Jacket Journey is a career-readiness program that will help students see connections between their experience in the classroom, participation in co-curricular and extracurricular activities, and the power skills needed for success in the 21st century workplace. This program is designed to help students better articulate the knowledge, skills, and dispositions they acquire at Defiance College; foster dialogue between the college community and employers through an annual summit; and provide faculty with opportunities to connect with employers.
Your education is a journey. As a Defiance College Yellow Jacket, your journey will prepare you for a lifetime of professional possibilities. While most colleges tell seniors how to react when opportunity knocks, we teach students how to open doors for themselves.
Major Learning Outcomes (MLOs)
By the completion of this program, students will:
- Assemble a job-readiness portfolio that includes an applicant introduction, qualifications summary, professional resume, general cover letter, and self-reflective essay on why a particular field or career path is right for you.
- Summarize educational background, professional experiences, skills, qualifications and interest in a job and/or post-baccalaureate program both formally and informally.
WHAT'S THE VALUE?
- Develop the ability to apply career-readiness skills in pursuing your next challenge
- Become uniquely valuable and competitive in today's workforce
- Earn points by attending Jacket Journey events and simultaneously refine the soft skills employers want to hire. Top point earners win prizes!
JACKET JOURNEY COMPETENCIES:
- Financial Literacy: Understand and effectively use various financial skills, including personal financial management, budgeting, and investing.
- Oral and Written Communication: Clearly and effectively exchange information, ideas, facts, and perspectives with persons inside and outside of an organization.
- Equity and Inclusion: Demonstrate the awareness, attitude, knowledge, and skills required to equitably engage and include people from different local and global cultures. Engage in anti-opporessive practices that actively challenge the systems, structures, and policies of racism and inequity.
- Critical and Creative Thinking: Identify and respond to needs based upon an understanding of situational context and logical analysis of relevant information.
- Teamwork and Collaboration: Build and maintain collaborative relationships to work effectively toward common goals, while appreciating diverse viewpoints and share responsibilities.
- Ethical Judgment and Decision Making: The ability to assess situations and make decisions based on moral principles and values, especially in challenging circumstances.
- Digital Technology: Understand and leverage technologies ethically to enhance efficiencies, complete tasks, and accomplish goals.
* These competencies are based off the career competencies defined by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE).
Your education is a journey. As a Defiance College Yellow Jacket, your journey will prepare you for a lifetime of professional possibilities. While most colleges tell seniors how to react when opportunity knocks, we teach students how to open doors for themselves.
RESOURCES
CONTACT US
Bridgette Winslow
Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs
419-783-2395 | bwinslow@defiance.edu
Tracy Armey
Senior Career Coach
419-783-2349 | tarmey@defiance.edu
Kim Esquivel
Office Coordinator, McMaster School & Institute for Career Readiness
419-783-2553 | kesquivel@defiance.edu
Kaitlyn Borgelt
Financial Literacy Educator & Career Coach
419-783-2350 | kborgelt@defiance.edu
Robyn Otey
Career Coach
419-783-2366 | rotey@defiance.edu
