Career Guidance for the High School Graduate Want a Job in Customer Service and Beyond?: Heartfelt Lessons to Empower You
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Career guidance classes are essentially not available for high school students. This book is intended to help those who may feel marginalized to empower oneself by stepping out on faith and follow a path of employability starting with learning the customer service skillset. This career guidance is a practical instigator to lead you, make you think, start you on a learning path to skill building. The book speaks to behavior characteristics that may need to be reassessed as well as the practical application of the job search. After reading this guidebook if you are so inclined to going back to school to take remedial classes in reading, writing and math for the purpose of elevating your learning path or take college courses, it is encouraged to do just that. Invest in you and move on to a promising future.
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Career Guidance for the High School Graduate Want a Job in Customer Service and Beyond? - Yvonne Mitchell
© 2023 Yvonne Mitchell. All rights reserved.
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Published by AuthorHouse 01/04/2023
ISBN: 978-1-6655-7898-1 (sc)
ISBN: 978-1-6655-7897-4 (e)
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CONTENTS
Introduction
What is Customer Service?
Fast Growing Segment of the Job Market
Learn What High School Didn’t Teach You
Extrovert vs Introvert
Best Your Best You
Smiling is Not a Weakness
Job Announcement
The Employment Application
Job Search Resources
The Power of Your Smile
The Interview
In-Person Interview
Telephone Interview
Virtual Interview
Your One-Minute Commercial
Interview Questions
Sample Interview Questions
Questions and Answers (Q&A)
Business Appearance (I Want to be Me)
Work Ethic
Socialization, Not Gossip
Meanness, the Snark
Focus on the Job
Telephone Voice
The Word Track, The Script
Identify Yourself
The Surname
Thank You for Calling
Thank You for Holding
Have a Great Day
Your Attitude
Politeness & Courtesy
Power of Thank You
No Judgment Zone
Self-Evaluation: You According to You
Conclusion
INTRODUCTION
Sometime ago, I asked two impressionable teenagers, What do you want out of life?
Their answer, I want a future.
Yes, you want a future. But how can you create a path towards a future of promise without knowing where to start the journey for what you want? What are the steps to take? How do you evolve into adulthood with limited, if any, knowledge, resources and support? Is it attainable?
The so-called rite of passage
moment is near beginning for many teenagers to claim a space in the adult world. A scary place in the real world in which you are expected to be a productive adult, get a job, and earn your way through. These new responsibilities can sometimes come without receiving much guidance from your so-called support network, if there was one.
You may be expected to continue your education after high school by attending a university, community college, or trade school. If furthering your education is not in your plans, then it is expected for you to secure a job to support yourself. If living under the roof of your guardian(s) or parent(s), you may have to move out on your own or contribute to the family budget.
Moving on as an adult after high school with minimal skills is challenging to most. The big unknown may cloud your thinking. Where do I start without anyone showing me how to do it?
We all need guidance, a mentor, in our life somewhere along the way to help pave a path to a promising future.
First, you must start by finding a job after high school to earn money, have purchasing power. At your high school, there may not have been a class offered in career guidance. During my high school years, there were classes available to students interested in the trades, including courses and workshops in cosmetology, auto mechanics, hospitality and so on. These courses were for those who wanted to pursue a career