How to
thrive in
the
workforce Wake-Up Foundation
Presented by
Mykim Tran, Executive Director

Agenda
The difference between the 20th vs 21st century. Discover
workforce skills to become successful in the 21st century.
Q & A

20th
Century
Information age
The internet and
advanced technology
were not well developed
Knowledge and
information were not
easily accessible

21st Century
What we need
Hard skills Soft skills
Easy access to
information

Hard skills
English, math, science Learning a specific topic

The right
education:
Passion
Motivation to keep on learning
Companies need new
knowledge to grow

3 Types of Educations
FORMAL EDUCATION: GOING TO
COLLEGE
INFORMAL EDUCATION:
ATTENDING WORKSHOPS AND
TRAINING EVENTS
SELF-EDUCATION: RESEARCH ON
GOOGLE, READ A BOOK, WATCH A
VIDEO, LISTEN TO AUDIO

Soft Skills HELP YOU TO
BECOME
PRODUCTIVE IN
THE
WORKFORCE
1
WORK WELL
WITH OTHERS
2
MANAGE YOUR
EMOTIONS
SUCCESSFULLY
3

Problem
solving skills
Companies are looking for
problem solvers
Better positions to get
promoted
Help manage your work and
life areas successfully

Creativity
Develop
successful
solutions to
problems
Able to
overcome
challenges
successfully
Create new
ways and ideas
to improve
companies

The growth mindset
BELIEVE IN YOURSELF YOUR SUCCESS DEPENDS
ON YOUR LEARNING AND
EFFORT LEVELS
ABLE TO LEARN AND
ACHIEVE ANYTHING

Personal development
Learn and
improve
yourself daily
What you
gets depend
on the
improvement
you have
made

Become a lifelong learner
We are not perfect
We are living beings
New knowledge discovery

Ways to learn: Self-esteem
FORMAL EDUCATION: REGISTER
FOR A CERTIFICATE ON SELF-
ESTEEM
INFORMAL EDUCATION: ATTEND
AN EVENT ON SELF-ESTEEM
SELF-EDUCATION: PURCHASE
AND READ A BOOK ON SELF-
ESTEEM, A COACH OR MENTOR

Experience:
Your own
experiences
1. Negative experiences
• See where you have failed
• Learn new knowledge and skill to have a
better experience
2. Positive experiences
• See where your strengths are at
• See how you can apply your strengths
again
3. Always ask yourself where can
you learn and improve

Experience: Other people's experiences
Negative
experiences
• What can you do
differently to avoid
the same negative
experience?
Positive
experiences
• How can you apply
the same way or
method into my
life?

Q & A
• Contact: (916) 243-7076, Sacramento Ca, USA
• Email: info@wake-upfoundation.org
• Website: www.wake-upfoundation.org