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Skills Showcase Workshop: Unleashing Your Professional Potential

Discover, enhance, and present your skills effectively to boost your career prospects. Learn self-management, transferable skills, and job-specific competencies. Practice crafting compelling pitches and explore group dynamics. Gain insights into employer perspectives and work accomplishments. Evaluate and refine your work ethic and attitudes toward work. Equip yourself with vital self-management skills to stand out in the job market. Perfect your resume with powerful action words. Your journey to professional success starts here!

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Skills Showcase Workshop: Unleashing Your Professional Potential

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  1. Roadmap • Welcome • Introductions • Housekeeping • Materials • Objectives • Expectations 4

  2. Know yourself • Know your skills - Self-management skills - Transferable skills - Job skills • Sell your skills - 60-second commercial 4

  3. Helpful hint Knowing more about yourself will help you construct a high-quality résumé, cover letter or application. 5

  4. Which group would you join? • Stand by your group • Ask questions 5

  5. Realistic • Investigative • Artistic • Social • Enterprising • Conventional 6

  6. Helpful hint Always have the employer’s perspective in mind. 8

  7. List three work accomplishments that show what you can do for a company. • What are the skills you used to achieve those accomplishments? Work activity: Focus on what you can do for an employer! 8

  8. Your work ethic. • Your attitudes toward work. • Your ability to get along with others. 9

  9. Put a checkmark next to each skill you have. 10-11

  10. Pick five important self-management skills. • Write them in left-hand column. • In right-hand column, write an example of how you used that skill. 12

  11. Skills you have developed through various jobs, hobbies, volunteer work and other life experiences. • Not specific to a job or occupation. 13

  12. Put a checkmark next to each skill you have. 14-17

  13. Pick five important transferable skills. • Write them in left-hand column. • In right-hand column, write example of how you used that skill. 18

  14. Skills specific to a particular occupation or field of work. 19

  15. Put a checkmark next to each skill you have. 20-26

  16. Pick five important job skills. • Write them in left-hand column. • In right-hand column, write example of how you used that skill. 27

  17. Helpful hint A winning statement about yourself can help convince an employer to hire you! 28

  18. Why should I hire you? • Tell me about yourself. 28

  19. Highlight your qualifications. • Include statements that start with: • I can… • I received... • I have expertise in… 28

  20. Review samples • Use as a guide • Which sample do you prefer? 29-30

  21. Helpful hint Using power/action verbs will strengthen your 60-second commercial. 30-32

  22. Review: • Accomplishments • Self-management skills • Transferable skills • Job skills • Use powerful action words. 33-34

  23. Your feedback is important to us.Please take a moment to complete the workshop evaluation form and turn it into your instructor.

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