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Maria Young

Senior Workforce Advisor, FMS Private Industry Council/FMS Workforce Career Center
joined almost 4 years ago.

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Posted in Career Pathway Systems Challenges and Successes

I feel that my biggest challenge has been trying to keep my customers on track and engaged in their training. Unfortunately, there have been a couple of times when I have had some customers not finish school for whatever reason or they finish school and then they do not take their state boards. My biggest success is when they do complete and they do get that license or degree and they end up getting that job, sometimes before they even finish their training.

Posted in Strategies for Facilitating Difficult Meeting Conversations

I feel that my biggest challenge has been trying to keep my customers on track and engaged in their training. Unfortunately, there have been a couple of times when I have had some customers not finish school for whatever reason or they finish school and then they do not take their state boards. My biggest success is when they do complete and they do get that license or degree and they end up getting that job, sometimes before they even finish their training.

Posted in Strategies for Addressing Communication Challenges

I use critical thinking in almost every aspect of my work I feel. I do think that at times, looking at certain scenarios from different perspectives can be difficult. I love the feedback from other people but sometimes when you you have done the research and you feel like you have come up with the best solution, it is hard to look at it from another perspective. 

Posted in Best Practices in Critical Thinking

I use critical thinking in almost every aspect of my work I feel. I do think that at times, looking at certain scenarios from different perspectives can be difficult. I love the feedback from other people but sometimes when you you have done the research and you feel like you have come up with the best solution, it is hard to look at it from another perspective. 

Posted in Inspiring Leader Attributes

I use critical thinking in almost every aspect of my work I feel. I do think that at times, looking at certain scenarios from different perspectives can be difficult. I love the feedback from other people but sometimes when you you have done the research and you feel like you have come up with the best solution, it is hard to look at it from another perspective.