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Student Skills for Success

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Meet & Greet Challenge• Meet 10 new people• Have them sign your card• Submit number to desk for door prize drawing• Some questions to try:

– What do you do/study? – What is the most exciting thing

going on right now?– What is the most interesting

thing you’ve heard at WRM?– What challenges are you facing

at work/school?– How did you get to your current

position?

– What is the strangest or funniest thing that happened to you at work/school?

– What characteristics do you value most in in your colleagues?

– If you could do any job in the world, what would you do?

– Others?

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Why are we here today?

42%

Employers who agree new hires are adequately prepared

45%

Newly-employed graduates who agree they have been adequately prepared

72%

Educators who agree their students are adequately prepared

< ½ Graduates who felt they had a good understanding of their career options

~⅓ • Educators who cannot estimate their graduates’ job placement• Employers who never communicate with educators

M. Mourshed, D. Farrell, and D. Barton. Education to Employment: Designing a System that Works. McKinsey & Company. http://mckinseyonsociety.com/education-to-employment/report/ (accessed Sept 23, 2013)

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What are we doing today?

• “Meet & Greet Challenge” (20 minutes)• Discuss (45 minutes)

– Which skills are most frequently used by chemical professionals? – Which skills need to be mastered for upper-level chemistry courses?– What opportunities or experiences can help students master skills

prior to graduation? – How can this conversation continue after today?

• Report out (20 minutes)• Exit poll, door prizes (10 minutes)

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Thank you for coming!

• Thanks to– SPONSORS, OTHER SUPPORTERS– …and you!

• Questions? Comments?– CONTACT INFORMATION