Make Our Students
Workforce Ready
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Presenters
Chris Mercer, Branch Manager, Randstad Work
Solutions
•“Are They Ready to Work” report
Barbara Cohen Farber, Executive Director, Lloyd Staffing
•Workforce Ready Definition, Foundation and
Transitional Skills
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Presenters
Stacey Bailey, Human Resources Administrator, Alcott
Group
•Transferable Skills, computer and financial literacy
Susan Gubing, Industry/Education Consultant, Career
Smarts
•Making the connections, SHRM-2-EDUCATORS
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Society For Human Resource
Management
Workforce Ready National
Initiative
LI Workforce Ready Committee
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About the 431 Respondents that represented
over 2 million employees.
Respondents by Industry and Title
Energy,
Construction,
Transport
7%
Entertainment
and Trade
10%
Sr. VP and above
Financial,
Business
Services
27%
Healthcare
12%
VP
21.1%
53.4%
Director
Mangr, HR Specialist
Gov't., NonProfit, Educ
21%
7.1%
Manufacturing
23%
Other HR
12.2%
6.3%
0%
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20%
40%
60%
Applied Skills Top the “Very Important” List for
New Entrants with High School Diplomas
“Very Important” Skills for New Entrants
with High School Diploma
80.3%
Professionalism/ Work Ethic *
74.7%
Teamw ork *
70.3%
Oral Communications *
Ethics/ Social Responsibility *
63.4%
Reading Comprehension
62.5%
English Language
61.8%
57.5%
Critical Thinking/ Problem Solving *
Information Technology Application *
53.0%
Written Communications *
52.7%
Diversity *
52.1%
* Applied Skill
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%
20 30
% %
40
%
50
%
60 70
% %
80
%
90
%
… and for College-Educated Entrants Too
“Very Important” Skills for New Entrants
with Four-Year College Diploma
Oral Communications *
95.4%
Teamwork *
94.4%
Professionalism/ Work Ethic *
93.8%
Written Communications *
93.1%
Critical Thinking/ Problem Solving *
92.1%
Writing in English
89.7%
English Language
88.0%
Reading Comprehension
87.0%
Ethics/Social Responsibility *
85.6%
81.8%
Leadership *
* Applied Skill
8
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
On these very important skills,
where are new entrants
succeeding
and
where are the gaps?
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No Skill on Excellence List for Entrants
with HS-Diploma
(On No Skill Did > 20% of Employers Report Excellent Preparation)
Workforce Readiness Report Card of New EntrantsHigh School Diploma
Deficiency
%
Written Communications
80.9%
Professionalism/Work Ethic
70.3%
Critical Thinking/Problem Solving
69.6%
Oral Communications
52.7%
Ethics/Social Responsibility
44.1%
Reading Comprehension
38.4%
Teamwork/Collaboration
34.6%
Diversity
27.9%
Information Technology Application 21.5%
English Language
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21.0%
Excellence
%
No skills are on the Excellence List for
new entrants with a high school
diploma.
Info Technology on Excellence List for
2-yr College Entrants
( > 20% of Employers Report Excellent Preparation)
Workforce Readiness Report Card of New EntrantsTwo-year College/Technical School Diploma
Deficiency
%
Written Communications
47.3%
Writing in English
46.4%
Professionalism/Work Ethic
31.3%
Lifelong Learning/Self Direction 27.9%
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Creativity/Innovation
27.6%
Critical Thinking/Problem
Solving
22.8%
Oral Communications
21.3%
Ethics/Social Responsibility
21.0%
Excellence
Information Technology
Application
%
25.7%
Excellence List Longer for 4-yr College
Educated Entrants
( > 20% of Employers Report Excellent Preparation)
Workforce Readiness Report Card of New EntrantsFour-year College Diploma
Deficiency
12
%
Excellence
Information Technology
Application
%
Written Communications
27.8%
Writing in English
26.2%
Diversity
Leadership
23.8%
Critical Thinking/Problem Solving 27.6%
46.3%
28.3%
English Language
26.2%
Lifelong Learning/Self Direction
25.9%
Reading Comprehension
25.9%
Oral Communications
24.8%
Teamwork/Collaboration
24.6%
Creativity/Innovation
21.5%
Importance of Applied Skills Only Increasing
Over Next Five Years Importance Will Increase:
Crticial Thinking/ Problem Solving *
77.8%
Information Technology *
77.4%
Teamwork *
74.2%
Creativity/ Innovation *
73.6%
Diversity *
67.1%
Leadership *
66.9%
Oral Communications *
65.9%
Professionalism/ Work Ethic *
64.4%
Ethics/Social Responsibility *
64.3%
Written Communications *
64.0%
Life Long Learning/ Self Direction *
64.0%
Foreign Languages
63.3%
48.8%
Mathematics
* Applied Skill
13
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
SHRM EDUCATION
Partnership
21st Century Skills
=
Workforce
Ready
Workforce Ready
Defined
Academics
and
Career and Technical
Education
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Transition Skills:
•Pre-employment skills
•How to package and sell
“your brand.”
Decision
Makers
Vendors
Temp/Project
Workers
5 – 10
jobs/careers
in a lifetime
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TRANSFERABLE SKILLS
Life and
Career
Skills
Learning and
Innovation Skills
Information,
Media and
Technology
Skills
21st Century Skills for Job Success
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In the 21st Century the
TRANSFERABLE skills are
more important than the
job specific skills.
Transferable
Skills
Boot Camp
Communications
Critical Thinking
Problem or Solution Solving
Use of Resources
Use of Technology
Working in Teams
Global Awareness
Time Management
Multi-tasking
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Earl S. Flat
Work Force
Ready
Resumes
Brand:
What skills I have to offer
your company.
Validate
Knowledge,
Skills, Experience
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Computer Literacy
Software Applications:
Word documents, forms
Spreadsheets
Media presentations
Desktop publishing -flyers
and brochures
Database
Email communications
Research
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Financial Literacy
Checkbooks
Online banking
Charge Cards
Debt
Savings
Investments
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Make the Connections
LI Works Coalition
www.liworks.org
Junior Achievement
www.jany.org
•Speakers
•Advisory Boards
Short term
learning activities
(SHRM members will
register with LI Works)
Resources
Work Experience
Coordinators
Association
www.careersmarts.com
•www.nysweca.org/li.htm
•PowerPoint's
•Publications
•Real World Scenarios
•Internships
•Shadowing
•Work Experience
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SHRM-2-EDUCATORS
“One Zip Code at a Time”
1100 LI SHRM Members
11787...11801…11590...11777...11734...11744…11702…11901…11785…11782
Identify WBL Coordinator who would reach out to a
SHRM member within their zip code via email with the
following invitations:
Join the school district’s advisory board.
Become classroom guest speaker, mentor, judge for
student competition.
Host a student who could be involved in a one-day
shadowing, non-paid internship or paid employment.
11590 (44) 11747 (182) 11788 (94) 11740 (11) 11791 (20)
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ACTION STEPS
Begin to make
changes in your
delivery of instruction
and assessment.
·
Make the connections
to enhance your
efforts.
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Thank You for …
Listening…
Caring….
Making a difference in the training of our future workforce!
Questions
How do we ensure your students are workforce ready?
Will you use the new resume format?
Should the school/educator issue a certificate of
workforce readiness?
Should there be a workforce ready test?
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Materials provided by
Christopher J. Mercer
Branch Manager
Randstad USA
1767-42 Veterans Memorial
Highway
Islandia, NY 11722
http://www.us.randstad.com/
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