BUS7050 - Workplace Essential Series - Workplace Ready Certificate Program (online)

Course Description

This program is designed to prepare participants to enter the workforce with the tools and skills needed to make good work-related decisions, habits, and professional ethnics.

This basic preparation course is geared towards individuals who are new to the workforce or those seeking to advance beyond entry-level positions.

This is a 40-hour online course with real-time online Zoom meetings and independent learning.

ZOOM REAL-TIME CLASS MEETINGS

Session 5: 12/1 - 24/20, Tu & Th, 4-6 pm

The Workplace Essential Series (WES) blends 7 self-paced WES courses using mixed real-time and independent learning sessions to be delivered via Zoom and Canvas. Course is delivered in a 4-week schedule with 2 Zoom meetings per week, 2 hours per meeting, totaling 16 hours scheduled class time. In addition, students will complete about 6 hours per week of independent learning with online Canvas modules.

REQUIRED TECHNOLOGY

• Active email address per participant (no sharing)
• Desktop computer and laptop computer with camera, microphone & speaker for video conferencing
• Access to high speed internet (min. 512k)
• Zoom app
• Most recent updated browsers

Participants will gain an understanding of workplace essentials topics, listed below.

Learner Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, participants will earn a Workplace Ready Certificate of Professional Development and gain workplace essential skills and knowledge to excel in entry-level positions and move up the career ladder.  

Self-Esteem and Assertiveness:
Students will...
1) understand how to improve their perception of their self-worth.
2) recognize unhealthy thought patterns and replace them with healthier ones.
3) learn how to professionally communicate requests and needs.

Employee Accountability:
Students will...
1) understand personal and corporate accountability
2) learn how to build skills for improved accountability
3) identity how to improve organizational accountability

Increasing Productivity:
Students will...
1) define personal efficiency.
2) learn ways to improve personal efficiency.
3) know how to increase personal efficiency in achieving personal and workplace goals.

Collaborating with Co-workers:
Students will...
1) understand the importance of collaboration.
2) identify behaviors that interfere with successful collaboration.
3) learn techniques for successful collaboration.

Responsible Digital Citizenship:
Students will...
1) understand how to behave responsibly on the Internet and email.
2) identify appropriate digital behavior in the workplace.
3) recognize inappropriate digital behavior in the workplace.

Celebrating Diversity:
Students will...
1) understand the value of diversity in the workplace.
2) identify how to engage professionally with a diverse group of people.
3) improve interactions with a diverse group of people.

Anger Management:
Students will...
1) understand the effects of anger on body, mind, and behavior.
2) learn a 5-step model for assertively expressing yourself.
3) identify ways to help others manage their anger.