What is Career Readiness? Career Readiness is the process of preparing students with the essential skills to enhance their professional and career development as they transition in the workplace. It is key for students to demonstrate the eight career readiness competencies by reflecting upon their experiences to articulate how they have shown these competencies from current and previous experiences. This will provide an opportunity for students to identify skills within each of the competencies to help develop content for their resume, interviews, when preparing for career fairs, and to ultimately equip students for success in their career journey.
For this assignment, students will reflect upon the eight career readiness competencies (Please reference Table 1.2 to review the definitions for each of the competencies) The expectation is for students to provide a descriptive example demonstrating how they have shown the skills listed on the right-hand column (Please reference Table 1.1 for an example) Student will be required to provide examples from volunteer, work, internships, academic courses, community service, etc to highlight how they have demonstrated the skills/competencies.
NOTE: Please note that each of the skills listed on the left-hand column represent one of the eight career readiness competencies.
Table1.1Example
Competence/Skills
Teamwork: Collaborate with others to achieve common goals
Collaborated with 3 classmates from my research methods course. We were conducting a qualitative research assignment. My strengths in harmony and strong communication skills allowed for the team to set task deadlines in completing the surveys, assigning the lead for the focus group interviews, and identifying the person to gather academic journals for research purposes. This provided an opportunity for all team members to work well in a group setting and to communicate effectively with each other.
Career Readiness Competencies Assignment
Table 1.2 Career Readiness Competencies
Career & Self-Development
Proactively develop oneself and one’s career through continual personal and professional learning, awareness of one’s strengths and weaknesses, navigation of career opportunities, and networking to build relationships within and without one’s organization
Communication
Clearly and effectively exchange information, ideas, facts, and perspectives with persons inside and outside of an organization
Critical Thinking
Identify and respond to needs based upon an understanding of situational context and logical analysis of relevant information
Equity & Inclusion
Demonstrate the awareness, attitude, knowledge, and skills required to equitably engage and include people from different local and global cultures.
Leadership
Recognize and capitalize on personal and team strengths to achieve organizational goals.
Professionalism
Knowing work environments differ greatly, understand, and demonstrate effective work habits, and act in the interest of the larger community and workplace.
Teamwork
Build and maintain collaborative relationships to work effectively toward common goals, while appreciating diverse viewpoints and shared responsibilities.
Technology
Understand and leverage technologies ethically to enhance efficiencies, complete tasks, and accomplish goals
Competencies Noted are Courtesy of the National Association of Colleges and Employers
Career Readiness Competencies Assignment
Career Readiness Competencies Assignment
Competence/Skills:
Career & Self-Development: Identify areas for continual growth while pursuing and applying feedback
Career & Self Development: Display curiosity; seek out opportunities to learn
Teamwork: Collaborate with others to achieve common goals
Teamwork: Be accountable for individual and team responsibilities and deliverables
Technology: Navigate change and be open to learning new technologies
Competencies Noted are Courtesy of the National Association of Colleges and Employers
Career Readiness Competencies Rubric (10 pts)
CRITERIA EXCELLENT AVERAGE UNACCEPTABLE
Providing an Example Showcasing/Connecting Competencies with their Experiences
-Student responses were answered in depth and descriptive -Responses were supported in depth with relevant details and /or by providing a written thorough understanding communicating their competencies/skills with their example -Student makes insightful and critical reflective connections between their competencies/skills in connecting it with previous/current experiences
SCORE: 7 6 5
Grammar, Spelling, and Punctuation
SCORE: 3 2 1
-Error-free spelling
-Error-free punctuation
-Grammar is appropriate
-Uses a professional tone in their examples
-Student responses were partially answered and/or lacked being descriptive and detailed in their examples
-Responses were supported with partial details and/or to some degree provided a partial understanding communicating their competencies/ skills in the example -Student makes partial connections between their competencies/skills in connecting it with previous/current experiences
-Contains minor errors (grammar, punctation, and/or spelling)
-Use a professional tone to some degree in their example but may be inconsistent throughout
-Student responses were vaguely answered and/or omitted a detailed description in their example
-Responses were not supported with sufficient details and/or does not demonstrate a clear written understanding communicating their competencies/skills in the example -Student makes no and/or vague connections between their competencies/skills in connecting it with previous/current experiences
