Employability Skills Cluster

1. What is Designing a Career?
2. Why is it important to know how to design one’s career?
3. What terms are commonly used with Designing a Career?
4. What’s the difference between a career, an occupation, and a job?
5. What are ways to explore different careers?
6. What are the components of a career plan?
   1. What is/are your career mission, occupational goals, and job objectives?
   2. What are you good at?
   3. What is the nobility of a career of interest?
   4. What do you feel passionate about?
   5. What career would help you be happy?
   6. What is your choice?
7. What’s a pajama job?
8. What’s a profession?
9. How are you planning for your retirement years?
10. What do we know for sure about designing a career, and how do these tenets apply?
11. What is the Standard Operating Procedure and Job Aid for Designing a Career?
12. What is your attitude toward Designing a Career?
13. What have you learned?
14. How will you know when you are competent in designing your own career?
15. How can you continuously improve your competence in Designing a Career?

In this module on Getting the Job., the following Key Questions are answered in simple and direct language.

1. What does it mean to Get the Job?
2. Why do you want to get a job?
3. What terms are commonly used with getting a job?
4.  What’s the difference between a job, an occupation, and a career?
5. Where can you find a job?
6. How can you get pre-employment on-the-job experience?
7. What is a resume?
8. Should you include references with your resume and job application?
9. How can you make your resume stand out from others?
10. What is an occupational portfolio?
11. What is an interview?
12. What questions may be asked during an interview?
13. How can you get ready for a face-to-face interview?
14. What are the dos and don’ts of interviewing?
15. What is a background check?
16. Can they check your credit rating?
17. If offered the job, should you take it?
18. What do we know for sure about Getting the Job, and how do these tenets apply?
19. What is the Standard Operating Procedure and Job Aid for Getting the Job?
20. What is your attitude toward Getting the Job?
21. What have you learned?
22. How should you announce your competence in Getting the Job?
23. How can you continuously improve your competence in Getting the Job?

1. What does Career Advancement mean?
2. Why is it important to climb your career ladder?
3. What terms are commonly used with climbing the career ladder?
4. What will help you succeed through a trial or probationary period?
5. What’s your reputation at work?
6. How can you become more likeable?
7. How can you bot-proof your occupation?
8. What can you do if pay raises don’t come along as expected?
9. What if you want to change careers?
10. What should you do if you get fired?
11. Other than a broken rung, what might cause you to slide down your career ladder?
12. What is a need, a want?  Compare and contrast
13. To what do you aspire for your station in life?
14. What are the eight dimensions of life?
15. How can you balance your career with your life?
16. What is the good life?
17. What about stepping down a rung or two?
18. Retiring?  What will you do then?
19. What do we know for sure about climbing the career ladder, and how do these tenets apply?
20. What is the Standard Operating Procedure and Job Aid for Climbing the Career Ladder?
21. What is your attitude toward Climbing the Career Ladder?
22. What have you learned?
23. How should you declare your competence in climbing your career ladder?
24. How can you continuously improve your competence in Career Advancement?