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Problem-Solving and Critical Thinking Skills for Workplace Success
Career > Skills Training

Problem-Solving and Critical Thinking Skills for Workplace Success

By Dr. Mia Wilson
...Your manager mentions it in reviews. Job descriptions list it as a required...descriptions list it as a required skill. But what does that mean when the printer...jobs lose them due to lack of soft skills, not technical skills. Problem-solving...lack of soft skills, not technical skills. Problem-solving sits at the center...
Personal Hygiene and Professional Appearance in the Workplace
Career > Skills Training

Personal Hygiene and Professional Appearance in the Workplace

By Dr. Mia Wilson
...Legally Require. Dress codes and hygiene policies are job-specific. A front desk role may require business...appearance standards when they're necessary for the job, but employers must modify those standards as an...with the role's public interaction level. If your job involves customer or client contact, visible hygiene...
Getting to Work Independently: Transit and Paratransit Training for Employees with Disabilities
Career > Skills Training

Getting to Work Independently: Transit and Paratransit Training for Employees with Disabilities

By Dr. Mia Wilson
You've secured the job. You know what time you need to be there. The question...you through. What I want you to know is this: the skills and the services are there. You don't have to piece...practicing the bus route." It's a structured, one-on-one skill-building program that teaches route planning, problem-solving,...
Work-Based Learning and Internships Through VR Programs
Career > Skills Training

Work-Based Learning and Internships Through VR Programs

By Dr. Mia Wilson
...internships, on-the-job training, and...build career skills before you're...before you're job-ready. This isn't...wages, develop job-specific skills,...job-specific skills, and build an...designed to build skills. Through your...and provides job coaching if needed....needed. On-the-job training (OJT)....manufacturing, or skilled trades. Job...skilled trades. Job tryouts. Short-term...
Pre-ETS for Students with IEPs: Workplace Skills Before Graduation
Career > Skills Training

Pre-ETS for Students with IEPs: Workplace Skills Before Graduation

By Dr. Mia Wilson
...are designed to build job skills while school...designed to build job skills while school supports...readiness training, job exploration counseling,...student can request. Job exploration counseling...pathways that match their skills. This isn't a one-time...about, or coordinate job shadowing in workplaces...apprenticeships, or structured job sampling in businesses...
Interview and Job Search Skills Workshops for People with Disabilities
Career > Skills Training

Interview and Job Search Skills Workshops for People with Disabilities

By Dr. Mia Wilson
...why you left your last job after three months, or...advice falls short. Most job search workshops teach...sure. These are learnable skills, and there are workshops...Disability-Specific. A general job search workshop might cover...essential functions of this job?" without sounding defensive....programs acknowledge that job seekers with disabilities...
Customer Service Skills for Employment: Training and Accommodations
Career > Skills Training

Customer Service Skills for Employment: Training and Accommodations

By Dr. Mia Wilson
...closed door. But they aren't. Customer service skills are teachable, and the path from "this seems impossible"...whether a training program will prepare you for the job or just give you a certificate. Communication skills...job or just give you a certificate. Communication skills training teaches how to greet customers, ask clarifying...
Job Corps for Adults with Disabilities: Free Career Training and Support
Career > Skills Training

Job Corps for Adults with Disabilities: Free Career Training and Support

By Dr. Mia Wilson
...don't guarantee job placement. Meanwhile,...healthcare, and job placement at no...accommodations. It's called Job Corps, and most...considered it. What Job Corps Is. Job Corps...What Job Corps Is. Job Corps is a U.S....When you finish, Job Corps provides...Corps provides job placement assistance...Who Qualifies. Job Corps accepts students...don't have one, Job...
Apprenticeships and On-the-Job Training for People with Disabilities
Career > Skills Training

Apprenticeships and On-the-Job Training for People with Disabilities

By Dr. Mia Wilson
...apprenticeships are federally recognized programs that combine paid on-the-job training with classroom instruction. They exist in trades like plumbing,...during the entire program, with a paycheck and wage increases as you gain skills. Most programs require a high school diploma or GED, though some accept students...
Skills Assessments and Work Sample Tests: Requesting Testing Accommodations
Career > Interviewing

Skills Assessments and Work Sample Tests: Requesting Testing Accommodations

By Liam Richardson
...test, complete a coding challenge, or demonstrate a skill on the spot. And you're sitting there knowing the...it's supposed to measure (your ability to do the job), not your ability to navigate a format that wasn't...that don't require those specific movements on the job If they're scoring it, timing it, or using it to...
Mock Interviews and Interview Coaching for Neurodivergent Job Seekers
Career > Interviewing

Mock Interviews and Interview Coaching for Neurodivergent Job Seekers

By Liam Richardson
...make eye contact, speak confidently, and "be yourself." For neurodivergent job seekers, that advice misses the point. The challenge isn't confidence. It's...coaches focus on body language, vocal tone, and storytelling frameworks. Those skills matter, but they don't address the specific barriers neurodivergent candidates...
Transferable Skills Assessment: Identifying What You Bring to New Careers
Career > Finding Jobs

Transferable Skills Assessment: Identifying What You Bring to New Careers

By Oliver Bennett
...taught yourself skills online, or coordinated...what you bring to a job, you draw a blank....draw a blank. The skills are there. The challenge...What Transferable Skills Assessment Means....Means. Transferable skills assessment is the...done, naming the skills those activities...use. Start with a Skills Inventory. List...Self-directed learning or skill development Community...

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