Career Readiness Competency - Communication
Clearly and effectively exchange information, ideas, facts, and perspectives with persons inside and outside of an organization.
SAMPLE BEHAVIORS
- Understand the importance of and demonstrate verbal, written, and non-verbal/body language, abilities.
- Employ active listening, persuasion, and influencing skills.
- Communicate in a clear and organized manner so that others can effectively understand.
- Frame communication with respect to diversity of learning styles, varied individual communication abilities, and cultural differences.
- Ask appropriate questions for specific information from supervisors, specialists, and others.
- Promptly inform relevant others when needing guidance with assigned tasks.
Engage in activities to develop your communication skills
- Preparing for interviews
- Writing and proof reading Resume, Cover letter, Papers & Essays
- Preparing and delivering Oral Reports
- Journal Entries
- Writing Projects
- Classroom Debates
- Presentaions
- Group Discussions
Types of communication
There are four main types of communication you might use on a daily basis, including:
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Verbal: Communicating by way of a spoken language.
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Nonverbal: Communicating by way of body language, facial expressions and vocalics.
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Written: Communicating by way of written language, symbols and numbers.
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Visual: Communication by way of photography, art, drawings, sketches, charts and graphs.
Communication skills at Work Video