COMPETE 25 Work Skills Seminars
Overview
In its pilot phase, the COMPETE program brought together a team of technology executives to assess the “hire-ability” of community college students for their entry-level tech jobs — jobs typically filled by candidates with Bachelor’s degrees. This assessment identified opportunities to strengthen soft skills and develop professional capital that, when combined with internship experience, would help community college students to more effectively compete for and succeed at entry-level tech roles.
COMPETE’s Work Skills Seminars are designed and delivered by technology and HR executives and subject matter experts covering key topics and soft skills. See detailed Seminar Descriptions here.
Work Skills Seminars: Focus Areas
Finding a job
Context for business communication
Communications tools & tips
Critical thinking & analysis
Strategies for managing a career
Effectively showcase skills and experience on resumes and job interviews.
Understanding the professional environment, and building relationships via communication.
How to apply business communications strategies, and how to use various communications tools.
Understand what critical thinking is and why it’s important – gain tools and techniques to grow the ability to think critically.
How to build strong work relationships and team skills, deal with mistakes, and manage challenging work situations.
Building & enhancing your brand
Fundamentals of communication
Frameworks, processes & tools
Analytical tools & processes
Building a career
Define your personal and professional brands – and understand how to establish and cultivate them.
Structure and deliver effective business communications, tailored to the audience.
Become familiar with the tools, frameworks, resources, and processes encountered in each discipline (e.g. software, IT Support…).
Understand key analytical and data science concepts, explore the capabilities of Excel and introductory data science tools.
How to plan and build a career - and embark on lifelong learning - starting with your first tech job.