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“Get a Job!”“Get a Job!”

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Part 1Soft Skills

What soft skills do employers demand?Why do some young

people fail to use them?

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Part 2Workplace

CultureWhy are so many youth unable to fit in with the workplace

culture?

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Part 3Successful

Interventions

How can we help youth adapt to the workplace?

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Let’sTeen Lingo

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Let’s Play

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Teen Lingo

1. “BAKED” =Stoned

“His eyes are all messed up, man… I think he got baked last period!”

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Teen Lingo

2. “CHEDDAR” =Money

“She hit it big on the lottery last week! She got phat CHEDDAR now!”

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Teen Lingo

3. “FLOSSIN” =Showing off wealth

“That fool got a new ride… now he be FLOSSIN’ all the time!”

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Teen Lingo

4. “GEL” =Get along with

“Me and her… we really GEL, y ’know?”

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Teen Lingo5. “GRILL” =

Your smile or mouth

“Shut up or I’ll bust you in your GRILL.”

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Part 1Soft Skills

What soft skills do employers demand?

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Defining “soft skills”Workplace Soft Skills:Workplace Soft Skills: ““The personal and The personal and

interpersonal skills interpersonal skills needed to successfully needed to successfully adjust to the SOCIAL adjust to the SOCIAL environment of the environment of the workplace.workplace.””

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Let’s Chat…What critical

SOFT SKILLS are necessary for success at work?

E.g., Time management

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Work-related “soft skills”

Self-control skills:Self-control skills:√ Handling stress√ Managing anger√ Controlling body language

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Work-related “soft skills”

Communication skills:Communication skills:

√ Listening effectively√ Expressing a complaint√ Dealing with criticism

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Work-related “soft skills”

Interaction skills:Interaction skills:√ Interrupting a conversation

√ Joining social activities

√ Empathizing with others

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Work-related “soft skills”

Problem solving skills:Problem solving skills:√ Prioritizing problems

√ Avoiding assumptions

√ Predicting outcomes

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Why do so many troubled youth fail to use soft skills?

SKILL DEFICIT

MOTIVATION DEFICIT

COGNITIVE CONFLICT

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Imagine you are a teenager who’s been hired at a clothing shop in the mall.

Sweeeeeet!

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Would you mind hanging up these

new dresses for me, please?

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How about running down to Starbucks and grabbing me a latte on your next

break…

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I need you to pick up my son from daycare and spend an hour at the park with him…

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@#$% this!! Enough is enough!

You’ve had a“COGNITIVE CONFLICT!”

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Workplace success requires not only strong

vocational skills, but mastery of a range of social skills (i.e., SOFT

SKILLS) as well.

KEY POINT #1

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Some youth have simply never learned these

skills, while others find that acting this way

conflicts with their inner sense of right and wrong.

KEY POINT #1