How cultivating your own Social Emotional Skills can improve employment resilience

Social emotional skills (SES) are becoming key hiring priorities for employers from various industries. SES includes attributes in five core areas: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision-making.

1. Self-awareness – can be defined as having insight into our own thoughts and behaviors.
2. Self-management – Can include managing emotions, and having the ability to prioritize.
3. Social awareness – is having an understanding and awareness to empathize with others including those from other backgrounds & cultures.
4. Relationship skills – interacting with others in a respectful way, building trust, and creating rapport.
5. Responsible decision making – making well-thought out ethical decisions.

Any work environment can be stressful, at times there can be conflict or challenging decisions to be made. However, one of the core concepts of improving and cultivating your own SES is that it can lead to better job satisfaction through open communication, understanding, and the ability to be resilient.

Please visit https://www.lifeskylls.in/ for more information about SES.

There is also a free 1 hour online course offered by CASL on Social Emotional Learning. https://www.lifeskylls.in/.

Tell us about your business/organization and what makes you stand out as an employer?

We are a family run business with a flair for unique products and merchandising styles. We have a varied selection of jobs with something for nearly everyone. We have become a well-known tourist destination and a point of interest for our local community making this a fun and interesting place to work! Who wouldn’t want to have goats for co-workers?

How many employees do you have?

Our number of employees varies, fluctuating anywhere from 75 to 250 as required by the season.

What do you look for in a new employee?

We look for employees who are enthusiastic learners, are not afraid of hard work, who thrive in a high volume fast paced environment, have a strong desire to be successful and want to have fun with their co-workers and customers alike.

What advice would you give someone who wants to work for your organization?

Listen to and follow directions given, be attentive to detail, be committed to the job, be punctual, do not be afraid to ask questions when unsure of something, be friendly and welcoming to our customers and have fun!

Do you anticipate hiring in the next 6 months? If so for what types of positions?

As an ever-growing business we are always looking to hire good employees. We have a truly diverse business, so we are looking for numerous positions including cooks, clerks, servers, cashiers, bakers, dishwashers, doughnut makers or even goat whisperers.

What is the best way for someone to apply if they are interested in working for your organization?

In person with a resume including references or by responding to our posts on websites such as the Career Centre and Indeed.

 

An invitation to Career Centre clients for our BBQ this Wednesday; FREE training opportunities for Youth in the carpentry and electrical trades; and many, many job opportunities to explore! You’ll find those and more in our JAM Update for June 19, 2023. Click here.

What’s new? We’re having a BBQ to celebrate our Career Centre clients on June 21st!

We also don’t want youth to miss out on the opportunity to participate in the Pathway to Trades program.

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