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Post by healthy11 on Feb 11, 2013 18:25:12 GMT -5
Families of youth with and without disabilities play a key role in helping their children learn expected behaviors, understand the unspoken rules of the workplace, and deal with personality conflicts. The article below lists ways to help your child develop the necessary soft skills to be able to function well later in life, in the workplace, as an adult... dots.lausd.net/sites/dots.lausd.net/files/infobrief_issue28.pdf |
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Post by michellea on Jun 6, 2013 8:56:40 GMT -5
Healthy -
Just had a chance to read this publication - it is excellent!
In my former life, I was the director of Workforce Training and Development for a large telecommunication company. A large part of my job was training employees on these types of skills - - listening, interpersonal, decision making, writing, presentation, working as teams. I can say without a doubt, the highest paid employees and leaders of the company were generally those that were strong in these "soft" skills areas. We attempted to develop these skills across the board via training sessions, coaching, career development opportunities and other interventions. The skills can absolutely be taught and learned - but I imagine like almost any skill - much easier if one acquires the skills early in life and avoids developing bad habits.
I'll print the article off - it gives me ideas for goal writing for many of my clients.
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Post by fc11 on Jun 6, 2013 18:08:06 GMT -5
I can say without a doubt, the highest paid employees and leaders of the company were generally those that were strong in these "soft" skills areas. can't agree more |
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Post by healthy11 on Jun 6, 2013 18:52:07 GMT -5
I'm realistic, and don't expect my son to become a company leader, but I just hope he continues to grow in those weak areas, and doesn't get fired in the interim due to a lack of sensitivity/soft skills! (He took his pre-employment drug test today, and if all goes well, he should start his "adult" job on Monday! With the Proboards redesign, I miss not having all the old smileys, like "fingers crossed!")
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Post by fc11 on Jun 6, 2013 20:54:20 GMT -5
healthy,
congrats!!
you'll never know...don't underestimate a young man...
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Post by healthy11 on Jun 6, 2013 21:30:10 GMT -5
fc11, thanks, but I'm already leery. He is still acting far too "casual," and cussing like he was back in college with "the guys," and he's been getting mad at me for constantly pointing out that an adult workplace, at a Fortune 50 company, is unlikely to find his behavior acceptable. He was told to wear a suit on the first day, since they'll be taking ID photos and perhaps introducing him to people in other departments besides the Test Engineering Group he's assigned to, but I know that just "dressing him up" won't change his underlying issues. (He's already showing resistance to taking extended release ADHD meds, even though the psychiatrist who oversees his treatment tried to advise him that "this isn't college anymore" and he'll need to be focused for an entire day, not just a few classes with a break, then a few more classes...) We'll see what happens; the company is using this summer as an "evaluation period" and they said if they like his work after 3 months, they'll give him a 15% raise and relocation expenses, etc. (For the time being, he'll be living back at his college apartment, since it's about 45 minutes from the business, versus over an hour from where our house is.)
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