Necessary Skills Now: Integrating Employability Skills into Career Pathways
Summer Learning Series Workshop: August 13, 2025
Hope Cotner and Marci Gale, Facilitators
Workshop Resources
- Slide Deck (pdf)
- Necessary Skills Now (NSN) Network website
- NSN Action Planner (docx)
- NSN Scenario Development Template (docx)
- Planning Your Own Industry Insights – NSN webinar outline/details (docx)
- NSN Instructional Resources Page
Advanced Manufacturing Competencies for Personal and Career Success
Eight “bite-sized” modules based on foundational employability skills from the US Department of Labor’s Advanced Manufacturing competency model. Components include:
- Web-based student-facing content
- Instructor reference cards for classroom discussion
- Video clips featuring employers discussing the importance of employability skills (24 clips/sortable by topic)
- Marci Gale’s Canvas course featuring all resources listed above:
In Canvas Commons, search for “Necessary Skills Now” - Marci Gale’s Employer Survey of Advanced Manufacturing Competencies