Entering the work force for young adults: |
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Project Academy is a 501 (C)3 non-profit corp. whose purpose is to serve the community by successfully preparing entry level people & high school students to be productive in the work environment, education & society organizations. Our students see themselves as owners of their own business with a positive attitude, caring for the customers with continuous improvement and looking to learn and get better at what they do. |
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Our pre-employment program is
designed to give young adults, who dropped out of school or have
graduated HS and have little direction, the life skills and
attitude to become part of the community. The program is
designed to include the community and business partners to
insure success for the individual. Needs of the young
adult will be assessed; such as transportation, family
commitments, legal and others to make the training possible and
successful.
Business Needs: Businesses are reporting that a major need for their success are employees with life skills such as; interpersonal skills, communication skills, teamwork, critical thinking and problem solving. Our program intends to work with local businesses to insure that we provide these skills in addition to a positive attitude and seeing problems as opportunities.
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The Future of Work Requires Non-Technical Expertise
As advanced technologies automate our world in more ubiquitous ways, we naturally assume that technical skills will be in the highest demand in the future job market. But as revealed in a recent report from the World Economic Forum (WEF), among many other studies, the rise of ever-smarter machines demands a surge in the social and emotional abilities machines cannot master. Soft skills such as adaptability, creative thinking, persuasion, relationship mastery, the ability to deal with complexity, and time management are increasingly valuable to companies as they become more dynamic, interconnected, and flexible by necessity. However, HR professionals report difficulty recruiting candidates who have these very skills!
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•Get young adults excited about learning (life-long learners).•Have the reasoning skills to manage in today’s society and begin to build a set of skills to use in multiple careers.•Understand that problems are opportunities. The bigger the problem, the bigger the opportunity.•Have young adults better prepared for society and a career.
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Our Beliefs (Tenants) |
1. People will change careers equally as jobs in their life-time. 2. Life-skills are transferable between careers/jobs 3. Think of yourself as in your own business. … Your boss is your customer. Build your brand. 4. Problems are opportunities … the bigger the problem the bigger the opportunity. Vinod Khosla 5. Use the engineering mind-set to focus on all the activities around your normal position. 6. Young adults have the capability but need the environment to dream |
The program is
designed to focus on the soft-skills needed in work and society in a
four (4) week time frame. It will cover the skills needed at
work and in society in such important areas of teamwork,
attitude, planning, problem solving and communications.
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The Cohort will start off with one or two teams of ~5 students each | ||||||
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Mindset Thinking: Our
uniqueness.
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Tasks prior to starting program |
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Hand-Outs
descriptions to organizations needed for support:
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Youth Flyers and hand-outs
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Articles about Workplace Skills: | |||||||||||
Elements of Manufacturing learning
Interesting web sites; |
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It is the policy of Project Academy not to discriminate on the basis of race, gender, religion, national origin, color, homelessness, sexual orientation, gender identity, age or disability in its education programs, services, activities, or employment practices. |