Being a Star on the Job

The majority of this class will be in a lecture format. The first five minutes of class, we'll talk as a group about our experiences, either from a customer's standpoint or as an employee. What did you like or dislike, as a customer, about the business? If you've worked before, what did you like or dislike about your job?

In the next 25 minutes of class, we'll go over some things you can do to make yourself a quality employee in the workplace. This will include things like volunteering, being proactive with your boss, having a good attitude, leaving a job on good terms, thinking about ways you can make yourself, and the company you work for, more productive; being a problem solver, making yourself valuable, offering solutions, understanding that you can be replaced, having humility, praising others, developing a plan for your career growth, continuing your education/learning, being adaptable on the job (the only constant is change), and earning that promotion.
 
Students will be able to ask questions and offer comments during the lecture. They can draw from their own experiences as customers, and possibly, as employees. The main focus will be on qualities that employers often like to see in an employee. I will be drawing from my own experience of 25 years as an employer at one of the largest insurance companies in the country, as well as in real estate.