Employability Skills Fair

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Employability Skills Fair

• An interdisciplinary project
• Dr. Marlene Cole
• mcole_at_poplarville.k12.ms.us

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Background

• Director of Career Tech Ed
• 4 x 4 Schedule
• Located on High School Campus
• Five Career Courses
• Allied Health
• Business Technology
• Co-op
• Culinary Arts
• AEST

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Poplarville Career Development Centerpresents

• The SUCCESS
• Project Portfolio
• Students Utilizing Career Choices and Employment
  Strategies for Success

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Purposes for Participating in the CDC SUCCESS
Project

• Assisting students in analyzing their own
  strengths and weaknesses
• Assisting students in creating excellent college
  and scholarship application packages
• Assisting students in creating excellent job
  applications
• Assisting students in creating working drafts of
  lifelong documents
• Assisting students in performing successfully in
  an employment or college interview

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Documents Included in theSUCCESS Portfolio

• School Created Documents
• Student Created Documents
• Reference Letters
• Award Certificates Community Service
  Documentation
• Work Samples

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School Created Documents

• Letter from Principal and /or CTE Director which
  identifies requirements for graduation,
  information specific to school, and type of
  graduate (IHL, CDC, Honors, etc.)
• School Profile (identifies school population,
  type of courses offered, grading system, etc.)
• Copy of Student Transcripts
• Career Course Competency sheets

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Student Created Documents

• Personal and Professional Documents
• Analytical Essays
• Samples of Students Work

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Personal/Professional Documents

• Resume including a list of three references
• Application Form
• Application Letter
• Thank You Letter
• Personal Essay which reveals information not
  found in a resume

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Personal/Professional Documents

• Goals Essay to include short term and long term
  goals
• Autobiographical Sketch providing background
  information, hobbies, interests, goals, etc.
• Letter requesting a reference letter

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Award Certificates

• Volunteer Awards or Letters of certification
• Extra Curricular Award Certificates
• College/Tech School Acceptance Letters
• Scholarship and Award Letters
• CPAS results
• Completer Certificates

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Work Samples

• Samples of work from each course
• Samples showcase strengths and best samples of
  abilities in each course.
• Work Sample can include computer disks with work
  samples hard copies of projects pictures of
  artwork, posters, displays

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Benefits for Students

• Learn to dress for interviews
• Graduate with sample professional documents
• Hard copies
• Electronic copies ready for editing
• Two practice job interviews with actual business
  professionals
• Portfolio

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Project SUCCESS
For More Information ContactDr. Marlene
ColeDirector Career Technical
EducationPoplarville Career Technology
Center9 Career Center CirclePoplarville MS
39470601-795-8343mcole_at_poplarville.k12.ms.us