Job Keeping Skills

Lesson Two

Objectives

• Five principles to help job seekers– Get recognized as

leaders

– Advance in their careers

Principle One: Be At Work• Showing up to work

every day is the first step to being recognized as a hard worker– Get to work early

– Be present throughout the workday

– Return from all breaks early or on-time

Principle One: Be At Work

• The fastest way to secure a promotion is to get a job and keep the job

Frequently Asked Question

• Why did the employer schedule the customer for fewer hours at work?

Principle Two: Get Along With Others

• A majority of individuals are terminated because they do not get along well with others – Maintain a professional

attitude

– Deal with difficult situations carefully and respectfully

Frequently Asked Question

• How do we help or empower customers to manage their relationships at work successfully?– Accept that everyone has to manage challenging

relationships

– Facilitate learning opportunities

Principle Two: Get Along With Others

• Teach job seekers to “RESPECT” others at work• Reverence for others

• Encourage others to share ideas

• Share praise

• Peacekeepers

• Examine behaviors

• Criticism of others must be used carefully

• Treat others as you want to be treated

Principle Three: Be the Expert• Workforce customers must

become subject matter experts– Learn their jobs

– Be available to help others

– Network

• Know names

• Know faces

• Know needs

Principle Four: Grow

• There are two components associated with this principle– Take classes and develop

skills

– Take on projects outside of comfort zones

Principle Five: Do Not Quit

• Like principle one, this principle requires workforce customers to remain employed

• Customers should move to better jobs without disconnecting from employment altogether

Conclusion• During this lesson, we discussed the principles

of climbing the career ladder– Be at work

– Get along with others

– Be the expert

– Grow

– Do not quit