Communication – Promoting Employability Skills

03/31/2020 In Communication, Employability Skills, Interviews, Learning Principle, Practice, Resource, Teamwork

Interview techniques

Various ways to make challenging job interview questions. Checklist for Interviews From recommendations by interviewees for additional resources to support faculty in developing curriculum for employability skills.

03/31/2020 In Communication, Employability Skills, Interviews, Learning Principle, Practice, Resource, Teamwork

Vigor interview questions

Sample job interview questions to be used to prepare students. VIGOR Interview Questions From recommendations by interviewees for additional resources to support faculty in developing curriculum for employability skills.

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Assignment and Online Discussion Rubrics

Rubrics to assess individual reports and discussions. Assignment Rubric Discussion Rubric From recommendations by interviewees for additional resources to support faculty in developing curriculum for employability skills.

03/31/2020 In Communication, Employability Skills, Interviews, Learning Principle, Reflect and Grow, Resource, Teamwork

Internship Employer Evaluation surveys

Links to surveys that employers can use to evaluate interns. 2014-2015 Computer Information Technology (AS) (POS 2153) Network BAS Internship Employer Evaluation From recommendations by interviewees for additional resources to support faculty in developing curriculum for employability skills.

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Listening Skills Inventory

View This 15-minute online individual assessment features items designed to measure physical and mental attentiveness. It is good for coaching, but lacks validity for high stakes use. Cost from publisher.

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Communication Skills Assessment

View This 15-minute online individual asssessment features 38 items designed to measure insightfulness, verbal expression, assertiveness, listening skills, emotional management. Little interpretation information provided. Cost from publisher.

03/30/2020 In Communication, Employability Skills, Learning Principle, Practice, Reflect and Grow, Resource

Necessary Skills Now Network Module 6 – Information Processing

Download Developed for the North Carolina Community College System, this eight-module toolkit is designed to support instruction of high school students to perform high-demand employability skills: Interpersonal/teamwork skills (Mod. 1), Communication skills (Mods. 2 & 6), Adapting to workplace expectations (Mods. 3, 4, 5 and

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Necessary Skills Now Network Module 2 – Communications

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Presentation rubric

Download Faculty or students may use this rubric to score the quality of presentations. From Ume, C., & Timmerman, M. (1995). Innovative communications oriented design projects in mechatronics courses. IEEE Transactions on Education, 38(3), 223–229.

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Model for designing service learning approach to developing technical communication skills

Download Faculty may use this model to design service learning activities for their technician students. From Tucker, M. L., McCarthy, A. M., Hoxmeier, J. A., & Lenk, M. M. (1998). Community service learning increases communication skills across the business curriculum. Business Communication Quarterly, 61(2), 88-99.

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