Group Work to Team Work: Career Asset Building

How to Develop Teamwork Knowedge and a Powerful TeamWork Skill Set

Created by: Mike Boyes
Developmental Psychologist

Created by: Walter Barta
Workplace Learning Consultant

What Will I Learn?

• Learn why the ability to work well in teams is the number one thing that recruiters are looking for.
• Learn why some teams work well and others do not and learn what you can do to make the groups and teams you are involved in go better.
• See how you can use the group projects in which you participate in school, college, university or in clubs, community or team situations to develop killer teamwork skills by expanding your teamwork tool set.
• See how you can take what you learn in the course and, by applying it to your group project experiences, develop into a teamwork expert.
• Learn how to prepare yourself to respond optimally to recruiters’ questions about your teamwork knowledge skill and experience and increase your chances of landing the positions you apply for.

Requirements

• There are no formal prerequisites for this course.
• Be prepared to take what you will be learning in the course and apply it to past and future group and team work situations.

Target audience

• Students in high school, college or university, and anyone wanting to develop their teamwork knowledge and skills for career development and career advancement.