This is the first course in a series of four courses on improving your attention to detail. Paying attention to detail is a skill that is essential in the workplace. It allows you to perform high-quality work that is free of errors and ensures that you execute your vision to perfection. From marketing to human resources, attention to detail is crucial for employees working in any department of a company. Leaders also benefit from developing their detail orientation as it allows them to better understand the bigger picture. You can learn and implement a number of habits and strategies that will allow you to be more attentive to the minutiae of your work. This course will give you an overview of these habits and strategies. Learning objectives: – Learn about the three types of attention to detail – Identify the type(s) of attention to detail that you should develop or improve – Learn five strategies to improve your attention to detail – Learn eight habits to improve your attention to detail – Learn the reason why building interest in the activity at hand and contextualizing it helps improve attention to detail – Learn about six skills that are crucial to pay close attention to detail – Identify the skills that you should develop or improve – Learn the three strategies for approaching a task that will help you ensure that you don’t miss out on any details – Learn about eight habits and strategies that will help you improve your observation skills
FAQ
Most frequent questions and answers
Co-operative education is a three-way partnership between the university, students and employers. Students apply their classroom knowledge in a series of four-month work experiences. You, the employer, enhance a student’s education, while reaping the unique benefits of CO-OP employees.
- Year-round access to well-motivated, qualified employees.
- Access to potential full-time staff in a controlled environment, reducing your costs and risks.
- Access to a cost-effective source of temporary employees for peak periods or special projects.
- A say in what students learn by working with the university.
- Promotion of your organization as one that believes in developing the potential of young people.
- Access to a great pool of French-speaking, English-speaking and bilingual students.
Most work terms run at least 15 weeks, or four months. They can be no shorter than 13 weeks. Some master’s students, as well as some science and engineering students, are available for 8 or 12 months’ work terms.
All jobs are reviewed by a CO-OP Program Coordinator, and only those providing students with work experience related to their professional development are approved. Administrative activities involved in a job should be less than 10% of the entire workload.
When you first contact SSC, you are assigned one of our Program Coordinators, depending on your discipline of interest. This person is your main contact in our office. As you move through the recruitment process, you also work with a representative from CO-OP Administrative Services, who assists with job posting and interview scheduling.
Internships offer usually one discipline-specific, supervised, structured paid or unpaid, and for academic credit work experience or practice placement.
Work Experience intersperses one or two work terms (typically full-time) into an academic program, where work terms provide experience in a workplace setting related to the student’s field of study and/or career goals.
Community Service Learning (CSL) integrates meaningful community service with classroom instruction and critical reflection to enrich the learning experience and strengthen communities. In practice, students work in partnership with a community-based organization to apply their disciplinary knowledge to a challenge identified by the community.
Field Placement provides students with an intensive part-time/short term intensive hands-on practical experience in a setting relevant to their subject of study. Field placements may not require supervision of a registered or licensed professional and the completed work experience hours are not required for professional certification. Field placements account for work-integrated educational experiences not encompassed by other forms, such as co-op, clinic, practicum, and internship.
