Students will be able to demonstrate understanding of course objectives. Students will be able to explain and practice classroom procedures and course expectations.

Students will be able to self assess, prepare a resume, apply for a job, and understand the improtance of the employee performance evaluation. Studetns will recognize those behaviors and attidutes to retain a job.

The lessons in this unit  will consist of activities that teach the student how to write a portfolio for a student organization or for a future job. 

The areas are:

• Job Applications
  • Who wants a job?
  • Who would you choose?
  • How to fill out an application
  • Vocabulary
  • Second Day - How to pickup and return an application
  • How to ask for and return an application
  • Role playing
  • Role playing
  • On-line applications
• Writing a Resume
  • Resume Worksheet-pre activity
  • Resume Richard video (2 minutes)
  • How to write a resume
  • Which resume would you choose
  • How to fill out Work Experience heading
  • Rough draft of resume
  • Resume Power Point
• Letter of Introduction or Cover Letters
  • Humorous cover letter
  • The importance of a cover letter
  • How to write a cover letter
• Letters of recommendation
  • Students will obtain 3 letters of recommendations
  • What is a letter of recommendation.
  • How to write a letter of recommendation.
  • Personal characteristics assessment
• Job Interviews

Students will develop interpersonal, communication, and leadership skills by use of the SCANS skills definitions and teamwork to encourage development of these atributes.

After completing this unit, the students will be able to describe the scope of marketing and explain the economic value and benefits of marketing. In addition, they will be able to define what constitutes a market and identify key methods used to reach potential customers.

After completing this unit, the students will be able to use the eight steps in the sales process and explain the techniques that are applicable to both retail and industrial selling. The students will be able to perform the functions of a cashier in a retail sales setting.

After completing this unit, the students will be able to explain the role of promotion and marketing and the purpose and types of advertising media. Students will be able to design, prepare, and maintain marketing displays.

After completing this unit, the students will be able to identify U.S. consumer market trends and discuss the importance of international trade and the way the governments affect the marketing function. Students will also be able to identify demographic, geographic, and psychographic trends in the U.S. consumer market. Furthermore, students will be able to determine how a business can get involved in international trade.

After completing this unit, the students will be able to diagram the channels of distribution and explain the nature and scope of physical distribution. In addition, students will be able to describe the buying process and distinguish between purchasing agents and buyers.

After completing this unit, the students will be able to define the personal skills needed in a successful marketing position, as well as, the interpersonal skills that are needed to deal with the relationships between marketing employees and their customers.

After completing this unit, the students will be able to use pricing terminology correctly and effectively and perform computations related to pricing theory and practice. Students will able to plan and implement a pricing strategy.

After completing this unit, the students will be able to discuss the importance of marketing research in planning and implementing a marketing strategy. In addition, students will be able to describe the four important areas of marketing research and describe the five steps in conducting market research.

After completing this unit, the students will be able to identify the product life cycle, along with the planning, forecasting or marketing the products at all stages in the product life cycle.

After completing this unit, the students will be able to identify and plan for the capital needs of a proposed business by developing a well thought out financial section to a business plan. The students will be able to describe the purpose of preparing financial documents and be able to determine the start-up costs for a business.

After completing this unit, the students will be able to explain what an economy is, identify the factors of production needed to create goods and services. They will also be able to list the three basic economic questions that must be answered by all economies.

After completing this unit, the students will be able to discuss business ethics and areas in which businesses have social responsibility.

After completing this unit, the students will be able to list the major ways computers are used to save business money, identify various types of computers, discuss the functions of basic pieces of computer hardware and be familiar with business software.

Students will learn the essentials of human resource, including employee retention techniques and its role in business risks.

Explain to the students that in almost every job you will need to know how to speak in front of a group, it could five or five hundred. Show this you-tube on public speaking. This unit will go over five different types of presentations.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whTwjG4ZIJg