Low-income individuals and the disabled with limited exposure to the world of work may lack the "readiness" and "soft skills" needed to get a job, stay employed and advance. Workforce readiness and soft skills are the non-technical skills, abilities, and traits that workers need to function in a specific employment environment. They include four sets of workplace competencies: problem-solving and other cognitive skills, oral communication skills, personal qualities, work ethic, interpersonal and teamwork skills, in addition to the readiness skills to find the proper career.
PeoplePower's member employers who hire entry-level workers make us aware of how important it is for job candidates to have readiness and soft skills. Our employers found that positive attitude and reliability are the two qualities that they identify as most important when hiring someone for entry-level work. Problems with interpersonal and other soft skills are a major barrier to employment that employers do not believe they can address on their own. PeoplePower provides this training so that the employer knows when they hire someone that has completed our system, they are ready to work.
The "28 Days to Employment" system provides both the workforce readiness and soft skills to move individuals into the workforce. Our job readiness curriculum emphasizes employability skills and helps the individuals discover what their true skills, abilities and talents are to find not just a job, but a career and long term employment.
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