BUS1200 ST:Employment Readiness Experience

BUS Description 1011: This is an introductory course to accompany the ERE, providing education and exposure to professional skills needed to acquire and maintain employment. The course will focus on having students understand what professional skills are and how they can be developed and implemented in the workplace, while also giving students an opportunity to explore their career values, articulate current work experiences for future employment, and carry out future job searches independently. By the end of the course, students will be able to identify and demonstrate the essential career competencies of communication, problem solving, teamwork, and professionalism. Students will engage in independent reflection, case studies, group activities, and discussions to learn course material, and will actively apply new skills learned in the classroom to their concurrent employment experience. Assessment will be based on class participation and a final presentation of the employment experience. As part of the ERE program, students will also engage in a ‘skills lab’ following class to work on putting new skills into practice and address specific tasks that are part of their campus employment with a career counselor. Credits: 2