Leadership/communication

It is always important to have good leadership and communication. If you do not have good communication, them you will not be able to talk, and comprehend well with others. To have good leadership, you can not be bossy, you must be patient with people and try to help lead them, not just demand them. To be successful, leadership and good communication skills are crucial.

Self-Esteem/Attitude

Having good self esteem and a positive attitude are always important. They are most important in every aspect of life, your work-place, school-place and relationships. One time when I worked at Dairy Queen I had to deal with a rude customer, I was working the cash register and she came in screaming at me that her sandwich was not made right, but I had nothing to do with that, I did not make the sandwich, all I did was give it to her. But since I had a positive attitude, I nicely said okay ma'am could I get you a new sandwich? What would you like on it? If I would have had a bad attitude and screamed back at her then I probably would have lost my job. But instead I kept my cool and was polite, and in the end she left a happy customer.

Character

CHARACTER is something that most people have. Having good character is important. Character is the backbone to respect, dignity and good ethics. Employers are defiantly looking people with good character. They know that most people who show signs of good character most likely are respectable, reliable, well groomed, hard workers, have good self esteem and they have good work ethics.

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Team Work

TEAM WORK
It is so important to understand how much teamwork can mean in the workplace. If your not willing to communicate and and work well with your co-workers, then you will most likely not have that job long. To have good teamwork you have to respect your co-workers, have determination, be considerate and understanding towards your co-workers.

COMMUNICATION

Communication is important in every aspect of our lives. It is important in the workplace, school place and all of our relationships. Communication consist of

Oral

Listening

Telephone

Nonverbal

Written

In all of these aspects, being polite, thoughtful and helpful can be very effective. Listening and giving feed back is a very important key, to good communication skills.

PRODUCTIVITY

Productivity is always important in every aspect of life. You need it in the workplace, school place and everyday life. If your not productive every single day, then you wont get anything accomplished. Productivity is just an important part of everyday life. If a workplace does not practice having good productivity then their business will go down hill. They will begin losing money, customers and employees, because to run any kind of business having excellent productivity is crucial.

Attendance

Attendance Article

http://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/articles/2012/04/21/report-community-college-attendance-up-but-graduation-rates-remain-low

For most of the last century, community colleges were designed to expand students' access to higher education. But in recent years, they've been asked to put unemployed Americans back to work, quickly prepare students for specific technology jobs, and catapult others into four-year institutions, according a report released today by the American Association of Community Colleges. 

"Now, there's a focus on accountability," says Walter Bumphus, president of the AACC. "We were founded on the premise of being open-access institutions, but recently there's been a pivot to focus more on student success. There's a focus not just on having them transfer [to four-year schools], but on getting them into the workforce." 

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But despite that increased focus on excellence, community colleges are still struggling to graduate students. According to the report, reclaiming the American Dream: Community Colleges and the Nation's Future, less than half of students who enter a community college graduate or transfer to a four-year college within six years. 

Still, the number of students enrolled in America's 1,200 community colleges has skyrocketed. In 2000, about 5.5 million degree-seeking students attended two-year colleges. In the 2010-2011 school year, that number jumped to more than 8 million. 

Bumphus attributes that jump to the economic downturn—a year's tuition at a community college costs less than $3,000 on average, compared to more than $8,000 annually for in-state tuition at a four year college—as well as community colleges' reputation for training students for jobs. 

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"I think people realize community colleges can be a vehicle to get them into the working world a lot quicker," he says. "Folks also figured out that the quality of the courses in freshman and sophomore year at community colleges were comparable or better than four-year schools." 

Community colleges have typically served important demographic— students who either couldn’t afford four-year institutions or people who are returning to school after a break. According to the report, more than 40 percent of community college students are first-generation college attendees, and more than half are older than 22 years old. About 15 percent of community college students already have a bachelor's degree and are returning for a career change. 

Over the past several decades, the percentage of the American workforce with associate degrees has sky rocked: In 1973, just 12 percent of the workforce had an associate degree. By 2007, that figure was 27 percent, and is expected to grow to 29 percent by 2018. 

While there are many community colleges doing good work, Bumphus says significant improvements need to be made if they want to become the "community career centers" that President Obama suggested in this year's State of the Union address, when he set a goal of training 2 million Americans with skills that lead directly to a job. 

Bumphus says community colleges need to develop better diagnostic tests to determine students' skill deficiencies so they can enter the correct remedial classes. 

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"I think generally most community colleges are laser-focused on preparing students for a job, but some are doing a better job than others," he says. "We need to do a better job of moving the bar and graduating more students."

Hi my name is Peyton McDonald and i'm enrolled in Bainbridge State College. Im 21 years old and ill be graduating very soon.