Workforce readiness is all about doing what it takes to be prepared for the transition to the workforce.
Workforce readiness has two sides:
- Ensure new and returning workers are prepared to enter the workforce with the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities required to succeed at work
- Ensure that the workplaces are productive by welcoming the new workforce
Work readiness skills are sometimes called soft skills, employability skills, or job readiness skills. Important Soft Skills include:
- Attitude – Ability to respond to guidance, control your emotions, keep your focus, and have a positive attitude
- Communication – Ability to know what to say and how to say it to get your point across
- Planning & Organizing – Ability to prioritize, manage your time, and create a process
- Critical Thinking – Ability to think critically about a problem and identify a solution
- Interpersonal Skills – Ability to show empathy and present yourself in an acceptable manner
- Teamwork – Ability to work with others to achieve a common goal
- Professionalism – Ability to be kind and polite to everyone, present yourself in a positive image in your attitude and dress, and showing up for work or meetings fully prepared and on time
- Digital Literacy – Ability to use technology appropriately in the workplace and show respect for technology-based guidelines and workplace restrictions
- Discipline – Ability to work independently and follow work rules, with a special focus on safety
- Punctuality – Ability to be on time and complete projects within set timeline
- Reliability – Ability to meet your commitments – to do what you say you are going to do
- Career Management – Ability to choose a career path, work toward your goals, and be willing to make changes when appropriate
- Intercultural Understanding – Ability to understand we are working in a global economy and capability of understanding and working with staff from different cultures
- Drug Free – Ability to understand that drugs and work safety don’t mix
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