Shaping the Future of Work (15.662x)

The goal of this course is to explore and develop plans of action for improving the job and career opportunities for today and tomorrow’s workforce. If we take the right actions we can shape the future of work in ways that meet the needs of workers, families, and their economies and societies. To do so we first have to understand how the world of work is changing, how firms can compete and prosper and support good jobs and careers, and how to update the policies and practices governing the world of work.

Material Type: Full Course

Author: Kochan, Thomas

DEVELOPING EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS

The limited series of podcasts including downloadable documents are meant for teachers teaching internally displaced learners 13 to 19 years of age. The modules titled Education and Employment, Health and Wellness, Preserving Environment and Self-employment make the teachers aware of skills in demand, employment avenues, and strategies that can be adopted by teachers.   You can listen to the episodes on OER Commons, Spotify, Apple, Google, and Stitcher.      

Material Type: Full Course, Lecture Notes, Teaching/Learning Strategy

Author: POONAM VOHRA

Employability Crash Course

Employability Crash Course is presented as a self-directed, self-paced course to guide students in learning how to look for work, write a resume and interview for a job. The material is designed to allow students to follow their curiosity and percieved needs while holding them accountable for their learning.Instructors can use the material to prompt discussion and provide content for role-plays.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Full Course, Reading, Teaching/Learning Strategy

Author: Daniel Mangrum

What are Employers Looking for? - Gayle Marshall

Students will participate in a group discussion during a power point that reviews some of the non academic skills needed on the job. Students will then gather information to determine if they can demonstrate the skill. This information will be used to build awareness for basic non-academic job skills and/or to build strong answers for interview questions. The final activity will be a mock interview where students will interview each other to practice articulating their responses.

Material Type: Lesson Plan

Author: Larissa Mallon

Employment Opportunities in My Community - Gemma Henry

The purpose of this activity/lesson is to identify the type and availability of employment opportunities inyour community.

Material Type: Lesson Plan

Author: Larissa Mallon

How to Get Resume Writing Help to Impress Employers

This article help to understend how to wrire a good resume. This article help to understand how to write a good resume. First of all I wrote a tips for people who didn't know how to write resume correctly.

Material Type: Assessment

Author: Jonathan Byrgen

Finding Employment: A HS Family and Consumer Sciences Lesson

Secondary educators across Lebanon County, Pennsylvania developed lesson plans to integrate the Pennsylvania Career Education and Work Standards with the content they teach. This work was made possible through a partnership between the South Central PA Workforce Investment Board (SCPa Works) and Lancaster-Lebanon Intermediate Unit 13 (IU13) and was funded by a Teacher in the Workplace Grant Award from the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry. This lesson plan was developed by one of the talented educators who participated in this project during the 2018-2019 school year.

Material Type: Lesson Plan

Authors: Kelly Galbraith, Cynthia Miller

Setting SMART Goals

This is a lesson on learning about and using SMART goals in the short and long term for high school students.

Material Type: Lesson Plan

Author: Janet Buchhammer

Mind the Gap: Navigating Transitions in Life with Mindfulness

Mind the Gap encourages you to be mindful of that gap that takes place in various transitions in life: when you go away to college, travel to a foreign country, move to a new city, or start a new job. Until you start to feel at home in your new environment, you must negotiate feelings of discomfort. Mindfulness draws attention to your experience of transition, enabling you to cultivate an embodied presence, receptivity, and awareness of whatever arises in yourself and your surroundings, without judging or rejecting your experience. All too often, when we feel uncomfortable or unsettled, we immediately want to alleviate our feelings of discomfort by seeking comfort or distraction. When we do this, we rob ourselves of the opportunity to grow and develop in new ways.

Material Type: Textbook

Author: Beverley McGuire

Time Log Workbook (Template)

This Google Sheet was created to support a Time Management module in a Strategies for College Success course. The plan is for the instructor to share one copy of the Sheet with each student for an assignment lasting 2 or 3 weeks. Students estimate the time they spend each week on common daily tasks, such as sleeping, working, or attending class. Space is provided for students to enter up to three custom tasks. After estimating how they spend time, students track their time spent for a full week. Through the magic of spreadsheet formulas, time spent per task is color-coded to help visualize large and small blocks of time. Time for the week is tallied on the summary tab, where a warning message appears if less than 24 hours are logged for any given day. After comparing their estimated hours to their actual recorded hours, students propose changes they can make in how they spend their time to increase their scholastic success. A tab with five questions is included for student reflection. Instructions for how to use the Sheet are provided for faculty on the Info & LIcense tab. Cell formulas are editable only by the document owner; students cannot accidentally overwrite. Colors are selected from a palette known to be perceivable by people with most forms of colorblindness. Author contact information is available on the Info and License tab.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Homework/Assignment

Author: Cheryl Colan

Manage Your Time

LEARNING OBJECTIVESBy the end of this chapter, you will be able to:Understand the relationship between goals and time management.Consider how your priorities impact your time.Identify your time management personality.Assess your current use of time.Understand the basic principles of time management and planning.Use a calendar planner and daily to-do list to plan ahead for study tasks and manage your time effectively.Explore time management tips and strategies.Identify procrastination behaviors and strategies to avoid them.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Assessment, Homework/Assignment, Module

Author: Thompson Ly

Strategy Guide: Assessing Student Interests and Strengths

In this Strategy Guide, you'll learn about a number of specific methods that can help you to gain a fuller picture of the interests of your students as well as what your students understand, know, and can demonstrate by doing. By understanding the varying literacy strengths and habits of our students we can identify what Vygotsky calls their "zone of proximal development" where literacy opportunities are not too hard as to frustrate or too easy to bore but just challenging enough to promote student learning. With a keen eye, we can observe the interests and strengths of our students and, when possible, we can consider these to plan learning opportunities for our students. By providing choice and respectful tasks, we can provide meaningful literacy experiences.

Material Type: Reading, Teaching/Learning Strategy

Oh the places you’ll go… - Mariah Brown

Discover what your interests are and how they relate to the world of work. The interest profiler will help a student decide what kinds of occupations and jobs they might want to explore based on interests. As a class, they will view “Success in the New Economy.” Students will complete an online interest assessment using the Pennsylvania CareerZone online mini assessment. Based on their results, they will explore and pick 3 careers within the identified areas of interest.

Material Type: Lesson Plan

Author: Larissa Mallon

Elevator Pitch

The purpose of the elevator pitch activity is to encourage graduate students to think clearly about how they communicate their professional identity. In this assignment, students are asked to identify: strengths and skills; areas of interest in their disclipline; and professional goals for the near term. Students work to develop a 30-40 second elevator pitch that they can use in networking scenarios and career events. Created by Steven Harris-Scott, Ph.D., Amy Lewis, Ed.D., and Emma Cutrufello, Ph.D., for INTO George Mason University with support from Mason 4-VA.

Material Type: Module

Author: Emma Cutrufello

Relationship Building and Leadership in Professional Spaces

Building a relationship in your professional life can take a lot of work. Consider some of the ways that you can work to build relationships within and outsi...

Material Type: Lesson

Microsoft Office Tutorials

Acquire essential skills for producing professional work with the Microsoft Office suite including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and more.

Material Type: Diagram/Illustration, Lecture, Reading

Organizing Research: The Why and the How

A worksheet and short presentation in PDF format designed to introduce students to different strategies for oganizing research. 

Material Type: Activity/Lab

Author: Emily Campbell

Education, Income, and Wealth

No surprise—people with more education often earn higher incomes and are unemployed less than those with less education. Those with higher incomes also tend to accumulate more wealth. Why? Research shows that well-educated people tend to make financial decisions that help build wealth. Their strategies, though, can be used by anyone.

Material Type: Lesson, Reading

Author: Scott A. Wolla

Time Management: A MS Health Lesson

Secondary educators across Lebanon County, Pennsylvania developed lesson plans to integrate the Pennsylvania Career Education and Work Standards with the content they teach. This work was made possible through a partnership between the South Central PA Workforce Investment Board (SCPa Works) and Lancaster-Lebanon Intermediate Unit 13 (IU13) and was funded by a Teacher in the Workplace Grant Award from the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry. This lesson plan was developed by one of the talented educators who participated in this project during the 2018-2019 school year.

Material Type: Lesson Plan

Authors: Kelly Galbraith, Sean McClintick

Hard and Soft Skills: A MS Career Lesson

Secondary educators across Lebanon County, Pennsylvania developed lesson plans to integrate the Pennsylvania Career Education and Work Standards with the content they teach. This work was made possible through a partnership between the South Central PA Workforce Investment Board (SCPa Works) and Lancaster-Lebanon Intermediate Unit 13 (IU13) and was funded by a Teacher in the Workplace Grant Award from the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry. This lesson plan was developed by one of the talented educators who participated in this project during the 2018-2019 school yea

Material Type: Lesson Plan

Author: Kelly Galbraith