"What do I need to know to find, get, and keep a job?" The answer? JA Success Skills. Students participate in challenging exercises to help them develop personal strategies to achieve lifelong learning pursuits and career opportunities. Team-building exercises test their problem-solving and critical-thinking skills, as well as their ability to communicate, negotiate, and lead. Through engaging activities, they appreciate the importance of personal appearance, professional demeanor, punctuality, and written and oral communication.

Concepts – Building rapport, Careers, Career choices, Choices, Communication, Conflict resolution, Cooperation, Data collection, Effective teamwork, Evaluating information, Job interview, Marketing, Oral communication, Problem-solving, Reflect and evaluate, Resolve conflict, Synergy, Values

Skills – Active listening, Analyzing information, Analyzing points of view, Brainstorming, Categorizing data, Cooperation, Critical thinking, Deductive reasoning, Interpreting information, Oral and written communication, Problem-solving, Public speaking, Reflect and evaluate, Self-assessment, Synthesizing and evaluating information, Working in groups

JA Success Skills is a 7 session course and is recommended for students in grades 9-12. Instructional materials are packaged for 32 students and include detailed activity plans for the volunteer, workbooks for students, and consumable materials to be used in the classroom.

All JA programs are designed to support the skills and competencies identified by the Partnership for 21st Century Skills. These programs also augment school-based, work-based, and connecting activities for communities with school-to-work initiatives.

Additional information on the program can be found on JA Worldwide's website.