Essential Employability Skills Certificate

Bachelor’s Level Certificate

Certificate Description

To be successful in today’s workforce, individuals must possess essential skills in personal, professional, and teamwork areas. These skills are highlighted in the Indiana Workforce Development Employability Skills Benchmarks and Indiana Employability Skills Standards/Competencies of Mindsets, Work Ethic, Learning Strategies, and Social and Emotional Skills. The Essential Employability Skills Certificate is comprised of 18 credits in these important areas. This certificate contains two embedded Micro-Credentials: Professional and Personal Skills and Teamwork Skills. 

Certificate Outcomes

1. Demonstrate skills including reflection, self-assessment and using appropriate judgement in professional environments to facilitate experiences addressing diversity.
2. Demonstrate the ability to succeed while applying new knowledge.
3. Demonstrate the ability to network with others through social awareness and cultural sensitivity.
4. Select approaches which exercise multiple perspectives to engage, team members as they consider evidence for generating new options which also help establish and maintain a climate of mutual respect.
5. Demonstrate self-control, endurance, and capacity to complete tasks while adjusting to changing situations and responsibilities.
6. Examine the appropriate Essential Employability Skills necessary for effective communication, decision-making, initiative and problem solving.

Mission Statement

The mission of the Certificate in Essential Employability Skills is to help students build the skills necessary for success in the workplace. The professional, personal and teamwork skills covered in this program are applicable and highly valued in just about any workplace.  No matter the field or career, the Certificate in Essential Employability Skills will teach students through experiential activities essential skills.

Micro-Credential: Teamwork Skills

The Teamwork Skills Micro-Credential will focus on the qualities needed to successfully work with others. These courses will address a variety of topics in order to build the interpersonal skills of the student. Teamwork skills are essential for success for individuals as well as the organization. When the student is able to organize, collaborate, and lead, they will be able to effectively work with others for the common goal. Each course will focus on a specific area that is critical to building teamwork skills.

The student would take the following 3 courses:

GE4013 - Collaboration and Teamwork        

GE4083 - Professionalism and Leadership  

SOSC4003 - Global Skills and Cultural Awareness  

Micro-Credential: Personal and Professional Skills

The Personal and Professional Skills Micro-Credential will focus on the qualities needed to work within oneself. These courses will address the topics needed to build the intrapersonal skills of the student. The skills required are often called soft skills. Students that show strong personal and professional skills can communicate clearly, reflect, self-assess, plan and organize effectively. Each course will focus on a specific area that is critical to building personal and professional skills.

The student would take the following 3 courses:

GE4003 - Critical Reflection and Self-Assessment  

GE4033 - Planning and Organizational Skills: Time Management  

GE4073 - Self-Efficacy and Self-Directed Action