Work Ready Solutions
Essential Soft Skills
Curriculum
Essential Soft Skills Courseware helps learners develop and demonstrate attitudinal and behavioral skills that are essential to success in the workplace and school. These competencies are a key component of WIN’s comprehensive approach to preparing learners and job seekers for success and providing future employers with workplace-ready candidates.
Assessment
The Essential Soft Skills Assessment measures a learner’s ability to communicate, collaborate, demonstrate professionalism, and think critically in real-world workplace scenarios. Learners are required to determine the best and worst way to respond to each situation. The assessment measures a learner’s ability to negotiate, respond to complaints, and settle disputes in an appropriate manner; collaborate with others to accomplish a task; communicate respectfully with customers and coworkers; use critical thinking to solve a problem; and demonstrate punctuality, dependability, and a strong work ethic.
Credential
When learners successfully pass the Essential Soft Skills Assessment, they earn the Essential Soft Skills Credential. Earning the Essential Soft Skills Credential provides participants with a valuable addition to their resume or portfolio that lets employers know they have the highly-demanded soft skills to succeed. The back of the credential details the skills the learner has mastered.
Foundational Employability Skills
Work Ready Math
Work Ready Math measures a learner’s ability to use mathematical reasoning skills to solve real-life workplace problems. The assessment evaluates a variety of skills, including: estimating and calculating sizes, quantities, and costs; compiling and analyzing data; evaluating information and results to determine the best solution; and maintaining schedules.
Work Ready Reading
Work Ready Reading measures a learner’s ability to read, understand, and interpret written workplace text such as memos, schedules, company policies, and technical manuals. The assessment focuses on skills such as obtaining information and applying new knowledge to the job; following instructions in complex technical documents; and understanding and explaining regulations, policies, and procedures.
Work Ready Data
Work Ready Data measures a learner’s ability to understand and interpret workplace data presented in diagrams, charts, and graphs. The assessment evaluates a learner’s data analysis skills, including identifying trends and relationships among variables; interpreting research and operational data; and reviewing technical drawings and specifications.
Digital Literacy
Curriculum
Digital Literacy is a self-paced course designed to provide participants with the skills needed to navigate technology in the workplace. It is comprised of five modules: Computer Basics, Internet Basics, Digital Communication Basics, Digital Documents Basics, and Digital Security Basics. Each module is made up of a course component and a posttest. Each course has instructional content, a knowledge-check quiz, and a hands-on practice exercise that allows the participant to apply the skills to real life, practical situations.
Assessment
The Digital Literacy Assessment measures a learner’s ability to correctly identify common technologies and digital devices and their understanding of the purpose and proper use of these technologies.
Credential
When learners successfully pass the Digital Literacy Basics Assessment, they earn the Digital Literacy Credential. Earning the credential provides participants with a valuable addition to their resume or portfolio that lets employers know they have the skills necessary to effectively use technology in the workplace. The back of the credential details the skills the learner has mastered.
