Work Experience Education: Course Outline

Unit I - Orientation

• Class procedures, rules, and responsibilities
• Required paperwork for entry into the program
• Labor laws - Federal & State, working hours limitations for minors
• Sexual harassment - What it is, what to do if it happens
• Worker rights
• Hazardous occupations

Unit II - Getting a job

• Setting goals - Training plan
• Job applications
• Job interviewing - Common interview questions, dress for an interview, body language during an interview
• First impressions - Piercings, discrimination, illegal questions
• Resume writing - Action verbs to use
• Reference sheets
• Mock interviews
• Thank you notes for interviews

Unit III - Keeping a job

• What employers want
• Employee characteristics
• Evaluation sheets
• Cause for dismissal - How to (not) get fired
• Co-worker case studies - How to get along with people
• Work attitudes

Unit IV - Employee-employer relations

• Handling conflict on the job
• Privacy in the workplace
• Drug and alcohol testing
• Ethical behavior

Unit V - Economic awareness

• Taxes - Federal and State
• Forms - W4, W2, 1040EZ, telefile
• Payroll deductions and benefits
• Raises and promotions

Unit VI - Personal management and safety

• Credit and banking
• Budgets
• Identity theft
• Job safety - Avoiding accidents, what to do in an emergency
• Time management, stress management, goal setting

Unit VII - Career development

• Career exploration inventory
• Personality, careers, school choices
• Land that job you want

Unit VIII - Leaving a job

• How to leave a job
• Letters of resignation
• How to search the classified ads (Help Wanted)
• Cover letters
• Job search strategies

Unit IX - Your Portfolio

• Resume
• References
• Letter of introduction
• Personal data sheet