The Gap Between Education and Training
This course is built to help students, professionals, and aspiring entrepreneurs to bridge the gap between education and industry-related skills which they require to build a productive and effective career line. This course offers a perspective on navigating the challenges of changes from college to the workplace and provides strategies for success in the real world.
Target Audience
This course emphasizes the importance of training in work for:
- Recent Graduates
- Young Professionals
- Mid-level managers want to uplift their leadership skills
- Budding Entrepreneurs and business Leaders
Course Prerequisites
No specific level of skill and qualification is required for this course. The learners should have willpower and a positive attitude to gain insights about their chosen field in order to excel in that by incorporating relevant skills.
Objective
This course will help you:
- Creating awareness about the gap between your education and the actual skills required in your field.
- Developing different skills to fill these spaces by acquiring practical and necessary knowledge.
- Accepting and adapting the challenges that come in transitioning from classroom to workplace.
- Gain invaluable experience to tackle challenges and opportunities in entrepreneurship.
Topics Covered
This course will cover the following topics in detail:
- Reducing the gap between academic knowledge and practical skills
- Effective strategies for attaining industry-relevant skills
- Adjusting as per the work culture of the job
- Upskilling professional skills to standout in job market
- Gaining high-level skills for entrepreneurship and leadership
Course Modules
This course carries one module that helps in upgrading your skills so that you can excel in the professional front both as an entrepreneur and entry-level employee. This includes:
- How is academic knowledge different from industrial work?
- How to attain the right skills to utilize in the workplace?
- Facing and getting through work-related challenges in the right way
- Upgrading oneself for gaining experience over entrepreneurship
By the End of this Course
By the end of this course, you will have a complete understanding of the challenges and opportunities occurring between education and industry experiences. You will also be equipped with reliable and relevant tools and strategies to bridge the gap between what you learnt and what you want to learn in order to thrill in your work life.
Enroll Now
Don’t let the gap between academia and industry hold you back to achieve your goals. Join the “The Gap Between Education and Training” course and let your inner learner be aware about the lessons and skills you have been missing for a successful and fulfilling professional life.
Introduction
Meet Emilie Pelletier, a Consulting Engineer with many years of experience in hiring new engineering grads from the U.S. and Canada.
Look at the agenda and course objectives with Emilie, and learn which things prepare you for a successful engineering career.
Gap #1 - Engineering
Understand the reasons why you might feel as if you’re in over your head those first few years of your engineering career.
Emilie explains the importance of engineers understanding the project lifecycle and documentation.
Using examples in the Manufacturing and Product Development industries, Emilie shows potential project lifecycle phases you may encounter.
This lesson touches on some basic standards and guidelines that should be adhered to in the engineering industry.
Find out examples of design tools you may use once you start working - if you haven’t already used them in college.
Gap #2 - Business
Learn which business skills are important for an engineer to have.
Discover the People Management skills you need to develop to be a good manager.
Since all businesses have an objective to make money, here’s what you need to know about Financial Management.
From asking questions to spending like it’s your own business, these are some tips for Budget Management as an entry-level engineer.
Gap #3 – Project Management
Emilie explains what to keep in mind when beginning a project, including the main objectives of Project Management.
This brief lesson describes the project lifecycle, ending with a question about Project Controls.
Understand the basics of Project Controls from a high-level view.
Gap #4 – Sales
Discover the 7 Steps of Selling as well as tips for how to be successful at selling.
Gap #5 – EQ
Learn all about Emotional Intelligence (EQ), including ways that you can utilize it while at work every day.
Conclusion
Emilie ends the presentation by summing up how you can close the knowledge gap, along with some parting tips for how to make a difference as an engineer at your workplace.