by Cynthia Warger | Jul 6, 2016 | General Instructional Products
Smile! Although there can be cultural differences, smiling generally communicates social ability, happiness, and other positive emotions. Appropriate smiling in the work setting—between worker and customer, between co-workers—can have a favorable influence upon others...
by Cynthia Warger | Jul 6, 2016 | Solve It!
Lettuce costs $1.00 per head. Each head weighs ½ pound. Mr. Sands needs 5 pounds of lettuce for his dinner party. Marco works in the produce department. Mr. Sands asks Marco how many heads he should buy. What is Marco’s answer?Sands needs to make a salad that will...
by Cynthia Warger | Jul 6, 2016 | General Instructional Products
First impressions count—especially when seeking a job. How many times have you met someone new and was “turned off” by either their handshake, eye contact or lack thereof, choice of words, their lack of grooming, or their insistence on texting while meeting you?How to...
by Cynthia Warger | Jul 6, 2016 | General Instructional Products
We often think of teaching students job-related social skills in retail and maintenance professions—grocery stores, restaurants and fast foods, landscape companies, gift shops, to name a few. However, we also should consider the social skills necessary for service and...
