Panel Questions by AVID_CE_Region

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A better understanding of what BestPrep has to offer that AVID and our school can utilize.

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Community partners and connections

Needed skills

2024-01-24 14:36:30 UTC

What is the most important skill that I can teach my students to be successful in the workforce?

Sustained Connection

2024-01-24 14:36:35 UTC

I’ve not yet leveraged Best Prep in my AVID classroom. Is it possible to schedule a math/science volunteer to come in person at a regular time over 3-4 weeks?

College Experience

2024-01-24 14:36:36 UTC

When hiring new employees out of college, what are you hoping to see on their resume in terms of experiences they’ve had in college (jobs, internships, courses taken, college attended, major/degree type)

2024-01-24 14:36:43 UTC

Insight into what young individuals entering the workforce might need to feel prepared for in their first three years.

Panel Question

2024-01-24 14:36:48 UTC

Many high school students seem to be less interested than in the past in long-term planning. They are struggling to see themselves in future college and career settings. What would you say to encourage and inspire them to see that what they are doing now can build them towards their future?

Skills

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What skills should we be preparing our students for most as they prepare to move from school to the workforce?

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What soft skills do I need to be teaching and modeling to my high school students to be successful in the workplace?

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What skills should I be teaching my students so they can be successful in today’s business world?

2024-01-24 14:37:17 UTC

what are the main skills companies like cargill are looking for in graduates?

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How do you bring workforce best practices, innovative tech and new learning down to schools (K-12)?

2024-01-24 14:37:34 UTC

I wonder what are the skills employers are looking for in new hires.

Are you open for a group of students coming for a tour for job shadow day next year?

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Because of the staffing problems on college campuses, it is difficult to get middle school students on to a campus. I am looking for ideas about college campus exposure for middle school students.

Work Force Question: Skills

2024-01-24 14:37:56 UTC

What is the #1 thing you are looking for in new hires? What is something you notice that new hires are lacking?

2024-01-24 14:38:00 UTC

What opportunities in post secondary should students be seeking out to develop their professional experiences, and how do they attain those resources if they may be first generation, etc.

Experiences

2024-01-24 14:38:12 UTC

What skills and experiences can we provide students now that will translate into the workforce?

2024-01-24 14:38:44 UTC

What are strengths you are seeing for recent graduates? What are growth areas? What do you wish that high schools were doing to prepare students?

Trending areas

kate_limbeck — 2024-01-24 14:38:52 UTC

In what fields are you seeing the most development and would see the most hiring?

What career areas are in high demand that most students have not heard of? (Project managers, etc?)

2024-01-24 14:39:24 UTC

What advice do you have for high school students in regards to academic choices and activities that are helpful in preparing them for college and the workforce?

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MS Students

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How can we best prepare MS students for HS and the workforce? What experiences are there for MS age students?

GPA

2024-01-24 14:41:04 UTC

How often do employers consider GPA when hiring?

What are some ways that middle school students can engage in career exploration? There are not as many volunteer opportunities, campus visit options, etc. for this age group

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I’d love to hear ideas for our high school students to consider for their futures- tips, suggestions, must-haves on their resume?

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Skills

2024-01-24 14:42:38 UTC

Along with soft skills, what technical skills do new hire need?

Trends

leif_voltz1 — 2024-01-24 14:44:22 UTC

What are the things that you have struggled with most with new candidates that you have been hiring? What are areas that we should focus on?

Allied Connection

2024-01-24 14:45:30 UTC

I’d like to support our mathematics department in exposing students to Math in the World Around- MITWA as I like to call it! Is it possible to schedule a team to come in as a partner to our math classes ?

Instilling interest

2024-01-24 14:47:25 UTC

How can we best spark interest into careers that students may not have heard of or been exposed to? There are SO many options out there and I want students to find passion for careers that are outside of what they're exposed to!!!