SAiL (Senior Adventures in Leadership) Conference

This conference is focused on our seniors, rising seniors, and program completers who will graduate with seemingly limitless opportunities for quality employment largely due to the drastic skills gap and worker shortage crisis in today’s workforce. However, to best serve our graduates, we, as an organization, must ask "has their education been effective at combining relevant workplace skills with CTE and academic standards?" SkillsUSA business partners and program graduates will help ensure the answer is "yes" by sharing several timely resources and experiences that support the framework of SkillsUSA's mission, which includes personal, workplace, and technical skills grounded in academics – designed to assist our seniors, rising seniors and program completers with successful transition from CTE to college and careers ensuring every SkillsUSA member is Job-Ready, Day One.

TRAINING CONTENT

• Financial Foundations: Improving your financial literacy and learning the steps to a financially secure future. SKILL FOCUS CONNECTION: TECHNICAL SKILLS: Computer & Technology Literacy & Professional Development

• Real World Ready #reallife. Learning the strategies and options for staying in school when reality happens. SKILL FOCUS CONNECTION: PERSONAL SKILLS: Adaptability & Flexibility, Responsibility, Work Ethic

• Selling Yourself. Learning how to craft/improve resumés, leveraging electronic options, and developing a personal marketing toolkit. SKILL FOCUS CONNECTION: WORKPLACE SKILLS: Communication, Leadership & Planning, Organizing & Management

• Meet the Employers Learning the skills and strategies of being a quality employee and citizen. SKILL FOCUS CONNECTION: Program of Work: Community Engagement: Assess community needs, identify services and employ skills to meet needs that develop long-lasting partnerships.

• Navigating Networking. Learning the skills of employer networking and relationship building. SKILL FOCUS CONNECTION: Program of Work: Partner & Alumni Engagement: Engage former members, parents, advisory committee members, school administration, faculty and business and industry partners in SkillsUSA Chapter and classroom activities.