12 Career Ready Practices
CRP Introducation
Creativity
Career-ready individuals regularly think of ideas that solve problems in new and different ways, and they contribute those ideas in a useful and productive manner to improve their organization. They can consider unconventional ideas and suggestions as solutions to issues, tasks or problems, and they discern which ideas and suggestions will add the greatest value. They seek new methods, practices and ideas from a variety of sources and seek to apply those ideas to their own workplace. They take action on their ideas and understand how to bring innovation to an organization.
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Creating ideas
Use a wide range of idea creation techniques (brainstorming etc…).
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Does not actively participate in idea creation.
Does not offer ideas during the idea creation, but listens actively to other group members.
Engages in idea creation techniques and participates by offering ideas.
Engages in multiple idea creation techniques and fully participates by offering insightful questions and listening well to others in the group.
Researching ideas
Creates new and worthwhile ideas using both incremental and radical concepts.
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Does not attempt to develop new and valuable ideas.
Develops new and valuable ideas using existing knowledge and resources.
Develops new and valuable ideas using both existing and new knowledge, as well as existing and new resources.
Consistently develops new and valuable ideas using both existing and new knowledge, as well as existing and new resources.
Reflecting on ideas
Elaborates, refines, analyzes, and evaluates their own ideas in order to improve and maximize creative efforts.
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Poorly attempts to reflect on own ideas.
Reflects on own ideas and attempts to incorporate changes in creative efforts to improve the value of their work.
Reflects on own ideas and incorporates changes in creative efforts to improve the value of their work.
Extensive reflection of own ideas and incorporates changes in creative efforts demonstrating an understanding of the value of analysis and implementation of change.
Originality
Demonstrate originality and inventiveness in work.
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Does not demonstrate creativity.
Demonstrates creativity but does not have a realistic understanding of how to express it.
Demonstrates creativity in most every situation.
Consistently demonstrates creativity in a variety of situations.
Applying ideas
Act on creative ideas to make a tangible and useful contribution to the field in which the innovation will occur.
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Rarely attempts to develop creative ideas.
Develops creative ideas, but does not understand how to apply them to the situation.
Applies creative ideas to make a real and useful contribution to their work.
Continuously applies creative ideas to make a real and useful contribution to their work.
Working by self-direction
Monitor, define, prioritize, and complete tasks without direct oversight, based on their own creativity.
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Attempts to monitor, define, prioritize, and complete tasks with direct oversight.
Attempts to monitor, define, prioritize, and complete tasks without direct oversight.
Monitors, defines, prioritizes, and complete tasks without direct oversight.
Monitors, defines, prioritizes, and complete tasks without direct oversight in a variety of conditions.
Innovation thru diversity
Leverage social and cultural differences to create new ideas and increase both innovation and quality of work.
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Demonstrates no appreciation of cultural and social understanding and respect for the uniqueness others. Demonstrates intolerance and lacks social interaction skills.
Demonstrates a limited appreciation of cultural and social understanding and respect for the uniqueness others. At times appears indifferent to the others.Supports own ideas but appears not to be flexible enough to improve innovation and the quality of work.
Demonstrates an appreciation of cultural and social understanding and respect for the uniqueness of others. Actively discusses avenues to develop ideas and presents encouraging opinions for increasing innovation and quality of work upon request.
Demonstrates a high level of cultural and social understanding and respect for the uniqueness of others. Encourages discussions to develop new ideas through active listening and offers opinions for increasing innovation and quality of work.