Inspire career confidence with Wolves Ready for Work! This is a self-paced, online career readiness program designed to help students develop foundational professional skills for internships, practicum placements, campus employment, and other experiential learning opportunities. Housed in CourseDen as a low-pressure, non-credit experience, the program prepares students to navigate professional environments with greater confidence.

For students who have completed the original course, Wolves Ready for Work: Applied offers an opportunity to put these foundational skills into practice by reflecting on a professional experience, such as a job, internship, research position, leadership role, clinical placement, or other experiential learning opportunity.

Wolves Ready for Work

Course Modules

Wolves Ready for Work features six core modules focused on essential workplace skills, along with a supplemental module introducing students to UWG Career Services resources.

  • Topic 1: Understanding Professionalism 
    Students evaluate workplace behaviors and apply professional decision-making to realistic scenarios. 
  • Topic 2: Navigating Expectations in the Workplace 
    Students analyze workplace expectations, identify unclear responsibilities, and practice asking professional clarifying questions.
  • Topic 3: Communication in the Workplace 
    Students practice composing professional messages and selecting appropriate communication strategies for workplace situations. 
  • Topic 4: Professional Etiquette & Timeliness 
    Students examine workplace etiquette scenarios and evaluate how timeliness and accountability affect professional relationships.
  • Topic 5: Receiving and Implementing Feedback 
    Students practice responding to constructive feedback and identifying strategies for professional growth and adjustment.
  • Topic 6: Navigating Conflict and Difficult Situations 
    Students analyze workplace conflict scenarios and apply respectful communication and conflict-management strategies. 
  • Supplemental Topic 7: How UWG Career Services Can Help 
    Students explore UWG’s Career Services resources and identify ways to engage with offered services.