1. CHAPTER 6 EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS
Adjourn Agenda
Budget Debate
Initiative Motion
Organization Résumé
Tax Parliamentary Procedure
Career Planning
Journal question: What are the benefits of joining a professional organization even before the student enters that particular profession.

2. Chapter 6 Learning Objectives
Define at least 10 terms relating to seeking a career in health care.
Describe the purpose of a professional organization.
List three benefits of membership in a student organization.

3. Chapter 6 Learning Objectives
List at least three reasons to use parliamentary procedure during an organization meeting.
Identify the use of three motions of parliamentary procedure.

4. Chapter 6 Learning Objectives
Describe the purposes of the
Job application
Résumé
Portfolio
Interview
Resignation letter

5. Chapter 6 Learning Objectives
List at least five rules for completing a job application form.
Provide a positive response for at least five questions that may be asked in a job interview.
Complete a job application.

6. Chapter 6 Learning Objectives
Prepare a résumé or personal data sheet.
Identify the components of a personal budget

7. Professional Organizations
A group of individuals join together to reach a goal by cooperation and division of tasks among themselves.
Goal of organizational development is to increase worker satisfaction and lead to increased productivity and quality.
The health care worker plays an important part in an organization by setting goals, meeting challenges, and implementing ideas.
Ask the students to name as many professional health care associations as they can. Discuss which health care workers would join each association.

8. Student Organizations
• Provide a means to learn the behavior and skills needed to succeed in school, on the job, and as citizens
Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA)
SkillsUSA, formerly the Vocational Industrial Clubs of America (SkillsUSA–VICA)
Ask the students to list benefits of joining student organizations. How do you go about choosing the one for yourself?

9. SkillsUSA
Discuss the benefits of joining SkillsUSA.

10. Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA)
What are the benefits in joining HOSA?

11. Parliamentary Procedure
Set of rules for conducting a meeting in an organized and efficient manner
Robert's Rules of Order
Parliamentary procedure maintains a sense of order during meetings and ensures that all members have a chance to participate equally.
Give a brief explanation of Robert’s Rules of Order. When, where, and how is it used?
The first edition of Robert’s Rules of Order, written by Henry Martyn Robert, was published back in 1876.

12. Agenda Discuss activities in the sample agenda.
Provide other examples of agendas for meetings, preferably in a health care setting. Set up a mock meeting scenario, and ask students to list an agenda for that meeting. Write their answers on the chalkboard, and discuss relevancy for that type of meeting.

13. Career Choice Considerations

14. Application
A letter of application requests a chance to apply for a position.
Should be brief
Often used to determine which candidates get interviews
Review Skills List 6-1 with the students.

15. Application Guidelines
Discuss each of the application guidelines and its importance to hiring a qualified applicant for a job.

16. Résumé
The résumé is a personal data sheet that provides additional information not found on the application.
The résumé should include
Educational and work experience
Skills
Achievements
Other activities
Discuss importance of a good resume.
Obtain copies of good and bad resumes, and let students critique. What makes that resume good or poor?

17. Résumé The résumé should be
Typed on good-quality paper
Free of errors
Concise
Applicant should take at least three copies of the résumé to the job interview.
Ask the students why it is important to take multiple copies of a good-quality résumé.

18. Personal Portfolio Portfolio The portfolio includes
Includes samples of a person’s work, achievements, and experiences
The portfolio includes
Résumé
Writing sample
List of skills
May also include verification of participation in community or volunteer projects
Provide examples of community or volunteer project verification for a portfolio.
As the students to start collecting samples of portfolio contents to use for themselves. Show the students samples of personal portfolios.

19. Summary
The purpose of a professional organization is to allow individuals to join together to reach a goal.
Three benefits of membership in a student organization are exchange of information, opportunity to sharpen skills, and development of leadership ability.

20. Summary
Reasons to use parliamentary procedure during an organizational meeting
Maintain a sense of order
Provide each member a chance to participate
Simplify matters
Motions used in parliamentary procedure
Main
Amendment
Point of order

21. Summary
The purpose of the job application, résumé, portfolio, interview, and resignation is to find and obtain a job that matches the needs of the employee and employer.

22. Summary Five rules for completing a job application Use black ink.
Check spelling.
Do not leave blanks.
Use positive language.
Provide a reliable contact number.

23. Review Question The goal of organizational development is to:
a. Ensure organization in the workplace
b. Increase worker satisfaction
c. Lead to increased productivity
d. Lead to increased quality
e. b, c, and d

24. Review Question The goal of organizational development is to:
a. Ensure organization in the workplace
b. Increase worker satisfaction
c. Lead to increased productivity
d. Lead to increased quality
e. b, c, and d