Do You Want to Enhance Your Academic Performance and Develop Skills for Future Career Success?

Did you know that:

• Only about 40% of students who enroll in a public, four-year institution graduate within four years, and only about 59% graduate within six years (U.S. Department of Education, 2015)?

• 80% of employers look for evidence of leadership skills when evaluating potential employees? (National Association of Colleges and Employers, 2017)

• 77% of 2,000 human resources specialists ranked soft skills as important as hard skills? (CareerBuilder, 2014)

• 92% of 500 senior executives reported skills deficits in new hires, and 44% reported lack of soft skills? (Adecco Staffing, 2013)

Successful students and successful employees have something in common: a well-developed skill set that goes beyond book smarts. The skills needed for success in the classroom and on the job can be honed with deliberate effort and the right resources.

Academic success skills—note-taking, reading for understanding, preparing for and taking exams, using resources such as advisors and academic coaches, participating in experiential education opportunities—enable students to perform at the level of their academic ability.

Soft skills—communication, critical thinking, problem-solving, time management, ability to work on a team, strong work ethic, and professionalism—underpin academic and career success. Leadership—influencing people to achieve common goals—is the key to personal and shared success.

Success Skills: For High School, College, and Career provides step-by-step guidelines and hands-on exercises to enable students to enhance their academic performance and prepare for future career success.

This course helps students construct realistic expectations for achieving success, develop self-awareness, build a future-oriented attitude, and improve their academic success skills, leadership skills, and soft skills. If you want to build skills essential for academic success and career readiness, this course is for you.

Enrolling in this course entitles you to:

1. Receive a FREE digital copy of Dr. Green’s book entitled, Success Skills for High School, College, and Career
2. Have your questions personally answered by Dr. Green via email.
3. Access templates and forms used in the course.
4. Share content with siblings in the same household for no additional charge.

References

CareerBuilder. (2014, April 10). Overwhelming Majority of Companies Say Soft Skills Are Just as Important as Hard Skills. Retrieved from CareerBuilder.com: http://www.careerbuilder.com/share/aboutus/pressre...

Adecco Staffing. (2013, September 30). Lack of Soft Skills Negatively Impacts Today’s U.S. Workforce. Retrieved May 22, 2017 from Adecco Staffing: http://www.adeccousa.com/about/press/Pages/20130930-lack-of-soft-skills-negatively-impacts-todays-us-workforce.aspx

National Association of Colleges and Employers. (2017, April 3). Job Outlook 2016: The Attributes Employers Want to See on New College Graduates’ Resumes. Retrieved May 22, 2017 from Naceweb.org: http://www.naceweb.org/career-development/trends-and-predictions/job-outlook-2016-attributes-employers-want-to-see-on-new-college-graduates-resumes/

U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. 2015. Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Fall 2002 and Spring 2007 through Spring 2015, Graduation Rates component. (Table 326.10. December 2015.)

Audience:

This course is designed for junior high, high school, and college students. This course also is an excellent resource for parents, teachers, mentors, advisors, coaches, and anyone else who wants to help a young person develop the skills he or she needs to be successful in the classroom and on the job

Length of course:

This course consists of over three and half hours of instruction via 18 video modules.

Testimonials:

These testimonials are for “Leadership and Soft Skills for Students: Empowered to Succeed in High School, College, and Beyond,” the book on which this course is built.