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Job Readiness, Workplace Success: PEAK WORKPLACE

Takes 8 to 9 hours. Get a job and start productive work.  Build confidence and eliminate dangerous idle time. Learn skills and enhance character through a job search and success on the job.  Discover the importance of planning and motivation in winning a job offer and succeeding on the job.

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the full PEAK WORKPLACE Program

Guides young people through preparing for a job search and success on the job. Students explore how to prepare job applications, resumes, and cover letters and how to use them. They will learn all the key aspects of job interviewing and can practice interviewing with a partner. Then, once they have their job, they learn about success on the job, teamwork, communication, and how to avoid the main reasons people lose jobs.
  • Learn how finding and winning a job should work
  • Organize resumes, cover letters, and job applications
  • Discover the keys to a successful interview and practice them
  • Make a detailed, step-by-step plan and learn how to follow it to success
  • Understand paychecks, deductions, taxes, and what to do with new income
  • Avoid the common mistakes on the job that lead to dismissal
  • Learn how to deal with co-workers, bosses, and how to excel in any job

Peak WORKPLACE Curriculum

Your Job Search and Job Resources
Tips and Tools for a Successful Job Search
Decide What Job to Pursue
Community and Local Job Resources
Create a Job Search Planner

Explore Job Applications and Create Yours

Resumes, Cover Letters, and References
Advanced Interactive Resume Workshops

Preparing for Job Interviews
Behavioral Interviewing
Why You? Why This Job?
Additional Interviewing Resources

Interview Success and Follow Up
Top Ten Tips for a Successful Interview
Create a Thank You Letter
Interview Practice Role-Play

Learn About Paychecks and Deductions
Definitions
Taking Care of Your Money

Keeping and Succeeding in Your Job

On-the-job Etiquette
Top Ten Reasons People Lose Job -- and How to Avoid Them
Attitude and Excellence
Group Discussion on Making Employment Work
Dealing With Challenges
Raises, Promotions, and Getting Ahead

Success with Coworkers and Bosses
Dealing With Customers
Teamwork, Communication, Conflicts
Leadership and Initiative


Click HERE to logon and explore the full PEAK WORKPLACE Program

Free time can be a major risk for many young people – and having a productive job is probably the best remedy.  Teens get off the streets, they learn important workplace, self-management, and interpersonal skills, and they build confidence.  Through Peak Workplace and Peak Workforce, you now have sentencing options that provide vocational development and life skill growth.  Your teen or youth court provides a series of reusable job readiness and workplace success programs that teens keep, take with them, and apply again and again to find jobs, keep them, and excel in them.
 
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