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General Discussion / Re: Employability Skils in the workplace
« on: July 23, 2017, 06:13:46 pm »
Quote from: TDale96 on June 25, 2017, 09:11:26 pm
1.   The employability skills I was developing was Customer Service, Team Work, Communication, Problem Solving, Planning & Organising, Self-Management, Learning, Technology, Data Collection and sorting.
2.   Customer service- talking to customers and helping find what they need. Communication- communicating with other staff members and customers. Self-management- being able to work on your own without anyone helping you.
3.   Yes, I think that some of the skills can be taught in the work place and can be learned by yourself and with other staff members. It can also be taught and learnt outside of work and at home/with friend and use your skills.

It seems like you got a very good understanding of what it takes to work in retail and with other people. Good work Tara :)

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General Discussion / Re: Employability Skils in the workplace
« on: July 20, 2017, 07:04:59 pm »
Quote from: TryMyBallsOfGum on July 18, 2017, 09:01:49 pm
1) The employability skill I used the most would probably be either communication or problem solving, probably communication as I spent a good lot of my time asking for guidance on how to do stuff correctly as well as with helping customers to the best of my abilities.
2) In retail I believe the best skill is Teamwork and communication are the best skills as they are the most used, but I guess problem solving is a good skill to have as well as you will need to solve customers inquiries.
3) Well it all depends on the person and their willingness to learn, but for some people this skills just come naturally from growing up with their personalities.
Those are very good answers Lachlan and it seems like you put a lot of effort into learning how to do well and I think that's its great that you're going to go back to the reject shop for a second placement. If I was the manager of that store I'd be impressed with you and would definitely consider hiring you.

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General Discussion / Re: Work Experience June/July 2017
« on: July 20, 2017, 06:42:02 pm »
Quote from: judymae on July 18, 2017, 08:18:58 pm

1.   The most interesting thing I have learned about being at Spotlight was that they do not just do lights, most of their shops are big, and they have different areas that can satisfy different people and different occasions. Also I learnt that I am a hard worker and when I start something I make sure that I follow through and get the job done and I make sure that I put my all in whatever job that Andrew or James give me.
2.   
A description of Spotlight (Work placement) when you first walk into Spotlight on the right when you walk in the registers are there. On the left side of the store are fabric, bedding and covers. Straight ahead on back wall, there are the curtains and framings, then on the far right back area is the crafting area, along the backside wall are all the wool and other crafting and painting accessories. In the middle of the store is where we keep the clearance and kids bedding and in the centre of the store, they have bathroom accessories, and on the right of the register is kitchen wear.   

3.   The duties that I under took was stocking shelves, putting objects/ items back into their right area/ shelves, cleaning up or picking up anything that was on the ground and folding towels. I also rearrange shelves to make it easy for the customers so they can find the items that they want to buy.


 ;D 8)

That's great feedback that they gave you Judy. Be proud of yourself.

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General Discussion / Re: Employability Skils in the workplace
« on: July 19, 2017, 07:16:53 pm »
1) The two most important employability skills that I had to have for the event were Communication and Digital Literacy. I needed to be able to communicate well with the senior volunteers and other volunteers as well. Despite me not doing much, there was a lot of information about the event that volunteers needed to know. I also needed to be able effectively talk to the event attendees at sign in to keep things running smoothly. The time that I needed good communication skills the most was on the first day of the event before sign in. There were a few questions that were important to know that we weren't told by the senior volunteer (Claire) in charge of sign in, and none of the other volunteers at the sign in table knew the answer to the question so I need to ask and quickly get the information across as Claire was very busy at the time.

I also needed to know digital literacy to keep up to date with all the information volunteers needed to know about the event through e-mail and Facebook. But I also really needed to be digital literate to talk to the event attendees. After all the event is about technology and I needed to be able to talk about it.

2) I think that at an event/expo communication is the most valuable employability skill. Even if you don't know much about an events subject, as a volunteer you need to know what's going on, what to do, and how to talk to other volunteers about issues that come up.

3) I think that things like, communication, team work, technology and self-management can be taught. I do think that all the other skills can be taught as well but they may be harder for some people to learn them and apply them if they. I think that the first 4 employability skills that I mentioned can also be hard for some people to learn and apply. I also think that some people are naturally good at some of these skills and some of them are naturally bad at them, but I do think no matter how bad you may be at these skills you could improve them to a workable level.

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General Discussion / Re: Work Experience June/July 2017
« on: July 18, 2017, 09:36:32 pm »
My work experiences was pretty interesting and I've never done anything like it before. I also didn't have that much to do other then socializing with event attendees and other volunteers. Out of the 32 hours that I was volunteering I only actively worked for about 6 hours, the rest of the time I was just drifting around asking the senior volunteers if they needed help with anything, or attending the presentations. I did enjoy my time there though. The presentations at the event were really cool and some of the topics like PC building and games development related to my interest. I was a little stressed on the first day because I felt lazy and though that I wasn't pulling my weight because I was pretty much sitting down doing nothing for the whole day. But on the second and last day I calmed down and didn't have those feelings.

I really liked working at the event and I got along really well with the other volunteers. I also really enjoyed talking to the events attendees and had a couple of really good conversations with some of them. In my previous jobs I always had trouble communicating with others, and I could never really hold a conversation. So I guess something that I learned about myself while doing this placement is that my communications skills have really improved since I last worked.

The work space was pretty large. The event took place at the Chisholm Frankston campus in building D and building W. The main events and presentations took place in building D, while work shops, e-sports, VR and smaller presentations took place in building W. Going back and forth between these buildings took about 2 and half minutes each way. The week of the event was also really cold so walking back and forth between the two buildings got annoying very quickly. Building D was also very cold because it didn't have heating and the rooms were so large. The main stage area in building D was also a warehouse all of its windows were open, making the place even more cold.

My duties at the event were registering and signing in event attendees, handing out and collecting raffle tickets, telling attendees where to go and what the schedule for the day is if they needed help, cleaning, and moving objects.

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General Discussion / Re: Work Experience June/July 2017
« on: June 26, 2017, 06:27:18 pm »
Sounds like you guys were pretty busy and worked hard. Good job.

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