Virginia Essential Career Skills

Virginia Essential Career Skills is a one-semester course that teaches the skills required to achieve success in modern-day careers. Students will learn about personal qualities and people skills that are important in the workplace, such as work ethic, integrity, teamwork, and conflict resolution. Additionally, students will practice skills in communication, math, problem-solving, and critical thinking. The course then covers the structures and functions of business organizations, time, task, and resource management skills, and workplace safety. Students will then explore career goals and job opportunities and become familiar with various technologies used to perform job-specific tasks in an organization.