Paul Rufener, a 1998 graduate of UWGB, graduated with a degree in marketing and advertising, but he honed his sales pitch skills in acting classes. When you're on stage, you're trying to sell a character to your audience. Her job is to work with businesses to identify training needs their employees have and then to serve as a liaison to the school's instructors so businesses can develop personalized training programs for their employees. Wolter said many businesses are willing to train people in job-specific skills if they already have down the bigger issues, such as dependability, communication and flexibility. As teamwork, committee work and collaboration become more common in a multitude of jobs, the need for good communication increases, the teachers agree.
Employees have to be able to share ideas with each other verbally and in writing.
Many need to be able to compose an e-mail that could impact someone's opinion of the business. Rufener's job in advertising doesn't allow him a day without lots of interaction with customers and fellow employees. He compares building an ad campaign to building a character for a play. Laura Riddle is a UWGB professor who teaches acting and voice. They're self-disciplined, they understand the need to show up at work on time.