employment interests

Identify employment aptitudes

Investigate realistic employment choices

Identify requirements of desired and avilable employment

Identify major employment needs

Search for a job

Apply for a job

Interview for a job

Solve job related problems

Functions of meeting and exceeding job standards

Maintain and advance in employment

Follow directions and observe regulations

Recognize importance of attendance and punctuality

Recognize importance of supervision

Demonstrate knowledge of work place safety

Work with others

Meet demands for quality work

Work at expected levels of productivity

List economic reasons for working at a job.

Identify how a job affects building personal and social relationships.

Identify personal needs that can be met through work.

Describe how work relates to one's self-esteem.

Identify ways in which individual workers help society.

Identify ways in which members of a specific occupation contribute to society.

Identify ways in which workers on different jobs are interdependent.

Describe ways society rewards different occupations.

Identify why people are paid for working.

Identify why some jobs pay better than others.

Discuss personal needs that are met through wages.

Discuss positive and negative aspects of different kinds of wages.

Given a paycheck stub, calculate deduction information.

List sources of employment information.

List information provided by the sources from objective 1.

Use employment information sources to demonstrate how to obtain information specific to a job.

Locate sources of training information.

Identify one kind of information provided by training information.

Locate jobs using Yellow Pages and want ads.

Locate occupational categories and sort jobs into different occupational categories.

Locate information about job classifications.

List major categories of jobs related to interest.

List general job categories.

Locate training requirements and wages for common job classifications.

Select an occupational area and find local employers in the Yellow Pages.

Collect and read help wanted ads in the occupational areas selected in objective 1.

Utilize sources of employment information.

Locate sources of employment information.

Identify occupational categories of interest.

Rank areas of personal interest in order of importance in finding an occupation.

Identify how interests relate to jobs.

Describe ways the chosen job of interest relates to future personal goals.

Identify different aptitudes necessary in the performance of various jobs.

Identify personal aptitudes.

Identify activities that could improve personal aptitude necessary for a preferred job.

Identify jobs of interest.

Obtain specific information about jobs of interest.

Obtain observational information about jobs of interest through participation (e.g., on-site visits, work samples, job tryouts).

Identify a job that is commensurate with interests and abilities.

Identify the availability and location of jobs.

List specific job-related requirements.

Identify an alternative for each occupation for which personal qualifications are not commensurate with identified requirements.

Identify needs that can be met through one's occupation and rank them in order of personal preference.

Identify personal-social needs met through work.

Name status needs met through work.

Identify factors that the student needs in a personal occupational environment.

Identify the most personally satisfying aspects and the least satisfying aspects about a specific job.

Identify criteria one would use in selecting an occupation.

Identify the steps involved in searching for a job.

Identify a potential job through employment resources.

Arrange a real or simulated job interview.

Identify appropriate job application procedures.

Collect a personal data sheet to be used for job application.

Complete a real or simulated job application with spelling assistance.

Apply for a real or simulated job in person or by telephone.

Obtain an interview or carry out a mock interview.

Identify interview behaviors.

Complete a real or simulated job interview.

Obtain transportation to and from an interview.

Identify potential problems encountered on the job.

For potential problems, identify possible solutions.

Identify resources for assistance if problems cannot be personally resolved.

Determine the competitive level of skill and performance required for essential functions a specific job.

Identify potential remedial activities that might be required by an occupation.

Determine the level of personal abilities required for a specific occupation.

Identify factors that determine successful maintenance of employment.

Identify factors that determine unsuccessful maintenance of employment.

Identify potential employment variations within a specific occupation.

Identify factors that lead to termination of employment.

Identify factors that lead to advancement in employment.

Perform a series of tasks in response to verbal instructions.

Perform a series of tasks in response to written instructions.

Identify reasons for good attendance and punctuality.

Identify acceptable and unacceptable reasons for tardiness and absenteeism.

Identify appropriate action to take if late or absent from work.

List roles and responsibilities of supervision.

Identify the appropriate response to a supervisory instruction.

Complete a job following a supervisor's instructions.

Identify potential safety hazards on the job.

Identify jobs that require safety equipment and identify the equipment.

Identify the main reasons for practicing safety on the job.

Follow safety instructions on the job (e.g., wear rubber gloves, safety goggles).

Identify reasons for working with others.

Identify the importance of individual components of a cooperative effort.

Complete a task working with other persons.

Identify quality standards for various jobs.

Identify reasons for quality standards.

Perform simulated work tasks that have quality standards.

Identify the need for performing jobs at expected levels of productivity.

Identify expected levels of productivity required for specific jobs.

List reasons why a job must be performed at a certain rate of speed.

Perform a job at expected levels of productivity.